Model based reconfiguration of flexible production systems

Gkournelos, Christos; Kousi, Niki; Bavelos, Angelos Christos; Aivaliotis, Sotiris; Giannoulis, Christos; Michalos, George; Makris, Sotiris

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2020.01.042

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“…In the paper authors present a novel execution control framework combined with digital twins. The set of digital services has been deployed and tested in a case study from the automotive industry employing mobile dual arm robotic workers and human operators (Gkournelos et al, 2019).…”

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

Pater

Stadnicka

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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Section: Results Analysismentioning

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

Pater

Stadnicka

2021

Management and Production Engineering Review

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“…Another example is random bin picking where a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and a seamless integrated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) utilize deep learning calculations on 3D images of an RGB-D camera for generic grasping [25]. A Digital Twin (DT) created from CAD models was used as a virtual representation of the shopfloor status in a manufacturing case [26], and cameras and sensors were added to update the DT with run-time information [27]. A unified semantic data model does the information from DT understandable for the real-time adaption of a movable robot in pick-and-place and assembly tasks [28].…”

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From CAD to Plug & Produce - A generic structure for the integration of standard industrial robots into agents

Nilsson

Danielsson²,

Svensson³

2023

Preprint

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Industries of low batches or one-off manufacturing aim for automation that is competitive enough to adapt to new or modified products daily through in-house knowledge. A knowledge that focuses on manufacturing processes, not on machine function programming. To solve this a complete set of actions that utilize seamless data transfer from product design to a Plug & Produce automation concept is proposed together with a generic structure for the integration of standard industrial robots into agents. This structure enables agents to handle their local reference coordinate systems and locations relative to a global perspective. Seamless utilization of data from product designs to Plug & Produce will simplify and shorten the time of digital development through concurrently usable text-based and graphical configuration tools of a configurable multi-agent system. Needed data extracts directly from the product design as requirements of operational goals. Extraction of data from the product design, sequence of goals, and process plans, which are recipes of how to solve goals, can by this concept be configured by in-house knowledge that has the process knowledge but not necessarily programming competence.

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“…Various studies define the concept from different capability perspectives. For instance, Hoellthaler et al (2019) highlight the importance of reconfigurable machines, while other studies (Gkournelos et al, 2020) focus on flexible production systems. However, such studies have viewed the reconfiguration capability from a stable operations perspective, not a disruptive one.…”

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The 4Rs supply chain resilience framework: A capability perspective

Dwaikat

Zighan

Abualqumboz

et al. 2022

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, the demand and supply for many products fluctuated. Thus, many companies around the globe have repurposed their operations and reconfigured their supply chains (SCs) to switch production and produce new products. Literature provided various models and frameworks to explain the concepts of supply chain resilience. However, it remains unclear how companies could quickly and temporarily repurpose their SCs and what are the required capabilities during the COVID‐19 crisis. Therefore, this study investigates the role of developing dynamic capabilities such as manufacturing, logistics, production capacity and procurement in facilitating production changeover. Based on 36 semistructured interviews conducted with multinational corporations, the study findings demonstrate four specific capabilities known as the 4Rs: retooling, repurposing, recalibrating and reconfiguring. Hence, the study provides a conceptual framework of operational resilience to understand how production changeover could be achieved. In addition, this 4Rs framework helps decision‐makers to improve SC resilience and capabilities when facing a crisis such as COVID‐19.

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Model based reconfiguration of flexible production systems

Cited by 18 publications

References 13 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

From CAD to Plug & Produce - A generic structure for the integration of standard industrial robots into agents

The 4Rs supply chain resilience framework: A capability perspective

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Model based reconfiguration of flexible production systems

Cited by 18 publications

References 13 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

From CAD to Plug &amp; Produce - A generic structure for the integration of standard industrial robots into agents

The 4Rs supply chain resilience framework: A capability perspective

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From CAD to Plug & Produce - A generic structure for the integration of standard industrial robots into agents