Addressing Sustainability and Flexibility in Manufacturing Via Smart Modular Machine Tool Frames to Support Sustainable Value Creation

Peukert, Bernd; Benecke, Stephan; Clavell, Janire; Neugebauer, Sabrina; Nissen, Nils F.; Uhlmann, Eckart; Lang, Klaus‐Dieter; Finkbeiner, Matthias

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.181

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“…Economic benefits from an operational perspective were derived from literature regarding different aspects that are enabled by Industry 4.0 based on data availability in real-time across the supply chain [3,28,30,42,74,75], manufacturing quality [3,75], mainly enabling cost benefits. Environmental and social benefits through Industry 4.0 are taken from literature discussing Industry 4.0 in environmental [23,30,43,54,56,60] and social [43,76,77] contexts. Challenges regarding competitiveness and future viability stem from literature that discusses companies potentially losing their unique selling propositions and market shares as well as diminishing industry boundaries that threaten incumbents [17,79,80].…”

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What Drives the Implementation of Industry 4.0? The Role of Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of Sustainability

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Abstract:The implementation of Industry 4.0 has a far-reaching impact on industrial value creation. Studies on its opportunities and challenges for companies are still scarce. However, the high practical and theoretical relevance of digital and connected manufacturing technologies implies that it is essential to understand the underlying dynamics of their implementation. Thus, this study examines the relevance of Industry 4.0-related opportunities and challenges as drivers for Industry 4.0 implementation in the context of sustainability, taking a differentiated perspective on varying company sizes, industry sectors, and the company's role as an Industry 4.0 provider or user. A research model comprising relevant Industry 4.0-related opportunities and challenges as antecedents for its implementation is hypothesized. In order to test the model, partial least square structural equation modeling is applied for a sample of 746 German manufacturing companies from five industry sectors. The results show that strategic, operational, as well as environmental and social opportunities are positive drivers of Industry 4.0 implementation, whereas challenges with regard to competitiveness and future viability as well as organizational and production fit impede its progress. Moreover, it is shown that the perception of Industry 4.0-related opportunities and challenges as antecedents to Industry 4.0 implementation depends on different company characteristics.

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“…With respect to the former, Industry 4.0 enables the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by data-centered and traceable carbon footprint analyses [23]. In addition, it aims at reducing waste as well as resource and energy consumption [56,60].…”

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What Drives the Implementation of Industry 4.0? The Role of Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of Sustainability

2018

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“…What's more, first order impacts directly associated with LEG 2 O BBS were addressed in a tiered life cycle sustainability assessment (Peukert et al 2015b). The research revealed clear benefits during the whole life cycle compared to conventional static machine tool frames due to reuse and adaptation of machine tools.…”

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Sustainable Solutions for Machine Tools

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Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management

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Environmental, economic and social changes of any significant proportions cannot take place without a major shift in the manufacturing sector. In today's manufacturing processes, economic efficiency is realised through high volumes with the use of specialised machine tools. Change in society, such as in the form of mobility and digitisation, requires a complete overhaul in terms of thinking in the manufacturing industry. Moreover, the manufacturing industry contributes over 19 % to the world's greenhouse gas emissions. As a consequence of these issues, a demand for sustainable solutions in the production industry is increasing. In particular, the concept of "cost" in manufacturing processes and thus the "system boundaries" within the production of the future has to be changed. That is, a great number of aspects to the machine tool and production technology industries can be improved upon in order to achieve a more sustainable production environment. Within this chapter, the focus lies on microsystem technology enhanced modular machine tool frames, adaptive mechatronic components, as well as on internallycooled cutting tools. An innovative machine tool concept has been developed recently, featuring a modular machine tool frame using microsystem technology for communication within the frame, which allows for a high level of flexibility. Furthermore, add-on upgrading systems for outdated machine tools-which are particularly relevant for developing and emerging countries-are poised to gain in importance in the upcoming years. The system described here enables the accuracy of outdated machine tools to be increased, thus making these machine tools comparable to modern machine tool systems. Finally, the cutting process requires solutions for dry machining, as the use of cooling lubricants is environmentally damaging and a significant cost contributor in machining processes. One such solution is the use of internally cooled cutting tools.

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“…Smart tooling and smart machining have tremendous potential and are drawing attention as one of next generation precision machining technologies particularly in the Industry 4.0 context [1][2][3][4][5]. In modern advanced manufacturing, it is becoming an essential trend for machining components with an ever increasing dimensional/form accuracy and finer surface roughness, even surface functionality requirement.…”

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Smart Cutting Tools and Smart Machining: Development Approaches, and Their Implementation and Application Perspectives

Cheng

Niu

Wang

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Chin. J. Mech. Eng.

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Smart machining has tremendous potential and is becoming one of new generation high value precision manufacturing technologies in line with the advance of Industry 4.0 concepts. This paper presents some innovative design concepts and, in particular, the development of four types of smart cutting tools, including a force-based smart cutting tool, a temperature-based internally-cooled cutting tool, a fast tool servo (FTS) and smart collets for ultraprecision and micro manufacturing purposes. Implementation and application perspectives of these smart cutting tools are explored and discussed particularly for smart machining against a number of industrial application requirements. They are contamination-free machining, machining of tool-wear-prone Si-based infra-red devices and medical applications, high speed micro milling and micro drilling, etc. Furthermore, implementation techniques are presented focusing on: (a) plug-and-produce design principle and the associated smart control algorithms, (b) piezoelectric film and surface acoustic wave transducers to measure cutting forces in process, (c) critical cutting temperature control in real-time machining, (d) inprocess calibration through machining trials, (e) FE-based design and analysis of smart cutting tools, and (f) application exemplars on adaptive smart machining.

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Addressing Sustainability and Flexibility in Manufacturing Via Smart Modular Machine Tool Frames to Support Sustainable Value Creation

Cited by 86 publications

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What Drives the Implementation of Industry 4.0? The Role of Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of Sustainability

What Drives the Implementation of Industry 4.0? The Role of Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of Sustainability

Sustainable Solutions for Machine Tools

Smart Cutting Tools and Smart Machining: Development Approaches, and Their Implementation and Application Perspectives

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