remanufacture

re- +‎ manufacture

remanufacture (third-person singular simple present remanufactures, present participle remanufacturing, simple past and past participle remanufactured)

1. To make a system or subsystem that meets the standards of one newly manufactured by disassembling a used one, cleaning, inspecting, replacing worn and defective parts, and reassembling.
   • 2007 June 7, Keith Bradsher, “Chinese Auto Parts Enter the Global Market”, in New York Times‎:

     But used starters and alternators are still remanufactured in the United States, reusing the costly copper wiring in each device and selling them in the $1.5 billion market for replacement starters and alternators.