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Opportunities of Sustainable Manufacturing in Industry 4.0

01 Jan 2016-Procedia CIRP (Elsevier)-Vol. 40, pp 536-541
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a state-of-the-art review of Industry 4.0 based on recent developments in research and practice, and present an overview of different opportunities for sustainable manufacturing in Industry 5.0.
About: This article is published in Procedia CIRP.The article was published on 2016-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1276 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sustainable development & Sustainability.
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TL;DR: In this article , the authors integrate the concepts of Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, and sustainable manufacturing in a model that provides a conceptual framework for the study of long-term solutions with a high degree of specialization, according to the specific context of each investigation.
Abstract: In this work, we integrate the concepts of Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, and sustainable manufacturing in a model that provides a conceptual framework for the study of long-term solutions with a high degree of specialization, according to the specific context of each investigation. This study offers a holistic analysis and evaluation of the main challenges facing the Industry 4.0 concept. We also diagnose the current methodological proposals aimed at solving the challenges of Industry 4.0 and sustainability using a systemic review of the literature from the past 5 years. Firstly, we identify 14 technological trends linked to Industry 4.0. Subsequently, the trends are integrated into the proposed model to identify opportunities, evaluating their relationship with three performance areas. This allows the identification of trends that present the greatest number of opportunities in the context of sustainability. The second stage complements the literature review with a descriptive analysis of the studies and discusses the findings. The study concludes that the identified technological trends positively impact Industry 4.0 challenges, helping to achieve sustainable manufacturing objectives.

4 citations

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09 Jun 2020
TL;DR: In this article, the pw-plasma has an influence on the cw-absorption and thus the temperature distribution in the workpiece and the absorbed energy is determined by dropping the samples into water at ambient temperature and measuring the water's temperature rise.
Abstract: Wire-based Laser Metal Deposition (LMD-w) is a suitable manufacturing technology for a wide range of applications such as repairing, coating, or additive manufacturing. Employing a pulsed wave (pw) laser additionally to the continuous wave (cw) process laser has several positive effects on the LMD process stability. The pw-plasma has an influence on the cw-absorption and thus the temperature distribution in the workpiece. In this article, several experiments are described aiming to characterize the heat input during dual beam LMD. In the first setup, small aluminum and steel disks are heated up either by only cw or by combined cw and pw radiation. The absorbed energy is then determined by dropping the samples into water at ambient temperature and measuring the water’s temperature rise. In a second experiment, the temperature distribution in the deposition zone under real process conditions is examined by two-color pyrometer measurements. According to the results, the pw plasma leads to an increase of the effective absorption coefficient by more than 20%. The aim of this work is to achieve a deeper understanding of the physical phenomena acting during dual beam LMD and to deploy them selectively for a better and more flexible process control.

4 citations

Dissertation
01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: In this article, a research model consisting of six relevant Industry 4.0-related factors that potentially could influence the reluctance of Industry 5.0 use is hypothesised, and multiple regression analysis is applied on a sample of 30 Dutch Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) from 19 sectors.
Abstract: Industry 4.0 is expected to revolutionize the manufacturing industry. Opportunities and challenges are widely identified by academics and organisations. However, studies on factors that potentially influence the reluctance of Industry 4.0 use were, to our knowledge, lacking. A research model consisting of six relevant Industry 4.0-related factors that potentially could influence the reluctance of Industry 4.0 use is hypothesised. In order to test the model, multiple regression analysis is applied on a sample of 30 Dutch Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) from 19 sectors. The empirical findings show that Risk of Change and Difficulties to Adjust the Production Process are positive drivers of the reluctance of Industry 4.0 use. Data Risks and Risk of Job Losses showed a significant negative relationship to the reluctance of Industry 4.0 use, and the hypotheses Lack of Time and Costs were rejected due to insufficient empirical evidence. Moreover, it is shown that SMEs have a completely different perspective concerning Industry 4.0, when compared to each other.

4 citations


Cites background from "Opportunities of Sustainable Manufa..."

  • ...Existing value creating business models are expected to change, due to this novel industrial revolution (Müller, Kiel, & Voigt, 2018; Stock & Seliger, 2016)....

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  • ...Therefore, the implementation of Industry 4.0 in SMEs should not go without contemplating worker needs (Stock & Seliger, 2016)....

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  • ...Industry 4.0 can fulfil the growing demands for mass-customization on an ultra-personalised level (Stock & Seliger, 2016)....

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  • ...Furthermore, mass-customisation and increasing flexibility are also an important matter in Industry 4.0, since production in batch size one and an emphasis on individual needs (Stock & Seliger, 2016) gets the standard....

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  • ...Also, this paper tried to bridge to research gap that currently exists around the reluctance of Industry 4.0 use, since the majority of the research papers expose the positive viewpoint of Industry 4.0 (Schmidt et al., 2015; Stock & Seliger, 2016)....

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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors proposed Industry 4.0 related technologies to be integrated into the CFRP recycling supply chain stages, including waste collection, dismantling, transportation, recycling, and remanufacturing.
Abstract: At the time of unprecedented development of digital technologies, business owners across various industries need to stay up-to-date in terms of using cutting-edge technologies such as Industry 4.0 to ensure competitive performance. There are still many areas where their positive implications of digital technologies have not been applied. For example, the end-of-life (EoL) waste from the automotive, aerospace, and wind energy industries is still accumulating in landfills. At present, an increasing number of vehicles, airplanes, and wind turbine blades are made of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites (CFRPs) leading to an urgent demand for implementing sustainable waste disposal strategies. Thus, recycling CFRPs is a key research area that provides a potential for improvement, particularly, in terms of digitalization. This study addresses the issues prevalent in this sphere and proposes Industry 4.0 related technologies to be integrated into the CFRP recycling supply chain stages, including waste collection, dismantling, transportation, recycling, and re-manufacturing. For this purpose, key technologies were selected from the literature review, smart recycling trends were defined and relevant analysis was carried out to map technologies onto the CFRP recycling supply chain.

4 citations

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TL;DR: A smart operating roadmap is created, which shows the entire process of a strategic business plan, including functions, methods, and tools, to link IFRS 8 to ABSC, and to integrate ERP, MES, and MES under an Industry 4.0 environment.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to create a smart operating roadmap, which shows the entire process of a strategic business plan, including functions, methods, and tools, to link IFRS 8 (International Financial Reporting Standards No.8) to ABSC (Activity-Based Standard Costing), and to integrate ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), MES (Manufacturing Execution System) under an Industry 4.0 environment. The IFRS is a global accounting framework that provides high-quality global accounting standards and governance principles for companies. Using the ABSC production decision model can support the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) in planning Product–Business Unit (Product-BU) organization, which complies with the definition of the IFRS8 operating segments. The case study of the steel group uses the organizational design of the ERP system to achieve the systematization of reportable segments financial statements. In this process, the mathematical programing methods and ABSC can be used to obtain the optimal solutions for sales, costs, and profits. An international steel group case is used to demonstrate how to apply the methodology proposed in this paper for operating planning and control. The sensitivity analysis on the carbon emission reduction goal of environmental sustainability is also presented for the steel group case.

4 citations

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  • ...for the environment or society [19] or they can even fundamentally contribute to solving an environmental or social problem [20]....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a framework to position sustainable entrepreneurship in relation to sustainability innovation, which is based on a typology of sustainable entrepreneurship, including social and institutional entrepreneurship.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a historical view of the motivations and means for pursuing industrial symbiosis, defined to include physical exchanges of materials, energy, water, and by-products among diversified clusters of firms.
Abstract: Summary Since 1989, efforts to understand the nature of interfirm resource sharing in the form of industrial symbiosis and to replicate in a deliberate way what was largely self-organizing in Kalundborg, Denmark have followed many paths, some with much success and some with very little. This article provides a historical view of the motivations and means for pursuing industrial symbiosis—defined to include physical exchanges of materials, energy, water, and by-products among diversified clusters of firms. It finds that “uncovering” existing symbioses has led to more sustainable industrial development than attempts to design and build eco-industrial parks incorporating physical exchanges. By examining 15 proposed projects brought to national and international attention by the U.S. President’s Council on Sustainable Development beginning in the early 1990s, and contrasting these with another 12 projects observed to share more elements of self-organization, recommendations are offered to stimulate the identification and uncovering of already existing “kernels” of symbiosis. In addition, policies and practices are suggested to identify early-stage precursors of potentially larger symbioses that can be nurtured and developed further. The article concludes that environmentally and economically desirable symbiotic exchanges are all around us and now we must shift our gaze to find and foster them.

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  • ...cooperation of different factories for realizing a competitive advantage by trading and exchanging products, materials, energy, water [21] and also smart data on a local level....

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