Sustainable Move towards Flexible, Robotic, Human-Involving Workplace

The realisation of the ideas of smart factories and sustainable manufacturing can be quickly realised in companies where industrial production is high-volume, low-mix. However, it is more difficult to follow trends toward industry 4.0 in craft industries such as tooling. This kind of work environmen...

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Published in:Sustainability 2020-08, Vol.12 (16), p.6590
Main Authors: Gajšek, Brigita, Stradovnik, Saša, Hace, Aleš
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Case studies
Collaboration
Crafts
Employees
Flexibility
Flow mapping
Industrial plants
Industrial production
Laboratories
Literature reviews
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Process mapping
Productivity
Robotics
Robots
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable production
Tooling
Workers
Working conditions
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Summary:The realisation of the ideas of smart factories and sustainable manufacturing can be quickly realised in companies where industrial production is high-volume, low-mix. However, it is more difficult to follow trends toward industry 4.0 in craft industries such as tooling. This kind of work environment is a challenge for the deployment of sustainability and smart technologies because many stages involve the so-called “manual processing according to the worker’s feeling and experience.” With the help of literature review and testing in the production environment, we approach the design of a procedure for planning a sustainable technological upgrade of craft production. The best method proved to be a combination of a maturity model, process mapping with flowcharts, critical analysis, and customised evaluation model. Workplace flexibility, as a move towards sustainability, is presented in a laboratory environment on screwing performed by human wearing HoloLens and collaborative robot.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12166590