Math for the Digital Factory

This volume provides a unique collection of mathematical tools and industrial case studies in digital manufacturing. It addresses various topics, ranging from models of single production technologies, production lines, logistics and workflows to models and optimization strategies for energy consumption in production.

The digital factory represents a network of digital models and simulation and 3D visualization methods for the holistic planning, realization, control and ongoing improvement of all factory processes related to a specific product. In the past ten years, all industrialized countries have launched initiatives to realize this vision, sometimes also referred to as Industry 4.0 (in Europe) or Smart Manufacturing (in the United States). Its main goals are

. reconfigurable, adaptive and evolving factories capable of small-scale production

. high-performance production, combining flexibility, productivity, precision and zero defects

. energyand resource efficiency in manufacturing

None of these goals can be achieved without a thorough modeling of all aspects of manufacturing together with a multi-scale simulation and optimization of process chains; in other words, without mathematics.

To foster collaboration between mathematics and industry in this area the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) founded a special interest group on Math for the Digital Factory (M4DiFa). This book compiles a selection of review papers from the M4DiFa kick-off meeting held at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics in Berlin, Germany, in May 2014. The workshop aimed at bringing together mathematicians working on modeling, simulation and optimization with researchers and practitioners from the manufacturing industry to develop a holistic mathematical view on digital manufacturing.

This book is of interest to practitioners from industry who want to learn about important mathematical concepts, as well as to scientists who want to find out about an exciting new area of application that is of vital importance for today's highly industrialized and high-wage countries.

Inhalt

Part I: Planning and Scheduling of Production Systems: Hard Planning and Scheduling Problems in the Digital Factory.- Modeling of Material Flow Problems.- Max-Plus-Linear Systems for Modeling and Control of Manufacturing Problems.- Stochastic Optimal Sizing of a Warehouse.- Challenges of Mechatronical Engineering of Production Systems an Automation System Engineering View.- Part II: Optimization of Production Lines: Physics-Based Simulation for Energy Consumption Optimization of Automated Assembly Systems in the Automotive Industry.- Optimization of Power Consumption for Robotic Lines in Automotive Industry.- Production Line Optimization with Model Based Methods.- Automatic Reconfiguration of Robotic Welding Cells.- Numerical Approaches Towards Bi-Level Optimal Control Problems with Scheduling Tasks.- Part III: Selected Production Technologies: Math-Based Algorithms and Software for Virtual Product Realization Implemented in Automotive Paint Shops.- Hot BladeCuttings for the Building Industries.- Model-Based Design of Self-Correcting Forming Processes.- Discrete Cosserat Rod Models Based on the Difference Geometry of Framed Curves for Interactive Simulation of Flexible Cables.- The Production of Filaments and Non-Woven Materials - The Design of the Polymer Distributor.