Factories of the Future: The Italian Flagship InitiativeTullio Tolio, Giacomo Copani, Walter Terkaj This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book presents results relevant in the manufacturing research field, that are mainly aimed at closing the gap between the academic investigation and the industrial application, in collaboration with manufacturing companies. Several hardware and software prototypes represent the key outcome of the scientific contributions that can be grouped into five main areas, representing different perspectives of the factory domain:1) Evolutionary and reconfigurable factories to cope with dynamic production contexts characterized by evolving demand and technologies, products and processes.2) Factories for sustainable production, asking for energy efficiency, low environmental impact products and processes, new de-production logics, sustainable logistics.3) Factories for the People who need new kinds of interactions between production processes, machines, and human beings to offer a more comfortable and stimulating working environment.4) Factories for customized products that will be more and more tailored to the final user’s needs and sold at cost-effective prices.5) High performance factories to yield the due production while minimizing the inefficiencies caused by failures, management problems, maintenance.This books is primarily targeted to academic researchers and industrial practitioners in the manufacturing domain. |
Other editions - View all
Factories of the Future: The Italian Flagship Initiative Tullio Tolio,Giacomo Copani,Walter Terkaj No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
algorithms analysis applications approach architecture automation Axial Piston Pumps business model CdZnTe cells Circular Economy CIRP Ann coating companies components Comput contact angle Copani G Creative Commons licence detector developed devices dynamic efficiency electronic electrospinning enabling energy environment exploiting fabrication femtosecond fibroin films fixtures flexible functional future geopolymers haptic heat exchanger images implementation industrial integrated interaction interface Italy kaolin clays machine material mechanical mechano-chemical microfluidic Modbus model predictive control modules monitoring mould nanofibres nanoparticles obtained ontology operations optical optimization pallet configuration parameters PCBs performance personalised photocatalytic photoresist pilot plant polymer polymeric production systems proposed prototype reconfigurable recycling research and innovation robot samples scenario Sect sensors silk fibroin simulation solar cells solutions specific Springer structure substrates superhydrophobic supply chain surface sustainable technologies temperature Terkaj W eds thermal tips Tolio waste zeolites