Matthew Doolan

Interaction between new car design and recycling impact on life cycle assessment

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2015

DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2015.02.055

Is the Australian Automotive Recycling Industry Heading towards a Global Circular Economy? - A Case Study on Vehicle Doors

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2016

DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2016.03.099

Recycling Mobile Phone Impact on Life Cycle Assessment

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2014

DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2014.06.005

The Environmental Impacts of Recycling Portable Lithium-Ion Batteries

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2016

DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2016.03.100

Optical wavelength image slicer

Publisher: SPIE

Date: 30-09-2004

DOI: 10.1117/12.551045

Extending Light-weighting and Mass-production of Ultra High Strength Steels via Condition-based Maintenance

Publisher: SAE International

Date: 10-03-2015

DOI: 10.4271/2015-01-0062

WiFeS: the wide field spectrograph

Publisher: SPIE

Date: 30-09-2004

DOI: 10.1117/12.541264

The Effect of Consumer Behaviour on the Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Efficient Lighting Technologies

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2016

DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2016.01.097

Comparative Study of End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling in Australia and Belgium

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2017

DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2016.11.222

Nugget Diameter in Resistance Spot Welding: A Comparison between a Dynamic Resistance Based Approach and Ultrasound C-scan

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2017

DOI: 10.1016/J.PROENG.2017.04.033

The influence of joint technologies on ELV recyclability

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 10-2017

DOI: 10.1016/J.WASMAN.2017.07.020

Abstract: Stricter vehicle emission legislation has led to the increasing use of lightweight materials and multi-material concepts to reduce the vehicle mass. To account for the complexity of multi-material vehicle designs, the choice of joining techniques used is becoming more erse. Moreover, the different material combinations, and their respective joining methods play an important role in determining the potential of full material separation in a closed-loop system. This paper evaluates the types of joining technologies used in the automotive industry, and identifies those that hinder the sorting of ELV materials. The study is based on an industrial shredding trial of car doors. Observations from the case study showed that steel screws and bolts are increasingly used to combine different material types and are less likely to be perfectly liberated during the shredding process. The characteristics of joints that lead to impurities and valuable material losses, such as joint strength, material type, size, diameter, location, and protrusion level, can influence the material liberation in the current sorting practices and thus, lead to ELV waste minimisation. Additionally, the liberation of joints is also affected by the density and thickness of materials being joined. Correlation analyses are carried out to further support the influence of mechanical screws and bolts on material separation efficiencies. The observations are representative of the initial phases of current global ELV sorting practices.

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP130101001

Start Date: 03-2014

End Date: 12-2017

Amount: $310,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Industrial Transformation Training Centres - Grant ID: IC160100032

Start Date: 06-2017

End Date: 06-2023

Amount: $3,024,379.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP120100239

Start Date: 11-2012

End Date: 12-2016

Amount: $409,967.00

Funder: Australian Research Council