Virtual Reality-Based Engineering Education to Enhance Manufacturing Sustainability in Industry 4.0
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Methodology
- Design of a product to be manufactured.
- Understanding of VR and its operation.
- Import designs into the VR system.
- Exploring and implementing different layout configurations.
- Assessing the performance of layouts
4. Virtual Learning Factory
- Selection and design of a product using a CAD program.
- Identify product components, nomenclature, and bill of materials.
- Develop the process, including technology selection, process planning, and routing sheet of the product.
- Learn to design the product as well as various layouts of RMS using a VR system.
- Develop an actual configuration of an RMS after one week.
- Step 1. Select the product to be used as a case study.
- Step 2. Identify product components, nomenclature, and bill of materials.
- Step 3. Develop CAD model for the selected product.
- Step 4. Develop the process, including technology selection, process planning, and routing sheet of the product.
- Step 5. Design the various layouts of the RMS.
- Step 6. Randomly divide the students into two groups. One group to be taught using a VR-based system for designing different alternatives of RMS, and the other group to be taught using traditional classroom teaching.
- Step 7. All participants would perform the actual designing of RMS in the laboratory after a week.
- Step 8 Performance measures will be recorded and analysed.
4.1. Case Study
4.2. Performance Measures and Apparatus
4.3. Results
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Part No. | Quantity | Part Name |
---|---|---|
1 | 01 | Base |
2 | 01 | Sliding Jaw |
3 | 01 | Vice Screw |
4 | 01 | Handle for Screw |
5 | 04 | Screw |
6 | 02 | Jaws plate |
7 | 01 | Collar |
8 | 02 | Handle Ball |
9 | 02 | Tapper Pin |
10 | 02 | Sliding Key |
11 | 01 | Special key |
12 | 02 | Set Screw |
Part Name: BASE Part Material: Malleable Steel Plate Lot size: 20 pcs. Part No.: 1 | Blank Size: 180 × 155 Steel Plate, 80 mm thick | | |||||
Operation Number | Description | Tool and aux. | Machine | Setup, (min)/pc | Loading/ Unloading (min)/pc | Operation time, min. | Prod. Time, min/pc |
10 | Cut from stock | Saw | Power saw | 0.8 | 1 | 3 | 4.8 |
20 | Milling as per drawing | Milling tool | Milling machine | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
30 | Drilling | Twist drill | Drill press | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 4 |
40 | Threading | Thread tool | Lathe | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 4 |
Group | Completion Time (mins.) Mean (S.D.) | Accuracy (Number of Errors) Mean (S.D.) | % Completion Mean (S.D.) |
---|---|---|---|
Experimental | 126.04 (2.51) | 1.20 (1.08) | 100 |
Control | 129.84 (5.89) | 2.12 (1.76) | 100 |
Code | Learning Domains and Course Learning Outcomes |
---|---|
1.0 | Knowledge |
1.1 | Recognize the necessary basic science and mathematics and gain the necessary engineering science |
2.0 | Cognitive Skills |
2.1 | Design, develop, implement, and improve a process, a component or an integrated system under realistic constraints. |
2.2 | Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary in engineering practice. |
3.0 | Interpersonal Skills & Responsibility |
3.1 | Judge and evaluate the RMS development and design issues |
3.2 | Demonstrate the ability to work effectively in a team |
4.0 | Communication, Information Technology, Numerical |
4.1 | Show ability to communicate and use of knowledge of contemporary issues |
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Salah, B.; Abidi, M.H.; Mian, S.H.; Krid, M.; Alkhalefah, H.; Abdo, A. Virtual Reality-Based Engineering Education to Enhance Manufacturing Sustainability in Industry 4.0. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051477
Salah B, Abidi MH, Mian SH, Krid M, Alkhalefah H, Abdo A. Virtual Reality-Based Engineering Education to Enhance Manufacturing Sustainability in Industry 4.0. Sustainability. 2019; 11(5):1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051477
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalah, Bashir, Mustufa Haider Abidi, Syed Hammad Mian, Mohammed Krid, Hisham Alkhalefah, and Ali Abdo. 2019. "Virtual Reality-Based Engineering Education to Enhance Manufacturing Sustainability in Industry 4.0" Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051477