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View article: Novel composite design approaches for structural lightweight components of railway vehicles - development, technological realization and test
Novel composite design approaches for structural lightweight components of railway vehicles - development, technological realization and test Open
The constantly increasing demands on railway vehicles with regard to important properties such as high operational flexibility by use of battery-electric hybrid drives or multi-system capability by use of multiple electric systems result i…
View article: Biological transformation: Principles to enhance holistic production systems
Biological transformation: Principles to enhance holistic production systems Open
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View article: Learning process planning for special machinery assembly
Learning process planning for special machinery assembly Open
Special machinery manufacturers provide customer specific solutions. These specific solutions create tremendous challenges for employees during first assembly, erection at the customer site and future service activities. Especially in seri…
View article: First proof of concept for language independent learnstruments in special machinery assembly
First proof of concept for language independent learnstruments in special machinery assembly Open
International customers and employees form a cornerstone of today's special machinery industry. Qualifying assembly workers with different language and cultural background in this field appears to be challenging and cost intensive. An oppo…
View article: Influence of Gaming Elements on Summative Assessment in Engineering Education for Sustainable Manufacturing
Influence of Gaming Elements on Summative Assessment in Engineering Education for Sustainable Manufacturing Open
Regarding the massive sustainability challenge mankind is currently facing, there is an indisputable need to implement sustainability as the key reference point into higher engineering education in order to prepare the stakeholders of tomo…
View article: A Comparison of Best Practices of Public and Private Support Incentives for the Remanufacturing Industry
A Comparison of Best Practices of Public and Private Support Incentives for the Remanufacturing Industry Open
In the context of resource constraints and the negative environmental and social impacts of the linear "take-make-dispose" pattern, remanufacturing offers a promising solution for the transformation of end of life (EOL) goods into products…
View article: Language Independent Transfer of Assembly Knowledge
Language Independent Transfer of Assembly Knowledge Open
Transferring assembly knowledge for workers with different cultural and linguistic background is challenging. The established solution of translating written instructions into multiple languages is mostly cost intensive, holds a potential …
View article: Comparatively Assessing different Shapes of Lithium-ion Battery Cells
Comparatively Assessing different Shapes of Lithium-ion Battery Cells Open
Different shapes of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) are competing as energy storages for the automobile application. The shapes can be divided into cylindrical and prismatic, whereas the prismatic shape can be further divided in regard to the …
View article: Open Educational Resources as a Driver for Manufacturing-related Education for Learning of Sustainable Development
Open Educational Resources as a Driver for Manufacturing-related Education for Learning of Sustainable Development Open
Since the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launched its OpenCourseWare program in 2002, the idea of an open and democratic education has spread rapidly all over the globe. Under the name of “Open Educational Resources” (OER), in…
View article: Procedure for Experiential Learning to Conduct Material Flow Simulation Projects, Enabled by Learning Factories
Procedure for Experiential Learning to Conduct Material Flow Simulation Projects, Enabled by Learning Factories Open
Material flow simulation is a powerful tool to identify improvements in factory operation. For conducting simulation projects, experts are required who know how to prepare, execute and evaluate simulation studies. To date, training mostly …
View article: Mapping and Integrating Value Creation Factors with Life-cycle Stages for Sustainable Manufacturing
Mapping and Integrating Value Creation Factors with Life-cycle Stages for Sustainable Manufacturing Open
Instead of implementing each element individually, engineers must be aware of multiple interactions among all major value creation factors and their life-cycle stages. Interactions are analyzed by a set of factors and hierarchical levels w…
View article: Field of Research in Sustainable Manufacturing
Field of Research in Sustainable Manufacturing Open
Sustainability has raised significant attention in manufacturing research over the last decades and has become a significant driver of the development of innovative technologies and management concepts. The current chapter aims to provide …
View article: Increasing Knowledge and Skills for Assembly Processes through Interactive 3D-PDFs
Increasing Knowledge and Skills for Assembly Processes through Interactive 3D-PDFs Open
Extending PDFs with interactive three-dimensional CAD content is an opportunity to enable users with different knowledge levels to understand assembly processes. Users are enabled to manipulate CAD content by a combination of pictograms an…
View article: A Novel Framework for Achieving Sustainable Value Creation Through Industrial Engineering Principles
A Novel Framework for Achieving Sustainable Value Creation Through Industrial Engineering Principles Open
Due to the lack of suitable approaches for sustainable development, over the years, a gap has evolved between the developed and emerging countries on innovation and technological development. At the same time, opportunities for value creat…
View article: Increasing Productivity in Grasping Electrodes in Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturing
Increasing Productivity in Grasping Electrodes in Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturing Open
The automated handling of electrodes is an essential process step for assembling lithium-ion battery cells and a bottleneck within the productivity. Current handling methods are characterized through pick-and-place operations. Their produc…
View article: Motion Tracking Applied in Assembly for Worker Training in different Locations
Motion Tracking Applied in Assembly for Worker Training in different Locations Open
In cooperation between a German and a Vietnamese manufacturing laboratory, activities of training for assembly are performed by support of motion tracking at similar workplaces. The assembly of bicycle e-hubs is trained with Vietnamese stu…
View article: Design and Verification of an Innovative Handling System for Electrodes in Manufacturing Lithium-ion Battery Cells
Design and Verification of an Innovative Handling System for Electrodes in Manufacturing Lithium-ion Battery Cells Open
The automated handling of electrodes for manufacturing lithium-ion battery cells for automotive applications is a bottleneck of the productivity. Current handling methods are hardly efficient enough due to the usage of sequential pick-and-…
View article: Sustainable Urban Mobility through the Perspective of Overcompliance
Sustainable Urban Mobility through the Perspective of Overcompliance Open
Being at the frontier with regard to sustainable aspects of manufacturing may serve as competitive advantage due to the increasing trend of consumer awareness. In order to adhere to the consequent pressure from external stakeholders such a…
View article: Challenges and Approaches for a Continuous Cable Production
Challenges and Approaches for a Continuous Cable Production Open
The shut-down of nuclear power plants and the general shift from fossil to regenerative energies lead to an increase of disparity between energy production and energy consumption in Germany. Because of the immense acceptance problems among…
View article: Sustainability Factors for PSS Business Models
Sustainability Factors for PSS Business Models Open
A fundamental change in how businesses are conducted and operated is an essential factor to reach more sustainable solutions not only on the industry level but also for the entire society. In this sense, the importance of developing and im…
View article: Simulation-games for Learning Conducive Workplaces: A Case Study for Manual Assembly
Simulation-games for Learning Conducive Workplaces: A Case Study for Manual Assembly Open
All segments of stakeholders in society need to understand economic, environmental and social connections and implications in order to facilitate sustainable development. Currently many people - especially in emerging countries - are not a…
View article: Design of production systems with hybrid energy and water generation for sustainable value creation
Design of production systems with hybrid energy and water generation for sustainable value creation Open
Population growth, connected with rising incomes, urbanization, fidelity to dogmas and climate change, places pressure on the food industry. This significantly increases the inextricably-linked demand of production systems for water and en…
View article: Gamification in Factory Management Education – A Case Study with Lego Mindstorms
Gamification in Factory Management Education – A Case Study with Lego Mindstorms Open
Research oriented teaching in universities provides opportunities to support the student's desire to explore. A student's learning success can benefit from gamified project work, especially when students face self-guided learning processes…
View article: Gamification in factory management education
Gamification in factory management education Open
Research oriented teaching in universities provides opportunities to support the student's desire to explore. A student's learning success can benefit from gamified project work, especially when students face self-guided learning processes…
View article: Realization of a Learning Environment to Promote Sustainable Value Creation in Areas with Insufficient Infrastructure
Realization of a Learning Environment to Promote Sustainable Value Creation in Areas with Insufficient Infrastructure Open
To increase the rationally demanded sustainability with its ecologic, environmental and social dimensions, innovative technology shall be exploited. For example waste can be used by means of closed loop material cycles for the production o…
View article: Multi-objective Shop Floor Scheduling Using Monitored Energy Data
Multi-objective Shop Floor Scheduling Using Monitored Energy Data Open
Modern factories will become more and more directly connected to intermittent energy sources like solar systems or wind turbines as part of a smart grid or a self-sufficient supply. However, solar systems or wind turbines are not able to p…
View article: Adaptive Qualification and Assistance Modules for Manual Assembly Workplaces
Adaptive Qualification and Assistance Modules for Manual Assembly Workplaces Open
Enterprises must be able to make decisions for increasing process effectiveness and efficiency in view of shrinking natural resources. A globalised work force has to be made aware of the challenges in resource scarcity and material wealth.…
View article: Modelling of Bicycle Manufacturing via Multi-criteria Mixed Integer Programming
Modelling of Bicycle Manufacturing via Multi-criteria Mixed Integer Programming Open
Sustainable manufacturing considers the economic, environmental and social dimensions as equally important. For any product, like the common bicycles, a holistic view on the different life cycle phases has to be taken in order to ensure th…
View article: Enhancing Technological Innovation with the Implementation of a Sustainable Manufacturing Community
Enhancing Technological Innovation with the Implementation of a Sustainable Manufacturing Community Open
The global challenge of sustainable value creation can be coped with by raising human awareness about it all around the world. Increasing process effectiveness and efficiency in view of shrinking natural resources, increasing competitivene…