Manufacturing is moving towards complexity, large integration, digitalization and high
flexibility. A combination of these characteristics is a basic for forming a new kind of …

Industry is a major energy consumer and therefore, manufacturers are continuously trying to
reduce manufacturing costs. The improvement of energy usage in manufacturing has been …

Research advances in digital factory design has led to a number of simulation techniques
and tools which have the capability to represent aspects of the lifecycle of manufacturing …

Abstract Within the European Factory-in-a-day project, the aim is to improve communication
between automation integrator and factory owner, in their analysis of feasibility and …

Equipment design for food industry should consider, in addition to performance, cost and
quality requirements, further aspects regarding to hygiene and food safety. This paper …

Conventionally, process mean determination is performed prior to process tolerance design,
independent of product design, such as product specification. In addition, previous studies …

In this work, the authors show how a product lifecycle management system may enhance
requirement traceability and reuse throughout the product development process. For this …

In the early stages of engineering design, numerous concepts may be envisioned and
suggested. Considering normal time constraints, a large degree of design freedom may be a …

Research on product-process modelling has been significant over the last decade. In this
paper, we present a literature review of 13 papers published in journals and conference …

A high degree of uncertainty is incurred during the early product design and process
planning stages of a bicycle. Consequently, this research presents an optimization …