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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME)

Laboratory LASIM

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Smart factories - SMFE

Basic informations and rules

The lectures on 27.11.2024 are canceld due to EU project obligation. The students will get recording, see the VIDEO under the lecture Key approaches...1.

The 1st Interim exam (midterm) is proposed for 03.12.2024 at 18:00 (60 min), classroom IV/2, UL FME. Questions related to 1st Interim exam (midterm).

The 2nd Interim exam (midterm) is proposed for [] at [] (60 min), classroom for lectures, UL FME.

Results: midterm exams and final grades.

Objectives

The objectives of this course are to make the students aware of the meaning, basics and essence of smart factories and Industry 4.0 (I 4.0) and the concept of distributed systems and creation of digital twins of processes in a smart factory. Thus, the objectives of this course are the following:

To gain basic concepts and approaches to design of smart factories and to learn about key technologies of I 4.0 and the concept of distributed systems.
To gain the basics of development of digital twins of processes in a smart factory based on the modelling of discrete and partially continuous events and to learn the basics of control of smart factories with the help of digital twins and digital agents.
Ability to estimate the level of digitalization of existing factories and understanding the concepts and approaches to designing new smart factories or for transforming existing factories towards a smart factory.
Understanding the key technologies of I 4.0 and their role and usefulness in a smart factory.
Understanding and creation of digital twins of processes in a smart factory based on discrete and partially continuous events and to use digital twins and digital agents for control of a smart factory.
 

Learning outcomes

Knows and understands: the content and mission of a smart factory compared to traditional factories.
The acquired knowledge is used by the student to draft and design processes in smart factories and to integrate them into the whole concept of a smart factory, to make effective use of I 4.0 technologies in a smart factory, and to produce digital twins of processes and the entire smart factory, as well as to control the whole system.
To learn about key technologies of I 4.0 and the concept of distributed systems.
Knows and understands how to use of tools to evaluate the status of digitization of a traditional factory and computer-aided tools for drafting an efficient smart factory for various purposes.
Recognize of the usefulness of I 4.0 technologies in a smart factory.
Knows and understands how to use simulation tools for building a digital twin (DT) of a smart factory with different subprocesses.
 
 

Lectures

 
..................................Content for 1st Interim exam..................................
Product assembly (product structure, assembly structrure, LPM), notes
..................................Content for 1st Interim exam..................................
 
Key approaches to smart factory development 1 VIDEO (27.11.2024, recorded lectures due to EU project obligation)
Referential architectural models of smart factories
The concept of distributed systems (Top-down and Bottom-up approach)
The concept of digital twins (DT) (Five-dimensional modelling of a DT, Control of a smart production with a DT)
 
TEAM WORK
Short instructions:
The team consist of several students (2-4 students). The team consider two papers, articles (SCI articles, conference papers, other Journals, News, website, etc) that are included in the PPT presentation. The presentation is done during the lectures for particular topics related to this lecture (document Teams), please prepare up to 15 min presentation, involve all students within team in oral presentation (distribute the work and the parts for oral presentations), the presentation material (ppt) and oral presentation are evaluated and are part of the final grade according to the rules. After the oral presentation we will have the discussion section (10 - 15 min). The involvement of students during the discussion section is also evaluated and is part of the team work (professor will mark the active students).
The PPT should be sent by email at least one day before presentation (oral defence) to marko.simic@fs.uni-lj.si.
 
Teams (table with list of teams, list of topics related to the lectures)
 
Team work materials:
Team 4 - Key approaches to the development of smart factories. Paper 1 , Paper 2: students find by themselves)
Team 5 - Reference architecture models - Smart factory. Paper 1, Paper 2
Team 6 - Concepts of Smart factory_distributed systems. Paper 1, Paper 2
 
Important links related to Factories of the future
The leading association focused on Smart factories, link to website: The European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA)
 
 

Exercises

 
 
 
V2_SMFE_Jack-2024_2025
V2-1_SMFE_Jack_Tutorials
V3_Introduction_to_modeling_and_simulation_SMFE_2024_2025
V4_Machine_vision_SMFE_2024_2025
V5_Simulation-1_SMFE-2024_2025
V6_Simulation-2_SMFE-2024_2025
V7_VSM_SMFE_2024_2025
V8_Modeling_VSM_example_SMFE_2024_2025
V_8_simulation_VSM_SMFE-2024_2025
V9_Introduction_Visual_Components-Erasmus
V10_Identification_SMFE_2024_2025
V11_SMFE_24_25_DEMO_center

 

SMFE_24_25_exercises_score

 

 

 

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