A cyber-physical system for production monitoring of manual manufacturing processes

Tarallo, Andrea; Mozzillo, Rocco; Gironimo, Giuseppe Di; Amicis, Raffaele De

doi:10.1007/s12008-018-0493-5

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“…Timely detection is crucial before such deviations are amplified and cause quality defects or even production disruption. Assembly process monitoring is also required to provide dynamically adequate assistance to workers [53,54], dynamically plan human-machine interactions or serve as feedback input for the assembly design and logistics.…”

Section: Assembly Monitoringmentioning

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Towards Flexible and Cognitive Production—Addressing the Production Challenges

et al. 2022

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Globalization in the field of industry is fostering the need for cognitive production systems. To implement modern concepts that enable tools and systems for such a cognitive production system, several challenges on the shop floor level must first be resolved. This paper discusses the implementation of selected cognitive technologies on a real industrial case-study of a construction machine manufacturer. The partner company works on the concept of mass customization but utilizes manual labour for the high-variety assembly stations or lines. Sensing and guidance devices are used to provide information to the worker and also retrieve and monitor the working, with respecting data privacy policies. Next, a specified process of data contextualization, visual analytics, and causal discovery is used to extract useful information from the retrieved data via sensors. Communications and safety systems are explained further to complete the loop of implementation of cognitive entities on a manual assembly line. This deepened involvement of cognitive technologies are human-centered, rather than automated systems. The explained cognitive technologies enhance human interaction with the processes and ease the production methods. These concepts form a quintessential vision for an effective assembly line. This paper revolutionizes the existing industry 4.0 with an even-intensified human–machine interaction and moving towards cognitivity.

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Section: Assembly Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Flexible and Cognitive Production—Addressing the Production Challenges

et al. 2022

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“…Their main advantage is that they do not built upon cost and time consuming recompilation steps, and consequently the updates to the application are fast and can be completed efficiently. Other authors [14,40,60,63] automated certain aspects of content creation, so assembly instructions can be automatically generated from CAD files, thus reducing the authoring burden. However, fine-tuning existent tools to solve a specific domain problem remains a open challenge.…”

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Cross reality to enhance worker cognition in industrial assembly operations

Simões

Amicis

Barandiarán

et al. 2019

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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In this paper, we discuss how Cross Reality (XR) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can support assembly tasks in hybrid human-machine manufacturing lines. We describe a Cross Reality system, designed to improve efficiency and ergonomics in industrial environments that require manual assembly operations. Our objective is to reduce the high costs of authoring assembly manuals and to improve the process of skills transfer, in particular, in assembly tasks that include workers with disabilities. The automation of short-lived assembly tasks, i.e., manufacturing of limited batches of customized products, does not yield significant returns considering the automation effort necessary and the production time frame. In the design of our XR system, we discuss how aspects of content creation can be automated for short-lived tasks and how seamless interoperability between devices facilitates skills transfer in human-machine hybrid environments.

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“…Case et al [6] used simulated data based on human abilities to investigate the aging of employees. Tarallo et al proposed [7] a computer-aided production management system that incorporates Industry 4.0 concepts into a manual work environment using digital human models.…”

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Digital Ergonomics—The Reliability of the Human Factor and Its Impact on the Maintenance of Aircraft Brakes and Wheels

Hovanec,

Korba,

Al-Rabeei

et al. 2024

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This paper presents the development and use of digital tools in the maintenance processes and ergonomics of work systems in the aerospace industry. The Industry 4.0 strategy aims to ensure the reliability of the human factor throughout the entire lifecycle of the maintenance process in the aerospace industry. Based on the requirement placed on the digital model of the working environment obtained from the 3D scanner data, an advanced software solution from TECNOMATIX, namely the TX JACK software 16.1.0 module, was used. The investigated digital ergonomic model, with two variants of workers with anthropometrically different weights, is the subject of analysis and simulation of the maintenance work process in an aerospace organization. Furthermore, the research also shows how the workers of maintenance and repair organizations are willing to develop their own knowledge and skills. The aviation industry should invest in the development of reliable software and hardware, improve safety at the level of digital ergonomics and the quality of jobs involving digitalization, and offer appropriate training for safety and quality personnel. The aim of this paper is to ensure the reliability of the human factor in the maintenance process and, consequently, to ensure technical safety by means of innovative tools in practice. The findings suggest that the investigated TESTER-STEND model with high-end adjustable pistons will improve ergonomics, worker performance, and work safety as a whole.

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A cyber-physical system for production monitoring of manual manufacturing processes

Cited by 36 publications

References 14 publications

Towards Flexible and Cognitive Production—Addressing the Production Challenges

Towards Flexible and Cognitive Production—Addressing the Production Challenges

Cross reality to enhance worker cognition in industrial assembly operations

Digital Ergonomics—The Reliability of the Human Factor and Its Impact on the Maintenance of Aircraft Brakes and Wheels

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