Enabling Manufacturing Competitiveness and Economic Sustainability: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production (CARV 2013), Munich, Germany, October 6th-9th, 2013

Front Matter....Pages 1-9
Variety, Complexity and Value Creation....Pages 1-7
Cycle Management for Continuous Manufacturing Planning....Pages 9-12
Morgenstadt – Urban Production in the City of the Future....Pages 13-16
Tools and Methods for SMEs to Introduce Mutability in Special Purpose Machines....Pages 17-21
A Three Level Model for the Design, Planning and Operation of Changeable Production Systems in Distributed Manufacturing....Pages 23-28
SMART Reconfigurability Approach in Manufacture of Steel and Façade Constructions....Pages 29-34
A First Step towards Cross-Platform Integration in Modular Micro-assembly Systems – Concept for a Process Module Construction Kit....Pages 35-40
Statistical Study for Micro Forming Technologies Used for Linked Parts Production....Pages 41-46
Specification Technique for the Consistent Description of Manufacturing Operations and Resources....Pages 47-53
Developing Modular Manufacturing Architectures – An Industrial Case Report....Pages 55-60
An Approach Framework Supporting Manufacturing System Design for a Range of Products....Pages 61-66
A Generic Control Concept for the Simulation-Based Verification of Reconfigurable Transport System Models....Pages 67-72
Forming Plastic Shields on a Reconfigurable Tooling System....Pages 73-78
Developing a Vision for Multi-site Manufacturing System of Systems....Pages 79-84
Classification, Modelling and Mapping of Skills in Automated Production Systems....Pages 85-89
Transient Analysis of a Re-entrant Manufacturing System....Pages 91-95
Role of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems in Minimizing Import Dependency in the South African Press Tool Enterprise....Pages 97-103
Reconfigurable Production Systems - An Appraisal of Applied Production Breakdown Solution Strategies....Pages 105-110
Implementing Virtual Assembly and Disassembly into the Product Development Process....Pages 111-116
The Contribution of Virtual Production Intelligence to Laser Cutting Planning Processes....Pages 117-123
Immersive Presentations: Enabling Engaging Virtual Reality Based Training and Teaching by Merging Slide-Based and VR-Based Elements....Pages 125-130
A Vagueness Measure for Concurrent Engineering of Manual Assembly Lines....Pages 131-135
A Multi-Period Changeable Modular Product Assembly Model....Pages 137-142
Reducing the Development Time of Flexible Metal Forming Tools Using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation....Pages 143-146
Assessment and Configuration of a Product Production System....Pages 147-152
Optimized Factory Planning and Process Chain Formation Using Virtual Production Intelligence....Pages 153-158
Developing a Self-optimizing Robotic Excavator System with Virtual Prototyping Technology....Pages 159-164
Mass Customisation Assessment and Measurement Framework....Pages 165-170
Formal Modelling of Process Planning in Combined Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing....Pages 171-176
Dynamic Reaction to Fluctuations in Demand through Line Balancing in Commercial Vehicle Manufacturing....Pages 177-182
Meeting New Challenges and Possibilities with Modern Robot Safety Technologies....Pages 183-188
Toolpath Generation for CNC Milled Parts Using Genetic Algorithms....Pages 189-193
Human-Robot-Collaboration System for a Universal Packaging Cell for Heavy Electronic Consumer Goods....Pages 195-199
Singularity Analysis for a 6 DOF Family of Robots....Pages 201-206
Effective Work Region Visualization for Serial 6 DOF Robots....Pages 207-212
A Stepped Conveyor Singulator Design for Reconfigurable Assembly....Pages 213-217
Systematic Development of Mobile AR-Applications Supporting Production Planning....Pages 219-224
Approaches for Integration of Agile Procedures into Mechatronic Engineering of Manufacturing Systems....Pages 225-230
Control of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Using Object-Oriented Programming....Pages 231-236
Towards Alternatives for Agent Based Control in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems....Pages 237-242
Performance Assessment of Heterogeneous Engineering Tools along the Development Process of Mechatronic Manufacturing Systems....Pages 243-248
A New Approach to Interpolation of Tool Path Trajectories with Piecewise Defined Clothoids....Pages 249-254
Systematic Procedure for Handling Complexity in the Automotive Production....Pages 255-260
Generating Master Assembly Sequence Using Consensus Trees....Pages 261-266
Optimal Design Concept of a Reconfigurable Haptic Device....Pages 267-272
Energy Monitoring for Investigating the Sustainability of Extrusion Process....Pages 273-278
Employee Participation for Increasing Energy Efficiency in Factory Operations....Pages 279-284
Energy Value-Stream Mapping - A Method to Optimize Value-Streams in Respect of Time and Energy Consumption....Pages 285-290
Increasing Competitiveness of Egyptian Industrial SMEs via Technology Transfer....Pages 291-295
Planning Approach for Designing and Evaluating Product and Production Adaptations to Local Market Conditions....Pages 297-302
A Petri-net Based Approach for Evaluating Energy Flexibility of Production Machines....Pages 303-308
Introduction of a Quality Oriented Production Theory for Product Realization Processes....Pages 309-314
A Mathematical Model for Supply Chain Planning in a Build-to-Order Environment....Pages 315-320
Strategic Screening of Manufacturing Technologies....Pages 321-326
Key Success Factors for Production Network Coordination....Pages 327-332
Agility Enablers in Manufacturing Systems - Contributions of the Production Network Perspective....Pages 333-337
End-of-Life Indices to Manage the Demanufacturing Phase during the Product Design Process....Pages 339-344
Data Interface Concept for the Connection of Applications to Web-Based Systems....Pages 345-346
Approach for Reducing Data Inconsistencies in Production Control....Pages 347-351
Concept and Data Model for Assembly Work Content Determination....Pages 353-357
Prioritisation of Influence Variables for a Flexible and Efficient Production....Pages 359-363
Managing Complexity in Remanufacturing Focusing on Production Organisation....Pages 365-370
Knowledge Based Configuration of Re-configurable Transfer Centres....Pages 371-376
Multi-Criteria Decision-Support for Manufacturing Process Chain Selection in the Context of Functionally Graded Components....Pages 377-382
Model for a Decision Theory Based Inspection Planning....Pages 383-388
Hamburg Model of Knowledge Management....Pages 389-394
Change Management through Learning Factories....Pages 395-399
Pricing Policies of Excess Capacity in Make to Order Production Systems....Pages 401-406
Dealing with Seasonalities - An Observation of Different Branches in a Seasonal Environment....Pages 407-412
The Concept of Viral Engineering....Pages 413-418
Reconfigurable Strategic Guidelines for Successful Co-operative Value Creation....Pages 419-423
Towards Real-Time Computation of Cost of Poor Quality for Discrete Manufacturing Processes....Pages 425-430
Tool for Life Cycle Costing of Electric Motors during the Early Design Phases....Pages 431-436
Design of Production Systems for Large Maritime Structures....Pages 437-442
Development of Lightweight Designs for the Production of Wind Turbine Towers....Pages 443-448
Method for Planning a Changeable Press Plant....Pages 449-454
Reconfigurable Manufacturing System Design and Implementation - An Industrial Application at a Manufacturer of Consumer Goods....Pages 455-460
Energy-Efficient Manufacturing on Machine Tools by Machining Process Improvement....Pages 461-466
The Impact of E-mobility on Automotive Supply Chain....Pages 467-472
Configuration of a Multi-use Battery Production....Pages 473-478
Back Matter....Pages 479-480