The use of modern information and communication technologies plays a key role in the current global competitive environment of long-term manufacturing company sustainability. Based on the requirements of Slovak industrial companies (both domestic and foreign companies), there is a need to implement these technologies into the university teaching process. Therefore, this article describes virtual and augmented reality applications into the teaching process of Digital Factory module at the Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Zilina. The main aim of this study was to test and document how helpful immersive technologies could be in a teaching process. There were a group of students who took part in this study whose job was to assemble a specific assembly construction, first without the help of virtual technologies and second with the help of augmented and virtual reality. The results were collected through operation images and chronometry, these were then analyzed the conclusions stated in the article were obtained. In the conclusion, the final part of the article describes a general evaluation of virtual training use in the industrial practice of long-term industrial company sustainability.
With the start of Industry 4.0, companies are increasingly focusing on one of the key factors for future production, the introduction of automation. The introduction of automation is generally considered to be an effective strategy against increasing competition and outsourcing in low cost countries. However, procurement decisions based only on the initial price are often bad decisions because they do not take into account hidden cost factors such as maintenance or energy consumption. Evaluating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in implementing automation is a much better alternative to calculating all the cost of ownership.
This article deals with Smart factories and their building, benefits and transformation impacts on conventional factories. Important part will be also digital twin in smart factories. Imagine walking into a factory that resembles a high-tech research lab. It is a stark contrast to the image of manufacturing industries we have in our mind, except that this is not a dream or the distant future anymore because we are much closer to this image than you really think. Welcome to the world of smart factoriesthe new frontier of efficient manufacturing and production.
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