Showing papers on "Production engineering published in 2016"
TL;DR: A review of both the tangible and intangible elements of manufacturing systems and a state-of-the-art survey of published work can be found in this article, where the evolution of research in manufacturing starting from past and current trends to future developments is discussed.
488 citations
TL;DR: A Scenario-based Industry 4.0 Learning Factory concept that is built upon a tentative competency model for Industry 5.0 and the use of scenarios for problem-oriented learning of future production engineering is suggested.
404 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors set out the key challenges and opportunities emerging from distributed manufacturing (DM) and examined through an expert panel workshop environment emerging DM applications involving new production and supporting infrastructural technologies.
Abstract: This discussion paper aims to set out the key challenges and opportunities emerging from distributed manufacturing (DM). We begin by describing the concept, available definitions and consider its evolution where recent production technology developments (such as additive and continuous production process technologies), digitisation together with infrastructural developments (in terms of IoT and big data) provide new opportunities. To further explore the evolving nature of DM, the authors, each of whom are involved in specific applications of DM research, examine through an expert panel workshop environment emerging DM applications involving new production and supporting infrastructural technologies. This paper presents these generalisable findings on DM challenges and opportunities in terms of products, enabling production technologies and the impact on the wider production and industrial system. Industry structure and location of activities are examined in terms of the democratising impact on participating network actors. The paper concludes with a discussion on the changing nature of manufacturing as a result of DM, from the traditional centralised, large-scale, long lead-time forecast-driven production operations to a new DM paradigm where manufacturing is a decentralised, autonomous near end user-driven activity. A forward research agenda is proposed that considers the impact of DM on the industrial and urban landscape.
216 citations
TL;DR: The proposed intelligent laser-welding architecture combines representation, prediction, and control learning: three of the main hallmarks of an intelligent system and promises to address several key requirements of modern industry.
142 citations
01 Jan 2016
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127 citations
01 Jan 2016
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123 citations
01 Jan 2016
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119 citations
TL;DR: To enable development of competence on cyber-physical production processes and systems a design approach for implementation in learning environments is presented and a case study illustrates the proposed implementation framework in a real learning factory.
93 citations
14 Mar 2016
TL;DR: The role of the human in Industry 4.0 is considered by means of a best practice approach and what potential lies in the human-centered design of assistance systems in production planning and control is shown.
Abstract: Industry 4.0 is an integrated approach that transfers available technologies and the concepts of digitization and networking from everyday life into the domain of industrial production. In this paper, the role of the human in Industry 4.0 is considered by means of a best practice approach. It shows what potential lies in the human-centered design of assistance systems in production planning and control. It involves the use of a tablet computer kitted with an Industry 4.0-compatible app on the shop-floor in a production environment. From empirical investigations, we have derived design recommendations on polarity and angular character height.
78 citations
TL;DR: Five promising innovations are explored to show examples of how manufacturing speed is increasing—with line arrays of point actuators, parallel tools, tailored application of precision, hybridisation and task taxonomies.
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive quality management concept for lithium-ion batteries is proposed to reduce costs and improve the quality of battery production, and a well-structured procedure is suggested for identification and handling of fluctuations in quality of intermediate products, leading to a reduction of scrap rates by detecting deviations in early process stages and offering the possibility for process control and feedback.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse existing research literature on additive manufacturing application in the industrial sector and try to determine the open issues related to this theme, focusing on the mechanical and chemical characteristics of the materials produced with AM and the management themes.
Abstract: The new technology named additive manufacturing (AM) is gaining significance in the industrial sector due to its capacity to define new improvements in the design, production and logistical issues related to a specific product. This new area in industrial engineering is becoming operative but is still not easily applicable to all types of production systems. Many research and practical contributions have been developed in the last few years, but a unique answer for a possibility to be applied to the industrial sector has not yet been derived. This paper aims to analyse existing research literature on AM application in the industrial sector and tries to determine the open issues related to this theme. Here the themes on the mechanical and chemical characteristics of the materials produced with AM and the management theme are examined.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present concrete examples from industrial production, in which the added value of metrology in manufacturing is discussed and quantified, and the focus of the paper is on the improved effectiveness of metrologies when used at product and process design stages, as well as the improved accuracy and efficiency of manufacturing through better measuring equipment and process chains with integrated metrology.
Abstract: In streamlined manufacturing systems, the added value of inspection activities is often questioned, and metrology in particular is sometimes considered only as an avoidable expense. Documented quantification of economic benefits of metrology is generally not available. This work presents concrete examples from industrial production, in which the added value of metrology in manufacturing is discussed and quantified. Case studies include: general manufacturing, forging, machining, and related metrology. The focus of the paper is on the improved effectiveness of metrology when used at product and process design stages, as well as on the improved accuracy and efficiency of manufacturing through better measuring equipment and process chains with integrated metrology for process control.
TL;DR: Additive manufacturing describes technologies that translate virtual computer-aided design data into physical models in a fast process as discussed by the authors, which offers freedom of design which gives access to novel shapes and geometries with fast production times.
Abstract: Additive manufacturing describes technologies that translate virtual computer-aided design data into physical models in a fast process. While industries such as automotive and aerospace adopt this manufacturing technique rapidly, it is little applied within process engineering. Additive manufacturing offers freedom of design which gives access to novel shapes and geometries with fast production times. This review analyses the most important layer fabrication principles first and shows applications of additive manufacturing in fluid process engineering second. The review focuses on applications where liquids and gases are involved and it showcases the potential of additive manufacturing within process engineering of functional devices. Examples of current research projects show the potential of the technology for advances process engineering.
10 Jun 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the possibilities and examples of using Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (by Siemens) to simulate the production and logistics processes, which allows to simulate discrete events and create digital models of logistic systems (e.g. production), optimize the operation of production plants, production lines, and individual logistics processes.
Abstract: The main objective of the article was to present the possibilities and examples of using Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (by Siemens) to simulate the production and logistics processes. This tool allows to simulate discrete events and create digital models of logistic systems (e.g. production), optimize the operation of production plants, production lines, as well as individual logistics processes. The review of implementations of Tecnomatix Plant Simulation for modeling processes in production engineering and logistics was conducted and a few selected examples of simulations were presented. The author’s future studies are going to focus on simulation of production and logistic processes and their optimization with the use of genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks.
01 Sep 2016
TL;DR: The important issues in developing domain-specific ontology for manufacturing used in industry 4.0 demonstration production line are addressed.
Abstract: The increasing pressures faced by manufacturers, the shortening of innovation cycles and the growing importance of high-efficiency manufacturing demand a higher versatility of factory automation. In order to achieve this target, engineering tasks currently performed manually need to be automated. In this case, ontologies emerge as a significant method for representing manufacturing knowledge in a machine-interpretable way. This knowledge can then be used by automated problem-solving methods to reconfigure the control software that coordinates and supervises manufacturing systems. Besides, Ontology can play a very important role in the process of creating as well as managing the knowledge. This paper addresses the important issues in developing domain-specific ontology for manufacturing used in industry 4.0 demonstration production line. A generic ontology is developed considering all the aspects about product from customized order to resulting production.
TL;DR: In this paper, a dedicated process for the management of changes in manufacturing (an MCM process) is designed, which is based on the broad basis of literature available in these fields.
Abstract: The efficient and effective management of changes in manufacturing constitutes a key success factor for industrial enterprises in a highly dynamic world. Despite its undoubted importance, the management of manufacturing changes as a dedicated field of research has rarely been a focus of engineering science. However, other fields of research, such as Engineering Change Management (ECM) or continuous factory planning, investigate similar topics (ECM) in a different domain (Product Development) or possess the same object of observation (manufacturing/factories) focusing on different approaches (factory planning). Based on the broad basis of literature available in these fields, a dedicated process for the management of changes in manufacturing – an MCM process – is designed. Guided by the Design Research Methodology (DRM), a total of 42 processes and related process requirements have been comparatively analyzed for the MCM process design. In addition to further detailed analyses of process stages, the article elaborates on the validation approach and results as well as the derived need for further research in the field of Manufacturing Change Management (MCM).
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present possibilities of improving design and manufacturing preparation processes of configurable (variant) products in scope of realization of mass customization strategy, using knowledge-based engineering tools as a base for building systems for automation of design this paper.
Abstract: The paper presents possibilities of improving design and manufacturing preparation processes of configurable (variant) products in scope of realization of mass customization strategy. Knowledge based engineering tools are presented as a base for building systems for automation of design and manufacturing preparation. Methodologies of building KBE systems are presented and described, authors’ own methodology is presented along with selected cases of its use. It is proven that reduction of time needed for design and manufacturing preparation can be vast, justifying use of KBE systems as a way of manufacturing optimization of configurable products.
TL;DR: The opportunities and challenges in architecting such engineering information services and composing them to enable smarter manufacturing are described.
Abstract: Engineering information systems play an important role in the current era of digitization of manufacturing, which is a key component to enable smart manufacturing. Traditionally, these engineering information systems spanned the lifecycle of a product by providing interoperability of software subsystems through a combination of open and proprietary exchange of data. But research and development efforts are underway to replace this paradigm with engineering information services that can be composed dynamically to meet changing needs in the operation of smart manufacturing systems. This paper describes the opportunities and challenges in architecting such engineering information services and composing them to enable smarter manufacturing.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a formalized approach to better support material selection decisions, which is part of an overall material-oriented development methodology and features a material selection method which takes product, production process and material information into account in an integrated way.
15 Feb 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a gas production engineering approach based on Gas production engineering (GPE) for gas production and showed that GPE can be used in a variety of applications.
Abstract: Gas production engineering , Gas production engineering , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore new methods to enhance the performance of their production systems in a severely competitive global market, which renders an urgent need for them to explore new method to enhance new methods.
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this article, a scientific work aimed at finding out potential touching points between additive manufacturing technologies and food market, either consumer and industrial, focusing on the actual and future applications, has been presented.
Abstract: The food sector is one of the major economic sectors in Europe and beyond and produces nutrition for the world population. Food industry has a unique role in all countries economy as it is essential to people lives. In Europe it is the largest manufacturing sector in terms of value added, turnover and employment. On the other hand, several worldwide economic-social-technological trends are pushing organizations to embrace innovation as an integrated part of their corporate strategy, and to offer customized products tailored to market targets need. Embracing innovation became strategic in order to create a sustainable competitive advantage and to stay ahead of the competition in every industry, even in food one. Today, among all the most cutting-edge technologies, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has the potential to develop business paradigms to face an ever changing demand. AM comprises a group of technologies whose initial inception occurred over thirty years, characterized by a layer upon layer production directly from Computer-Aided Design (CAD) data. Over the past few years AM development has increased exponentially and has expanded to include new areas of research. Within all the innovative applications, one of the most promising under respect of social impacts and progress, has proved to be the technological application in the food industry. This scientific work aims at finding out potential touching points between additive manufacturing technologies and food market, either consumer and industrial, focusing on the actual and future applications.
TL;DR: The research is to define the methods that would extend the research apparatus of economists and managers by tools that allow the inclusion of qualitative determinants into quantitative analysis, with a special focus on production engineering management processes.
Abstract: The paper aims at recognizing the possibilities and perspectives of application of qualitative-quantitative research methodology in the field of economics, with a special focus on production engineering management processes. The main goal of the research is to define the methods that would extend the research apparatus of economists and managers by tools that allow the inclusion of qualitative determinants into quantitative analysis. Such approach is justified by qualitative character of many determinants of economic occurrences. At the same time quantitative approach seems to be predominant in production engineering management, although methods of transposition of qualitative decision criteria can be found in literature. Nevertheless, international economics and management could profit from a mixed methodology, incorporating both types of determinants into joint decision-making models. The research methodology consists of literature review and own analysis of applicability of mixed qualitative-quantitative methods for managerial decision-making. The expected outcome of the research is to find which methods should be applied to include qualitative-quantitative analysis into multicriteria decision-making models in the fields of economics, with a special regard to production engineering management.
TL;DR: In this paper, an inter-disciplinar methodology for engineering modular CPS-based systems for the production is proposed, which can provide a guideline and support engineers in the complex design process.