Scanning the Industry 4.0: A Literature Review on Technologies for Manufacturing Systems
By V. Alcácer, Virgilio Cruz-Machado. Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 2019
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Abstract Industry 4.0 leads to the digitalization era. Everything is digital; business models, environments, production systems, machines, operators, products and services. It’s all interconnected inside the digital scene with the corresponding virtual representation. The physical flows will be mapped on digital platforms in a continuous manner. On a higher level of automation, many systems and software are enabling factory communications with the latest trends of information and communication technologies leading to the state-of-the-art factory, not only inside but also outside factory, achieving all elements of the value chain on a real-time engagement. Everything is smart. This disruptive impact on manufacturing companies will allow the smart manufacturing ecosystem paradigm. Industry 4.0 is the turning point to the end of the conventional centralized applications. The Industry 4.0 environment is scanned on this paper, describing the so-called enabling technologies and systems over the manufacturing environment.
Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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Citations in the corpus
- Digital twin paradigm: A systematic literature review (2021, methodology): “The digital twin can analyse performance data collected over time and under different conditions (Alcácer and Cruz-Machado, 2019), reducing unplanned machine downtime, the amount of ‘scrap’ produced in each production line, and minimizing costly production quality faults.”