A One-Word Phrase For Putting Into Use A Part

Depending on the extent to which it has to be 'reworked' perhaps it would become 're-manufactured'

remediate, re-purpose, rebuild, reconstruct

update, recondition, refresh, recertify, calibrate, remove and (insert a suggested word) and return to service

Call it "jewelry". That will give it the best resale value.

re-optimization

Recycle.

retrofit, renovate, update.

Let's think of in terms of a bath tub.

In that case....

transmogrified

metamorphosed

magicked

Large Hadron Collided (sorry, 3 words)

largehadroncollided

recombobulated

I like "recombobulated".

A new word for a new "thingy".

How about, "Green".

Stamp a freaking "save the planet" on it, and it could be a turd. It will sell like hot cakes. Oh oh

_{Sneaking back into alien spacecraft and magically disappearing.}

Watch your self mister. Or:

timeout!

some good suggestions, here's another...... Recover. I would also suggest not using too elegant of a word, may seem like you trying to.... 'put lipstick on a pig'

I think the key question is:-
Is the new purpose the same or similar to the old or an entirely new function?
So reconditioning a cylinder head, is...well reconditioning. Using it as an artwork is simply re using scrap material.
If it's sawn in half and used as a cylinder head for some totally new 2cylinder design then you are re-utilising it.
I know, this is a trick... you're all ganging up on me to try and make me agree that 'repurposing' is a legitimate word and not a b******ization of the English language...
Well I won't stand for it I tells ya.
Del
_{(Now who's hidden my anti paranoia meds?)}

If you disdain re-purposing, you'll just hate re-gifting, I'll wager!

Is giving up the day job and indulging in, and making some money in, a hobby " life re-purposing"?

Nope, that's "living the dream"!

Yo, yo, yo whach you mean by b*******ization of the English language.

Waz up wid dat?

You muss be a krazy kat.

And specifically WHICH English language are you speaking of?

I was just pointing out that the English langauge has already been bast******ized.

Hello Roschach of Texas, I'm speaking of the Mechanical English, which may be the British, the American, ze Deutsch or the Latin. Maybe there is not such a one-word phrase for my thesis, but generally I'm looking up several languages' ethymologic dictionaries, and I hoped some mechanic professional will make my day. There are several good answers on CR4, but, at least for myself, I'll have top make up my mind which looks best proffessionally: linguistics, machining, etc.

you may want to use a "thesaurus" if you encounter this problem again. it is a reference manuel that contains synomyns, or words with simular meanings.

You may want to use a dictionary. It contains correct spellings of words.

simaulair?

The company I work for uses the term 'refurbish' to put the part back to it's original use. I think the OP is also thinking along the lines of making the part usable again for society in a broader sense which may or may not include the part's original purpose.

What's wrong with Gnabficate?

to refit

Vince

Hello Vince, thanks for the reply. It looks one of the best, maybe eventually I'll put it to use at my workplace.

Refurbish

If used for initial intended purpose use redesigned to describe status. If for a new purpose, let's call it revitalized, referring to its usefulness.

RECLAMATION. You also try to be innovative and coin your own word. RE-CLAIM OR RECLAIMATION.

At the risk of being pedantic the expression "a one-word phrase" is a contradiction in terminology since, by definition a phrase is two or more words. However, a single word that meets the posited need is clearly RECLAIM. This, since the definition was that the starting item did not meet the requirement.

being what?

I would think the word should be (updated) because that is what the modification probably has done to the part.

Jerrell,

ROTABLE - describes a part that can be refurbished and reused eg a brake mechanism with worn pads.

No doubt the poor english language can be mangled to produce a new set of words for this idea eg ROTABILISATIONABLE, ROTABATING DEROTABED.

ffej

Rejuvenate, face-lift the darn thing. Do a Dolly on it. I'm sooo out of here, Ky.

object made obsolete or previously rejected

obvious isn't it?

"up for re-election"

From a marketing perpsective it's gold, who would'nt get a laugh out of the marketing and remember both the product and the company?

Thank you.... I'm here all week

"Reworking" is the term I use for that.

Refurbish

Upgrade.

Hi folks, and ky: how about doing a Weasley? Thanks very, very much for all the great help. I would never think linguistics was so close to your hearts. Now I have to sit down and make some crucial choices. Again, thanks a lot for the hearty help!

I think the word you want to use is :"Recycling" or "Reprocessing"

Best wishes

Dhiru Soni

Hi Night_Manager

As this is an Engineering forum, what about re-engineered?

Paulus

Thanks Paulus, sounds good. I will really consider it.

MORPH, and past tense, Morphed. A simple, rememberable, and descriptive term.

I often wonder why by the time I see a CR$ post there is so many answers there already? We must be on a delayed Internet connection in Australia. How about Re birthing??

Access the site --go to home--then see them as they are started. Note the top one will have just a few views, so if you go there a few times a day you will get to add comments early in the life of a topic.

Sorry Night Manager, but by definition, a phrase can't be one word. However, for your application "Cannibalize" springs to mind! Strictly speaking, this refers to the equipment you robbed to get the part, but if you're going to perform major surgery on the said part, it seems apt. "Recover from Scrap" and rip the living daylights out of it!! Shalom!

Hi Zadok, Shalom! With your kind permission I won't be ripping anything, since I generally do not rip things. .. Maybe after second try... Actually I needed a word for Hebrew "hantzala", if yiou get my drift. It means to save, but with a hint to "make use of something". The Academy suggested salvaging, but as I pointed out, this phrase looks and feels something of the Humanities, not Mechanics. The surgery will be my next step...

Repair.

I have frequently used the term "reworking" a part or "upgrading" a part. Both are accurate and appropriate. I personally like reworking because it describes that the part is being reworked to make it suitable to put back in service.

Clara, Inside Parts Sales

Hi Clara,

What brings you to these parts?

And if anyone wants you to help break apart an old bathtub, run like hell!

Welcome to CR4.

"What brings you to these parts?"

Ah, lynlynch, you are a card!

Sometimes, I just can't help myself.

autoschediastical

aw-toh-SKEE-dee-az-tik-uhl \ , adjective;

1. Something improvised or extemporized.

That's just downright sesquipedalian.

Hi Sue, good word - I had to look it up!

In the steel casting foundry industry, a casting which has been inspected and repaired is said to have been "upgraded". This process can involve welding, Radiographic inspection, ultrasound inspection, die - penetrant inspection, etc...

That's a very creative way to describe bringing a defective part into specification.

sesquipedalian? Now, that's a new one on me.

• given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"
• a very long word (a foot and a half long)
• polysyllabic: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms"
  _{I learned it from Mizuti (one of the moderators). See how edumacational CR4 is?}

Undumpsterfacation.

economy must be slow, so many answers from so many people, when the first 4 of 5 were on the money. The Cat is right, why corrupt the language with made up words when several existing word modifications fit the need properly.

It does seem to be a combination of refurbish and repurpose.

refurpose?

repurbish?

repurposh?

(In any case, the person saying these new words doesn't sound like he is sober enough to be reconditioning parts anyway)

How about recondition and recommission?

(oops, mixing those words just doesn't work... recondission, recommition?)

Rufus

"taking an obsolete or rejected part and performing on it some machining actions in order to put it to use again"

If the obsolete or rejected part is useless due to non-compliance with design specifications and can be re-machined to bring said part within design specification parameters, how about re-spec'd - put back into or modified to acceptable design specifications.

Pronounce: respect (emphasis on "re")

Use: This case of dumifadgers has to be re-spec'd before they can be shipped.

probably arse backwards but just a though

Why not label it as an "Upgraded" version of the original?

Thanks, Tiger, this one looks as one of the most "fitting".

Reclaiming? bioramani

What? All those replies and no one suggested 'Reconfigure'?

I'd heard the word in a recent presentation:

Wait for it....... Upcycling.

The part is still good, not worth trashing/breaking down to recycle, but reused in a newer, improved configuration

How about... upfurbish?

How about just call it "MacGyvered" and be done with it?

cannibalize

CannibalizeUse parts of something to repair something else.

It was used by REME [Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Corp] of UK.

Rework, Re-Do etc etc all meean to repair

Some of manufactureres are using the term Re-Furbish but this is done in their facillities and they use new assemblies from their stores so this also do not fit here.

It is a process of bringing some possible quantity of faulty equipment [may be only one] from a lot of faulty equipments by taking some working parts/ assembly[s] from ones which is/ are either the same type of equipment or using the same component / assembly to be used in another equipment.

Upcycle is the word.

It was used/coined at a LEED forum here in NYC. You heard it here first. From me.

Not to toot my own horn, but the password is "upcycle"

Before I try giving myself a "good answer" I'll wait for you all to do it.

Upcycle.

FIX. repair, renew, correct, rework, modify

Jury Rig or rigged

un-Fubar.

Please refer to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalization

Cannibalization in Wikpedia

Maintenance

MaintenanceIn maintenance of mechanical or electronic systems with interchangeable parts, "cannibalization" refers to the practice of removing parts or subsystems necessary for repair from another similar device, rather than from inventory, usually when resources become limited. The source system is usually crippled as a result, if only temporarily, in order to allow the recipient device to function properly again.

Cannibalization is usually due to unavailability of spare parts, due to an emergency situation, long resupply times, physical distance, or insufficient planning or budget. Cannibalization can also be due to surplus inventory. At the end of World War II a large quantity of high quality, but unusable war surplus equipment such as radar devices made a ready source of parts to build radio equipment.

Diminishing Manufacturing Sources

Main article: DMSMS

Sometimes, removing parts from old equipment is the only way to obtain spare parts, either because they are no longer made, are obsolete, or can only be manufactured in large quantities. In logistics, this is known as Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS).

This is often the case in the military, and ships and aircraft, as well as other expensive equipment that is produced in limited quantities. Such is the case with the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, the sole survivor of a class of three ships built during the early-1960s. The ship herself is over forty years old, and having manufacturers build individual custom replacement parts would be highly impractical, and thus decommissioned ships, such as the USS Independence, have been utilized for the necessary parts to keep the Kitty Hawk in operation.

Another example is the Union Pacific's 4-8-4 locomotive 838 is used as a spare parts source for 844 since the type has been out of production for decades and the builder itself is no longer in existence.

One strategy used to combat DMS is to purchase additional inventory during the production run of a system or part, in quantities sufficient to cover the expected number of failures. This strategy is known as a "lifetime buy". An example of this is the many 30- and 40-year-old railway locomotives being run by small operators in the United Kingdom. These operators will often buy more locomotives than they actually require, and keep a number of them stored as a source of spare parts.

That one really sticks. I will use it the next time when I go cannibalize something. Nice find and GA from me. I have not checked but I'll trust you on this one, Ky.

Thanks for your remarks.

Your GA is before my full reply.

Please red my updated post & read the full article I tried to search for my suggested term.

Happy to Google but before it to "wweb32.exe" the THESAURUS I am using to improve my English to find out the correct spellings of cannibalize.

http://wordweb.info/

look if you get a ga for a that, I ought to get one for "repair" earlier.. becauser really... seriously... 'repair' is the right word for what the op asked.

I shall repair to the parapets and think about it...

_{^{(really just bugging Ky)}}