Disassembly is a relatively new practice, and much less developed than automobile production. In industrialized countries, most current dismantling facilities function like a workshop. However, an ...

Exact part location and minimal clearances seem like the Holy Grail of precision mechanical systems. But insisting on the slimmest tolerances can make assembly and disassembly difficult. Assembly ...

A central goal of ecological research has been to understand the limits on the maximum number of species that can coexist under given constraints. However, we know little about the assembly and ...