Smart factory and education: an integrated automation concept

Marcus Kurth, Carsten Schleyer and Daniel Feuser

International Journal of Service and Computing Oriented Manufacturing, 2017, vol. 3, issue 1, 43-53

Abstract: The introduction of cyber physical systems into production companies is highly changing working conditions and processes as well as business models. In practice, a growing discrepancy between big and small respectively medium-sized companies can be observed. Bridging that gap, a university smart factory is introduced to give that companies a platform to trial, educate employees and access consultancy. Realising the smart factory a highly integrated, open and standardised automation concept is shown comprising single devices, production lines up to a higher automation system maintaining a community or business models.

Keywords: cyber physical systems; CPSs; smart factory; education; internet of things; data integration and visualisation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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