Towards Advancing Translators’ Guidance for Organisations Tackling Innovation Challenges in Manufacturing within an Industry 5.0 Context

Paul-Ludwig Michael Noeske (), Alexandra Simperler, Welchy Leite Cavalcanti, Vinicius Carrillo Beber, Tasmin Alliott, Peter Schiffels and Gerhard Goldbeck
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Paul-Ludwig Michael Noeske: Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Alexandra Simperler: Goldbeck Consulting Limited, Cambridge CB4 0WS, UK
Welchy Leite Cavalcanti: Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Vinicius Carrillo Beber: Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Tasmin Alliott: Composites Evolution Limited, Lincoln LN6 7YT, UK
Peter Schiffels: Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Gerhard Goldbeck: Goldbeck Consulting Limited, Cambridge CB4 0WS, UK

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 8, 1-36

Abstract: Following the vision of the European Commission, organisations and workers establishing Industry 5.0 approaches aspire to more future-proof, resilient, sustainable, and human-centred European industries. In this contribution, we explore how technological innovations that contribute to a “win–win” interaction with involved stakeholders may be advanced in a human-centred and transparent proceeding supported by impartial expert translators who provide information or knowledge-based guidance for decision-makers, initiators and implementers in manufacturing innovation driven by sustainability. We elaborate a stepwise procedure for agreeing on milestones and conjointly treading the path towards solving innovation challenges during a translation process. We exemplify the technological aspects of such a process using an innovation case aiming at identifying parameters for enhancements in a vacuum-bagging process applied to the manufacturing of composite parts from prepregs based on condensation-curing matrix resins made from renewable resources. In detail, we present a straightforward design of an experimental approach varying the dwelling temperature and the temperature ramps during the curing of stacked prepregs. In this way, we demonstrate that for cured composites comprising a poly(furfuryl alcohol)-based matrix, the porosity and connected mechanical properties achieved with autoclave-free curing processes sensitively depend on these process parameters. Applying the resulting data-based model is shown to support decision-making for sustainable composite manufacture.

Keywords: materials innovation; bio-resin; fibre-reinforced composite; vacuum bagging; translation; data-based modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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