Abstract
This paper presents a concept and practical topics involved in digitized production. The term “production” denotes the design, fabrication, and service life of a product, which in this case elaborates on welded steel structures. This includes the required information for guiding all the process stages of the chosen material back to its re-melting, following the material flow in a fully digitized form. This concept enables an increase in production quality at a higher level while minimizing the risk of human errors. Automation of the short-run production of steel structures for demanding applications is also a key goal, together with securing a cost-efficient process. Typically, such structures are fabricated from high- or ultra-high-strength steels. Though challenging, reaching these aims seems to be realistic by applying advanced fatigue design methods, using high-quality robotic welding and receiving information about the real loading of the structure.
Highlights
The fourth revolution of industrial manufacturing processes, known as Industry 4.0, has enabled steps towards the usage of information technology and systems in the manufacturing processes
The aim of the present paper is to demonstrate a concept of comprehensive digitized production, including design, fabrication, and end-use stages
Based on the concepts studies and analyses presented in this research, the following conclusions can be drawn:
Summary
The fourth revolution of industrial manufacturing processes, known as Industry 4.0, has enabled steps towards the usage of information technology and systems in the manufacturing processes. Industry 4.0 has challenged conventional manufacturing technologies, such as welding technology, to find new solutions for utilizing information and data acquisition in welding production. Adaptive and artificial neural network–based solutions to control welding processes and automatic quality assurance systems to verify the accomplishment of a required quality level [1] have emerged in recent years. General level production control and product management systems and software are widely adopted in workshops. There are other factors driving us towards the digitized welding production
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