Sustainable products and materials: reuse and lifetime extension

The ongoing excessive consumption of the earth's resources has been worsening for years, with a profoundly negative impact on the environment. We need to consume resources more wisely, and we need to use our products in smarter ways, make them last longer, and find better ways to reuse or recycle them.

Lifetime extension

Extend the lifetime of products and materials if we are to reduce our impact on the climate and minimise the use of resources. This means that products' use phases must be optimised and maintenance and repairs must be prioritised. Meanwhile, resources that would otherwise become waste must return to the value chain or enter into new cycles. To accomplish this and improve our ability to reuse resources, material knowledge and separation, take-back systems, and data are key.

Optimal use of resources

Thanks to the latest knowledge and modern facilities to support processes like large-scale additive manufacturing (AM), repairing products and extending their lifetimes is more feasible now than ever before. Our specialists are also experts on the properties of materials, so they can help with troubleshooting and the separation and reuse of product components, making it possible to make better use of resources.

Lifetime extension, reuse, and research

To support businesses in the green transformation, we at FORCE Technology are working on:

Lifetime extension

Product lifetime extension can involve anything from optimising product usage, increasing repairability, condition monitoring, refurbishment to minimise the environmental impact of a product, manufacturing process, or whole business. We consider each product and usage pattern individually, so we can advise you on whether lifetime extension is a good option in your situation and assist you in finding a solution using for instance flow analyses, simulations, and additive manufacturing (AM).

Lifetime extension

Reuse

To ensure that resources are used optimally, we help businesses to analyse the potential for reusing products and materials. In this regard, we also assist businesses in reusing materials, not only through analysing materials and compositions, but also through the testing of products made from recycled components and materials.

Test and analyses

Research, development, and knowledge sharing

We develop and share new knowledge, tools, and solutions to improve Denmark's competitiveness and create more sustainable systems and businesses. We accomplish this in a variety of ways, including research and development projects and knowledge networks.

Projects