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For some years now, the automotive industry has been challenged by growing market dynamics, shorter product lifecycles and customers' increasing demands for individualization. In order to cope with this development, the automotive assembly needs to adapt
Burggräf, Peter +5 more
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The article addresses a method for generating project schedules for factory relocations based on a planned layout concept in reorganisation projects. The layout is modelled in a cell grid with cells of uniform edge length.
Nitsche, Andreas +2 more
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In recent years, the circular economy has attracted attention from manufacturing companies for its potential to achieve both regulatory and market-driven sustainability objectives.
Schulz, Jonah +5 more
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The use of control cabinets is essential for the functionality of many technical infrastructures. The assembly of these devices is highly time-consuming and requires significant expertise, with wiring alone accounting for nearly half of the total time ...
Egel, Robert +4 more
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Monitoring and predicting consumption data is important for sustainable logistics and production management. We present an automated script, which controls the meter readings for electricity, water, heat and cold at TU Dortmund University, Germany.
Fesca, Felix, Pauly, Markus
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Towards Modelling Flexibility Limits In Cyber-Physical Production Systems
In the context of cyber-physical production systems, the term "flexibility" is typically employed in an intuitive and implicit manner. It is uncommon for proposals that quantify the flexibility of production systems, and even then, only by measuring ...
Huwa, Robin +5 more
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Using Metrics For The Assessment Of Human Interaction With Worker Assistance Systems
Factories often include worker assistance systems to support assembly through cognitive guidance, connected tools and sensors. The benefits are improvements in productivity and quality.
Hock, Fabian, Metternich, Joachim
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With the increasing automation of production and logistics systems, the demand for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) has risen significantly in recent years. They enable an efficient and flexible organization to optimize material flow.
Benkhoff, Lana +5 more
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The identification and traceability of assets throughout their lifecycle is an important prerequisite for the efficient management of circular value creation and the reuse of components and products.
Palm, Daniel +3 more
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This article examines the use of point clouds as a geometric data basis for factory planning and compares different mapping techniques for generating these point clouds.
Stöber, Robin +5 more
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