A Multipurpose Small-Scale Smart Factory For Educational And Research Activities

Ferrario, Andrea; Confalonieri, Matteo; Barni, Andrea; Izzo, Gabriele; Landolfi, Giuseppe; Pedrazzoli, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.085

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“…In this paper the SUPSI Mini-factory and its main building blocks supported by I4.0 elements such as DTs have been presented. The mini-factory is an experimental facility that allows research and education to find a common playfield where mutually beneficial experiences can be integrated (Ferrario et al, 2019). The paper does not deal with environmental or economical aspects.…”

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Towards Digital Twins Development and Implementation to Support Sustainability – Systematic Literature Review

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2021

Management and Production Engineering Review

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Digital twin (DT) is a solution for presenting reality in a virtual world. DTs have been discussed in the literature only recently. The aim of this work is to review and analyse literature connected to DTs. Under a systematic literature review the authors searched databases for the information how DTs can support organization operations and how they can support sustainability of companies. A literature review was performed according to a developed research methodology, which covers research questions and keywords identification, selection criteria and results analysis. Databases, such as Web of Science, Scopus and Science Direct, were searched. The titles, abstracts and keywords were searched for works related to digital twins, sustainable development and manufacturing processes. Moreover, the search was focused on real-time monitoring, data, decision-making etc. The keywords used in the searching process are specified in the methodology. Afterwards, quantitate and qualitative analysis were performed taking into account number of publication, year of publications, type of publication, based on keywords and available information concerning the papers. Deeper analysis was performed on available full texts of the papers. The main goal of this paper was to assess how much the specified problem is discussed in literature in the context of production organizations and real-time and what kind of topics are present in publications to indicate future research needs.

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Towards Digital Twins Development and Implementation to Support Sustainability – Systematic Literature Review

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2021

Management and Production Engineering Review

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“…Some single-vendor solutions remain in a more affordable price range at the cost of retaining only some industrial characteristics [10], nevertheless, they typically have mechanical limitations that render them unsuitable for the Smart Factory environment. By far most feasible is a blended approach, in which the core of the facility is still built of industrial components, while extensions rely on affordable, often open-source, devices [11]. This still allows industrial design and construction principles to be pursued and demonstrated, but has several advantages: (1) the financial burden of modification remains moderate [12]; (2) motivation thresholds are lowered as students are less deterred by the known value of equipment [13];…”

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Concept of a Modular Embedded Computing Platform for Automation Extension Experiments

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“…Similarly, in the smart factory proposed in [34], several technologies typical of the Industry 4.0 paradigm were introduced, e.g., SCADA and PLC programming, IoT, digital twin, smart production, and management systems. In this way, students could be trained to implement such technologies in the industrial environment.…”

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Learning-by-Doing Safety and Maintenance Practices: A Pilot Course

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This paper presents an educational approach for teaching Industry 4.0 concepts to maintenance and safety operators involved in industrial processes. A Learning-by-doing approach was introduced to assess the impact of learning by doing and knowledge sharing on designing maintenance and safety solutions based on Industry 4.0 concepts to build experience and improve decision-making skills. To this end, we proposed a pilot course to train industrial operators in the field of new technologies so that they could continue their work effectively. Specifically, the development of the course began with a needs assessment of the perspective participants, followed by an outline of the objectives and course structure. The course was adapted to the different educational and technical backgrounds of the participants (i.e., experienced operators who were digital immigrants and non-experienced operators who were digital natives). The results of the course were assessed through a survey, which allowed us to evaluate the operators’ perception of the learning approach and the contribution to improving the operators’ competencies and abilities. The results highlighted that the educational approach facilitated the teaching of maintenance and safety principles, promoting operators’ attention and participation. The difference in the learning level that we observed between the younger and older operators was also highlighted by the survey results. A dichotomy was revealed between the younger operators, who showed a greater understanding of the explained technologies, and the older operators, who required longer learning times. In this way, both types of participant could benefit from mutual collaboration and teamwork to improve their respective weaknesses.

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A Multipurpose Small-Scale Smart Factory For Educational And Research Activities

Cited by 11 publications

References 3 publications

Towards Digital Twins Development and Implementation to Support Sustainability – Systematic Literature Review

Towards Digital Twins Development and Implementation to Support Sustainability – Systematic Literature Review

Concept of a Modular Embedded Computing Platform for Automation Extension Experiments

Learning-by-Doing Safety and Maintenance Practices: A Pilot Course

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