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    Empowering End-of-Life Vehicle Decision Making with Cross-Company Data Exchange and Data Sovereignty via Catena-X
    ( 2023)
    Mügge, Janine
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    Große Erdmann, Julian
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    Manoury, Marvin Michael
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    Smolka, Sophie Odette
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    Wichmann, Sabine
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    The mobility sector is the world’s second-largest producer of energy-related CO2 emissions, and it is facing a global resource shortage. The demand for circular products, the use of secondary materials in future vehicles, and the need for sustainable business models in the mobility sector is increasing. However, a transparent and end-to-end data exchange throughout the entire value network is missing, which is hindering an efficient circular economy. Relevant information on the vehicle, its components, and materials at the end of the product life cycle are often missing. In this context, this paper presents a decision support system based on Digital Twin data for a circular economy solution as a software application. It was developed within the German research project Catena-X following an integrated approach of user-centered design, the V-model, and within the Scaled Agile Framework. By combining these methodological approaches, customer-oriented solutions were developed and continuously improved at each stage of development to shorten the time-to-market. Catena-X is based on Gaia-X principles. In Gaia-X, necessary core services are developed, and contraction negotiation for data exchange and usage policies is enabled and implemented. The decision support system provides important information about the exact composition and condition of the vehicle, its components, and its materials. Thus, it helps to improve efficiency, sustainability, and the implementation of the circular economy. The decision support system was tested and validated with a use case that provided Digital Twin data on the end-of-life vehicle.
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    Innovative control of assembly systems and lines
    ( 2017) ;
    Wang, Lihui
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    Verl, Alexander
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    Carpanzano, Emanuele
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    Makris, Sotiris
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    Fleischer, Jürgen
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    Reinhart, Gunther
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    Franke, Jörg
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    Pellegrinelli, Stefania
    The increasing demand for flexibility and reconfigurability of assembly lines generates new challenges for the control of these lines and their subsystems, such as robots, grippers, conveyors or automated guided vehicles. Also new requirements for their interaction between each other and the environment as well as with humans arise. On the other hand the rapid change of information and communication technology opens new potentials for innovative control. Due to the high degree of interconnection between controllers, actuators and sensors, the classical automation pyramid is replaced by networked structures with a higher degree of flexibility, but also higher complexity. This trend is supported by the ability to collect and process data within cloud environments, the rapid increase of computational power of decentralized and embedded controllers and the high potential of machine learning for automation. This keynote gives an overview of innovative approaches in ICT and robotics for flexible control and automation of assembly lines and systems.
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    Die Potentiale einer lernfähigen Produktion nutzen
    ( 2017)
    Krüger, J.
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    Sauer, A.
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    Zäh, M.F.
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    Cooperation of human and machines in assembly lines
    ( 2009) ;
    Lien, Terje K.
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    Verl, Alexander
    Flexibility and changeability of assembly processes require a close cooperation between the worker and the automated assembly system. The interaction between human and robots improves the efficiency of individual complex assembly processes, particularly when a robot serves as an intelligent assistant. The paper gives a survey about forms of human-machine cooperation in assembly and available technologies that support the cooperation. Organizational and economic aspects of cooperative assembly including efficient component supply and logistics are also discussed.
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    Auf hohem Niveau: Anforderungen der Automobilindustrie an die Reinigungstechnik
    ( 2004)
    Rochowicz, M.
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    Krieg, M.C.
    An moderne Automobilkomponenten werden extrem hohe Sauberkeitsanforderungen gestellt. Damit verbunden ist ein prinzipielles Umdenken: Reinigung ist nicht mehr ein notwendiges Übel, sondern entwickelt sich zu einem wertschöpfenden Prozess.
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    Service-Scheckheft für die Maschine
    ( 2002)
    Graupner, T.-D.
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    Hohwieler, E.
    Auf der Grundlage der modernen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien erfolgt derzeit die Einführung elektronischer Service-Scheckhefte im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau. Die Instandhaltung von Produktionseinrichtungen folgt damit nicht mehr starren Wartungszyklen, sondern lässt sich der tatsächlichen Anlagenbelastung anpassen.