The state-of-the-art and prospects of learning factories

U. Wagner; T. AlGeddawy; H. ElMaraghy; E. Müller

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2012.07.020

The state-of-the-art and prospects of learning factories

U. Wagner, T. AlGeddawy, H. ElMaraghy, E. Müller

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

Changeability of manufacturing systems is an important enabler for offering large variety of competitive products to satisfy customers' requirements. Learning factories, as teaching and research environments, can play a key role in developing new solutions for changeability, transferring them to the industry and using them in educating engineers. The results of a survey of existing learning factories and their characteristics are presented. Their use in research, teaching and industrial projects is analyzed. A novel scheme to classify those systems with regard to their design, products and their changeability characteristics is outlined. Conclusions about the future of learning factories are drawn.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	109-114
Number of pages	6
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2012.07.020
State	Published - Jan 1 2012
Event	45th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, CMS 2012 - Athens, Greece Duration: May 16 2012 → May 18 2012

Keywords

Change Enablers
Changeable Manufacturing Systems
Classification
Experimental Factories
Learning Factories

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