Recent Advances in Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing and Maintenance
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Industrial Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 233
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable manufacturing; sustainable maintenance; Sustainability 4.0; sustainability assessment; multi-criteria decision-making methods
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Interests: mechanical engineering; reliability engineering; maintenance management
Interests: artificial intelligence; machine learning; intelligent support systems; construction and operation of machines; smart manufacturing; exoskeletons
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the increase in globalization and contemporary market demands, manufacturing efficiency is being increasingly defined not only as the capacity for low-cost production of products of a specified quality but also as being in line with social and environmental requirements. In this context, manufacturing and maintenance functions play important roles, ensuring asset availability and product quality, simultaneously monitoring natural resources use and people and process safety. Industry 4.0 technologies such as big data, autonomous robots, simulation, system integration, industrial IoT, cybersecurity, cloud, additive manufacturing, and augmented reality have high potential for use in enhancing manufacturing and maintenance management and execution, which represent opportunities for integrating sustainability.
The objective of this Special Issue is to present the state of the art of theoretical developments and applications of Industry 4.0 technologies in the areas of manufacturing and maintenance in various industrial sectors. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Drivers and barriers of Industry 4.0 technologies implementation for sustainability in manufacturing and maintenance processes;
- Multicriteria optimization in manufacturing and maintenance systems operations and engineering;
- Intelligent decision support for sustainable manufacturing and maintenance practices;
- Human factors, industrial ergonomics, and safety in smart and sustainable production maintenance;
- Modelling and simulation of smart and sustainable manufacturing and maintenance processes;
- Big data analytics for sustainable manufacturing and maintenance;
- Digital twin-driven intelligent manufacturing and maintenance for sustainability;
- Internet of Things solutions in manufacturing and maintenance for sustainability;
- Manufacturing and maintenance data management for sustainability and circular economy;
- Predictive and prescriptive maintenance for sustainability;
- Operator 4.0 concept for smart manufacturing and sustainable maintenance.
Dr. Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek Małgorzata
Dr. Przemysław Drożyner
Prof. Dr. Izabela Rojek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Industry 4.0
- sustainability
- resilience
- smart manufacturing
- sustainable maintenance
- emerging technologies
- artificial intelligence
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