AAU SMART PRODUCTION
PROFESSOR CHARLES MØLLER, AALBORG UNIVERSITY
The fourth industrial revolution
FIRST Industrial Revolution
• Introduction of mechanical production facilities with the help of water
and steam power
SECOND Industrial Revolution
• Introduction of division of labor and mass production with the help of
electrical energy
THIRD Industrial Revolution
• Use of electronic and IT systems that further automate production
FOURTH Industrial Revolution
• Production technology, advanced materials, automation and
digitalization
The need for smarter production systems
Increasing pressure
to manufacture at • Globalization remains a fact …
more competitive
prices
Increasing
demands for
flexibility and agility
• Volatile markets,
• increasing product complexity and variety
• faster product lifecycles
Increasing deficit of
environmental
resources
• market and customer expectations and
legal requirements
Smart Production Summary
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A cross disciplinary research initiative at AAU running 2015-2019
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Objectives:
• To build and enhance AAUs interdisciplinary platform on manufacturing
research (AAU production)
• To research and demonstrate
• how manufacturing industries can benefit from emerging technologies
• the new promising manufacturing technologies, concepts and
methodologies coming out of Industrie 4.0 (D), Smart Manufacturing
(US) and equivalent initiatives
• To adapt these technologies and concepts to the needs and characteristics
of Danish industries
• specific focus on regional SME
Context: Interdisciplinary approach
Management
Sustainability
Automation
Smart Production
Electronics
Materials and
processes
Computer
science
Smart Production Program
WP0 Management and Coordination
WP4
Vision
WP5 Smart
Production
Lab
WP1-3 Research Themes
WP1
Designing
Production
Systems
WP2
Proactive
Supply Chains
WP3
Sustainable
Value Chains
WP6
Education
WP7
Dissemination
WP0: Management and Coordination (1)
Dean
Steering
Committee
MADE
Smart
Production
Industry
4.0
WP0: Management and Coordination (2)
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Steering Committee
• Charles Møller (chair), Center for Industrial Production (CIP)
• Martin Heide Jørgensen, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering (MTECH)
• Børge Lindberg, Department of Electronic Systems (ES)
• Kristian G. Olesen, Department of Computer Science (CS)
• Tine Herreborg Jørgensen, Department of Planning and Development
• Secretary: Anders Vestergaard, Center for Industrial Production (CIP)
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Project Management
• WP1: Ole Madsen (MTECH), Henrik Schiøler (ES)
• WP2: Torben Bach Pedersen (CS), Charles Møller (CIP)
• WP3: Arne Remmen (PLAN), Brian Vejrum Wæhrens (CIP)
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Project Team
• 6 Ph.D. students + their supervisors
WP1-3: Three research themes
Trends and
topics
Digitalization
Automation
Organization
• Internet of Things
• Additive Manufacturing
• Big Data and Analytics
• Mass Customization
• Sustainable
manufacturing
• Cyber Physical Systems
• Flexible and Smart
Robots
• Glocalization
• Virtual manufacturing
• Ecosystems
• Cloud and Mobile
Computing
• Industrial Symbiosis
• Knowledge Clusters
• Business models and
strategies for disruptive
manufacturing
processes
Smart
Production
focus
• Proactive Supply Chains
• Resource Optimization
of Cyber Physical
Systems
• Compliant Robotic
Motion
• Sustainable Supply
Chains
• Integrated Virtual
Factory Models for
Smart Production
• Supplier Driven
Innovation
WP4: AAU Smart Production – vision
Smart Production
• Cost efficiency
• Flexibility/ agility
• Sustainability
Proactive factory design
Supplier driven innovation
Long term strategic
collaboration
PhD-project
Theme:
Organization
Smart production Lab
Pilot project
Pilot project
Pilot project
PhD-project
Digital Manufacturing
Compliant robots
Theme:
Automation
PhD-project
Big Data
Cyber Physical Systems
Theme:
Digitalization
WP5: Smart Production Lab
Vision: A “small factory” which:
• integrates Smart Production researchers and research results
• demonstrates how manufacturing companies can benefit from Smart
Production technologies
Researchers
End-users
Students
System integrators
Technology
providers
WP6-7: Knowledge Exchange
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WP6 Teaching Coordination
• Engagement of students
• Ph.D. course planned for
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WP7: Systematic Dissemination
• Training and dissimilation activities
• Small pilot projects (budget 200.000 DKr)
• Industrial PhDs (or post docs)
• Common demonstration activities with technology providers and system
integrators
• Long term strategic collaboration (3-5 years)
Smart Production Funding
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Funding sources
• 3 mill. DDK / year (AAU / MADE / SPIR)
• 4.2 mill. DDK (Obel Family Foundation / AAU)
• 6.5 mill. DKK (Laurits Andersens Fond)
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Affiliated research activities
• MADE, Manufacturing Academy of Denmark
• MADE Digital (direct link)
• INC 4.0, Incubator 4.0
• H2020, FOF-12-17 (planned)
Status and plans as of May 2016
Status
• 5 P h D s w i l l b e s t a r t e d N o v.
• 1 additional posted
• 1 Industrial PhD (together with Blue Ocean Robotics)
• 2 pilot projects initiated
• Strategic collaboration agreement with GPV (2 more in pipeline)
• Industrie 4.0 training course completed (in collaboration with SAP)
• P r e l i m i n a r y c o l l a b o r a t i o n a g r e e m e n t w i t h F E S T O a n d S A P.
• Contacts established with Danish technology/system providers and endusers
Plans within next 12 months
• Additional 2 industrial PhDs (or post docs)
• Additional pilot projects
• Innovation booster proposal
• Horizon 2020 proposal
• Building the physical Smart Production Lab
• MADE Digitalization of production and supply chains seminar (9/6)
• M A D E O p e n L a b 1 5 / 11
Conclusion
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What we want to achieve in the next 4-8 years
• Gain funding for sustaining an integrative research platform consisting
of 20-25 senior researchers and 20-25 junior researchers working in
close collaboration with industry, national and international researchers,
as well as other platforms
• Develop innovative research on smart production in close collaboration
with key stakeholders with high industrial impact
• Ultimately to become globally recognized as a leading competence
center for innovative production