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View article: Environmental sustainability requirement specification levels for comprehensive requirements engineering
Environmental sustainability requirement specification levels for comprehensive requirements engineering Open
The consideration of sustainability early in product development presents significant challenges for the field of mechanical engineering. Linking broad corporate strategies to specific product attributes such as dimensions and functions re…
View article: Teaching sustainability in higher engineering education: a structured approach to sustainable product development
Teaching sustainability in higher engineering education: a structured approach to sustainable product development Open
The Sustainable Product Development (SPD) module bridges sustainability concepts into higher education, equipping Master’s students with theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and critical thinking to address sustainability challenges. C…
View article: Robust design as a team sport – mastering upcoming challenges in modern product development
Robust design as a team sport – mastering upcoming challenges in modern product development Open
Robust Design is essential for developing high-quality products by minimizing their sensitivity to variation and uncertainties from diverse sources. Despite the wide range of approaches from industry and research, it faces challenges due t…
View article: Exploring the product carbon footprint through gamification: a learning tool for children
Exploring the product carbon footprint through gamification: a learning tool for children Open
Sustainability is one of the most important topics of our time and will continue to stay relevant, as mitigating the effects of global warming will stay a challenge for decades to come. Therefore it is of high importance to teach children …
View article: Using the Integral Digital Twin for Product Carbon Footprint calculation
Using the Integral Digital Twin for Product Carbon Footprint calculation Open
Sustainable product development and manufacturing rely heavily on digital technology, as evaluating sustainability metrics requires the systematic gathering and organization of information throughout the product life cycle (PLC). A suitabl…
View article: Method for the consideration of statistically distributed geometrical deviations in the design of cylindrical roller bearing arrangements
Method for the consideration of statistically distributed geometrical deviations in the design of cylindrical roller bearing arrangements Open
Rolling bearings are of great importance in all areas of mechanical engineering due to their precise and low-friction guidance of rotating components at low cost. The design of rolling bearing arrangements is usually based on approximately…
View article: Knowledge-based product and process design synthesis of additively manufactured non-assembly mechanisms
Knowledge-based product and process design synthesis of additively manufactured non-assembly mechanisms Open
Additive Manufacturing increasingly becomes a viable alternative to conventional manufacturing technologies. However, the knowledge and awareness to achieve a ready-for-manufacturing and quality-ensured design of additively manufactured pr…
View article: Gamification of Resource Consumption Monitoring of Products and Machines: A Cross-Platform and User-Friendly Approach
Gamification of Resource Consumption Monitoring of Products and Machines: A Cross-Platform and User-Friendly Approach Open
The resource consumption of products and production processes, regarding energy and material, is the most important parameter in assessing economic and ecological sustainability. Existing approaches for measuring resource consumption calcu…
View article: Integrating Sustainability Requirements into Product Development Based on Sustainability Reporting Frameworks
Integrating Sustainability Requirements into Product Development Based on Sustainability Reporting Frameworks Open
Setting quantifiable requirements for the sustainability of a product is a challenge that companies, policymakers, and the scientific community are facing. Integrating and considering sustainability in product development requires the defi…
View article: Digital Twins in Industry 4.0 – Opportunities and challenges related to Cyber Security
Digital Twins in Industry 4.0 – Opportunities and challenges related to Cyber Security Open
The technological advance present in Industry 4.0 (I4.0) has enabled the application of a wide range of technologies related to digitalization, connectivity, and automation. These technologies generate strong prospects of impact on the val…
View article: Methods and Approaches for the Development of new Lifetime Models and their Integration in Digital Twins
Methods and Approaches for the Development of new Lifetime Models and their Integration in Digital Twins Open
To implement a degradation model in a Digital Twin, the degradation of a filament nozzle for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is analysed. The nozzle orifice diameter undergoes an expansion due to continuous extrusion of material, which lea…
View article: Enabling Product Carbon Footprint Management in the Material Extrusion Process
Enabling Product Carbon Footprint Management in the Material Extrusion Process Open
The environmental impact of new products and production processes is one of the most important indicators of the current time. Many methods exist to estimate ecological metrics, such as the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) in the individual …
View article: Combining System Models and CAD for Change Scenario Management
Combining System Models and CAD for Change Scenario Management Open
In the development of complex mechatronic systems, interdisciplinary cooperation requires an exchange between stakeholders in order to ensure fulfillment of requirements and related functions. The cooperation of the stakeholders from diffe…
View article: KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: A FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGN ADAPTATION
KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: A FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGN ADAPTATION Open
Due to the high freedom of design, additive manufacturing (AM) is increasingly substituting conventional manufacturing technology in several sectors. However, the knowledge and the awareness for the suitable design of additively manufactur…
View article: FRAMEWORK FOR COMPARISON OF PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINTS OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING SCENARIOS
FRAMEWORK FOR COMPARISON OF PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINTS OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING SCENARIOS Open
The Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) has been established over the last few years as a new control variable in product design to quantify the sustainable impact of a product. However, the calculation of the PCF is subject to numerous uncerta…
View article: PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT WITH DIGITAL TWINS FOR PRODUCT GENERATION DEVELOPMENT
PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT WITH DIGITAL TWINS FOR PRODUCT GENERATION DEVELOPMENT Open
Digital Twins are virtual representations of a product-service-instance and, as a technology, represent an important part of the realization of Industry 4.0. They manage data of the associat-ed product instance and can also have functions …
View article: IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF A SCRAP AND FAILURE ORIENTED MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION CONSIDERING OPERATIONAL WEAR
IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF A SCRAP AND FAILURE ORIENTED MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION CONSIDERING OPERATIONAL WEAR Open
The tolerancing of products for manufacturing is usually performed at the end of the design process and the responsibility of the designer. Although components are commonly tolerated to ensure functionality, time-based influences, like wea…
View article: METHOD FOR THE INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING DATA IN LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
METHOD FOR THE INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING DATA IN LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT Open
Precise sustainability assessment becomes increasingly important in decision-making, marketing, and regulations. Therefore, reliable and comparable LCA becomes mandatory. Currently, primary data is rarely available due to vastly complex va…
View article: FILE FORMAT SELECTION FOR EFFICIENT DIGITAL PROCESS CHAINS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
FILE FORMAT SELECTION FOR EFFICIENT DIGITAL PROCESS CHAINS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Open
Selecting a suitable file format for data exchange in additive manufacturing is fundamental when designing these digital process chains. Within the scope of this investigation, alternatives to the de-facto industry standard STL are to be f…
View article: PERSPECTIVES ON ROBUST DESIGN – AN OVERVIEW OF CHALLENGES AND RESEARCH AREAS ACROSS INDUSTRY FIELDS
PERSPECTIVES ON ROBUST DESIGN – AN OVERVIEW OF CHALLENGES AND RESEARCH AREAS ACROSS INDUSTRY FIELDS Open
Robust Design offers a coherent and widely appreciated approach for the parametric exploration of the design space by means of simulation or experimentation, which is well-established in the quality-by design domain. From the perspective o…
View article: Artificial Intelligence-Based Cyber Security in the Context of Industry 4.0—A Survey
Artificial Intelligence-Based Cyber Security in the Context of Industry 4.0—A Survey Open
The increase in cyber-attacks impacts the performance of organizations in the industrial sector, exploiting the vulnerabilities of networked machines. The increasing digitization and technologies present in the context of Industry 4.0 have…
View article: Development of an Information Model for Simulation Data Management in the Digital Twin
Development of an Information Model for Simulation Data Management in the Digital Twin Open
This paper presents an information model for the association of Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) behavior models and sensor-based simulation data under consideration of UML-association classes and artifacts of model-based testing (MBT). Th…