Parametric Remanufacturing Configurator for Lighting (PRCL)

灯具再制造保留了“废弃”灯具中的金属和塑料部件，同时将关键电子部件升级到最新技术。与制造所有新产品相比，这将逐步减少15-30%的材料成本和25-70%的隐含碳。这种方法有可能从根本上减少照明行业中的金属和塑料废物，估计每年可回收价值为1.65亿英镑，从而保留英国供应链的价值。EGG正在努力支持英国照明再制造行业的发展，该行业将收集和再制造旧的商业照明，以满足客户的规格，并以数字制造和数字护照为基础。我们与斯特拉斯克莱德大学合作的2020年白皮书为行业提供了所需的核心模型和术语，我们现在正在起草灯具再制造的英国标准。这个工业研究项目旨在开发和测试用于照明的参数化再制造模型（PRCL）;这一工具将使我们能够提供适合数字时代的再制造模型。PRCL将大大缩短客户订单的交货时间，显著提高我们的效率，从而使第一个面向大众市场的商用灯具可靠的再制造服务成为可能。这个雄心勃勃的项目为灯具的制造和再制造方式提出了新的愿景，以及再制造本身-它将扰乱英国照明市场，有利于循环经济方法和高技能的英国运营商，并将成为更广泛的再制造行业的宝贵案例研究。

Luminaire remanufacture retains metal and plastic components in "waste" luminaires while upgrading key electronic components to the latest technology. This unlocks step-change reductions of 15-30% in materials costs and 25-70% in embodied carbon compared to manufacturing all new products. This approach has the potential to radically reduce metal and plastic waste in the lighting industry, estimated at £165m/year recoverable value, thereby retaining value in the UK supply chain.EGG is working to support the development of the UK lighting remanufacture sector, that will collect and remanufacture used commercial lighting to customer specifications, underpinned by digital manufacturing and digital passports. Our 2020 whitepaper with the University of Strathclyde offered the industry the core models and terminology needed and we are now taking a leading role in the drafting of a British Standard for luminaire remanufacturing.This industrial research project aims to develop and test a Parametric Remanufacturing Configurator for Lighting (PRCL); a tool which will allow us to offer a remanufacturing model fit for the digital age. The PRCL will enable radically shorter lead times on customer orders, will significantly improve our efficiency and will therefore make possible the first credible remanufacturing service aimed at the mass-market for commercial luminaires.This highly ambitious project presents a new vision for the way in which luminaires are made and remade, as well as for remanufacture itself -- it will disrupt the UK lighting market in favour of circular economy approaches and highly skilled UK operators, and will be a valuable case study for the broader remanufacturing sector.