PPRS: Production skills and their relation to product, process, and resource

J Pfrommer, M Schleipen… - 2013 IEEE 18th …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To model increasingly adaptive production systems, skills are used to describe generic
capabilities of the system components. In this paper, the authors extend the well-known …

Modelling and orchestration of service-based manufacturing systems via skills

J Pfrommer, D Stogl, K Aleksandrov… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Shortening product lifecycles and small lot sizes require manufacturing systems to adapt
increasingly fast. Many existing machine tools, handling and logistics systems are already …

Device adapter concept towards enabling plug&produce production environments

K Dorofeev, CH Cheng, M Guedes… - 2017 22nd IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern manufacturing systems require a transformation from mass production towards
mass customization. This results in a trend towards more agile production lines. It also …

Capabilities and skills in manufacturing: a survey over the last decade of ETFA

R Froschauer, A Köcher, K Meixner… - 2022 IEEE 27th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Industry 4.0 envisions Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPSs) to foster adaptive
production of mass-customizable products. Manufacturing approaches based on capabilities …

An AutomationML model for plug-and-produce assembly systems

P Danny, P Ferreira, N Lohse… - 2017 IEEE 15th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims to support the creation of high performancePlug-and-Produce'systems by
proposing a new semantic model that targets the use of AutomationML (AML). In this …

Formal resource and capability descriptions supporting rapid reconfiguration of assembly systems

E Järvenpää, N Siltala, M Lanz - 2016 IEEE International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today's production environment is characterised by frequent changes in terms of high
product variation, small batch sizes, high demand fluctuation as well as random unexpected …

A formal capability and skill model for use in plug and produce scenarios

A Köcher, C Hildebrandt… - 2020 25th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Manufacturing companies face an environment that is dominated by influences which affect
the usage of their manufacturing equipment. Trends like shortening life cycles of products …

Capability-based planning and scheduling for adaptable manufacturing systems

N Keddis, G Kainz, A Zoitl - Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Manufacturing enterprises can only stay profitable if they manage to flexibly respond to
changes in markets by adapting their products, product variants, and product volumes. To …

Challenges for maintenance of PLC-software and its related hardware for automated production systems: Selected industrial Case Studies

B Vogel-Heuser, J Fischer, S Rösch… - 2015 IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The specific challenges for maintenance of software and its related hardware for the domain
of automated Production Systems is discussed. Presenting four industrial case studies from …

Cyber-physical production systems' design challenges

L Ribeiro - 2017 ieee 26th international symposium on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in information technologies and artificial intelligence are enabling the
creation of intelligent and highly reconfigurable factories which will lead to unprecedented …