Automation of Generation of Models for Disassembly Process Planning for Recycling

The disassembly process is a process that is time consuming and tasking, the automation of this process will save time and energy thereby making such resources available for other endeavours. This paper discusses the automation of model generation of the CAD assembly from which the transition matrix showing the connections between components are computed. The project relied mostly on the use of various CAD software in producing simple assemblies through which models were generated. The models formed the basis for the generation of the transition matrices. The transition matrix is computed based on joints existing between components. The joints linking the parts allow for restricted movement of these parts and can be used to predict the movement of each component part.