Digital Transformation in Steel Industry
Georg Weichhart, Digital Transformation, Primetals Technologies, Austria
The Long Road Towards SMART Manufacturing: Challenges and Future Prospects
Jose Barata, Universidade Nova De Lisboa - Uninova, Portugal
Advancing Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability Through Novel Metal Additive Manufacturing
Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky, United States
Digital Transformation in Steel Industry
Georg Weichhart
Digital Transformation, Primetals Technologies
Austria
https://www.primetals.com
Brief Bio
Georg Weichhart studied Business Informatics at Vienna University, Lund University and received a PhD and a Venia Docendi from Johannes Kepler University, Linz. He was leading innovation projects and teams at universities, and production companies across Europe. His work in academia and industry focuses on approaches to integration and interoperability of cyber physical production systems, including Distributed Artificial Intelligence, IT / OT Convergence, digital tools for collaboration and Digital Transformation to name a few.
In his current role as Digital Transformation Manager at Primetals Technologies he supports the development of innovative solutions for the green transition of the metals industry.
The Long Road Towards SMART Manufacturing: Challenges and Future Prospects
Jose Barata
Universidade Nova De Lisboa - Uninova
Portugal
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Brief Bio
Jose Barata is Full Professor at the Electrical and Computing Engineering, Member of the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computing Engineering at the NOVA-FCT, where he is currently responsible for the courses units Robotics, Systems Integration, Telerobotics and Autonomous Systems, and Robotics Systems and CIM.
He is senior researcher at the CTS – Centre of Technology and Systems at the UNINOVA Institute, where he is also coordinating the research group RICS – Robotics and Industrial Complex Systems (http://rics.uninova.pt), that develops research in the areas of service robots and smart industry. RICS has more than 20 members, including 4 PhDs, 8 Phd Students, Master Students, and Technicians. Together with his RICS group he has won the INCM (Mint House and Official Print) INNOVATION Prize that was awarded in May 2018.
He is currently the scientific coordinator of the Collaboratory Laboratory aiming to boost Digital Innovation in Agriculture: the SFCOLAB: Smart Farm Collaborative Laboratory.
His main research interests are in the area of SMART Manufacturing (Industry 4.0) with particular focus on Complex Adaptive Systems, involving intelligent manufacturing devices, and Robotics systems, focused on multi robot interactions. For Industry 4.0 he has contributed to some of the basic concepts behind Industry 4.0, namely about intelligent modular components or cyber physical systems, and participated in some of the initial industrial demonstrators of these concepts, together with companies such as FESTO, SIEMENS, PHILIPS, and ELECTROLUX. For the Robotics area he has contributed to the development of all terrain, aerial, and surface vehicles.
He has published over 250 original papers in international journals and international conferences. He is a member of the IEEE technical committees on Industrial Agents (IES), Self-Organisation and Cybernetics for Informatics (SMC), and Education in Engineering and Industrial Technologies (IES). He is also a member of the IFAC technical committee 4.4 (Cost Oriented Automation). He has more than 7000 citations (https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=4G8tKCsAAAAJ&hl=en)
Abstract
The main objective of this keynote is to discuss the evolution of manufacturing since the first industrial revolution in the 17th century until the current 4th industrial revolution. During this period several manufacturing paradigms have been identified and accepted as important shifts that transform the way manufacturing was being managed and operated with the corresponding impact on how shop floors and supporting activities were operated or controlled.
There are two important aspects to discuss in this presentation. The first one is how society, economy and technology determined the requirements and challenges throughout the time, which in turn directly affected the way manufacturing control systems were developed and implemented, or saying it in an-other way, the prevalent manufacturing paradigm for a certain period. This is to emphasise that the different control systems paradigms used by manufacturing systems are not technologically only driven but very dependent on external factors and, consequently, one can understand better all temporal evolution, and grasp how the technological approaches used by control systems have evolved. Manufacturing paradigm shifts than occur mainly when these external causes provoke breakthroughs that lead to radically new methods and approaches in the manufacturing domain.
The second one is discussing the contributions of the author in the road towards the current SMART Manufacturing and Digitalisation paradigm and which were the main keypoints in this endeavor. The presenter has participated in relevant research areas that directly contributed to many of the current main manufacturing trends, in particular the aspects related with considering that a manufacturing system is intrinsically modular and composed of intelligent entities that can be composed to create highly adaptable and reconfigurable production systems. All the current trends such as the Internet of Things (IOT) and Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are very much related to this aspect.
After going through this long road towards SMART Manufacturing current and future prospects will be detailed and analysed.
Advancing Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability Through Novel Metal Additive Manufacturing
Fazleena Badurdeen
University of Kentucky
United States
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Brief Bio
Fazleena Badurdeen is the Earl Parker Robinson Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky (UK). She is the Director for the Online Manufacturing Systems Engineering MS program and a core faculty of UK’s Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing. Prof. Badurdeen’s research interests are in sustainable and circular product design, measurement systems for circularity and sustainability evaluation, and modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems and supply chains. She has served as principal investigator (PI)/Co-PI for externally funded research in excess of $16 million and has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers. Prof. Badurdeen is the founding Chair of the International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing and is an Editor for the Resources, Conservation, and Recycling journal and serves on the editorial boards of a number of other journals. Prof. Badurdeen is a Fellow of IISE. She received her PhD in Integrated (Industrial and Mechanical) Engineering and MS in Industrial Engineering, both from Ohio University, USA. She also holds an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, Sri Lanka and BS in Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Abstract
Supply chain competitiveness hinges on the ability to operate successfully under dynamic market conditions and during disruptions caused by events such as geopolitical uncertainties, regional conflicts, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Concurrently, the increased emphasis on the circular economy and sustainable manufacturing necessitates the adoption of better practices to enhance resource conservation, reduce environmental impacts, and value creation for all stakeholders. Technology plays a pivotal role in enhancing supply chain resilience and sustainability. Additive manufacturing (AM), a core technology within the Industry 4.0 portfolio, offers numerous capabilities to address challenges encumbering supply chain competitiveness. AM can enable enhancing supply chain resilience and flexibility while providing opportunities for increased product, process, and system sustainability. Recent advances in solid-state AM (SSAM) technologies for metallic part production offer significant advantages over conventional fusion-based methods including superior product quality, increased functional life, reduced lead time, and cost advantages. This presentation will explore SSAM technologies such as Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD) and Cold Spray AM (CSAM), examining their characteristics, benefits, and potential for advancing various aspects of supply chain operations to enhance resilience and sustainability. The ability to transform existing supply chains, particularly in the domain of large-scale rapid component manufacturing, and the increasing opportunities for customization, while simultaneously offering cost and sustainability benefits, will be discussed.