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A roadmap for Assembly 4.0: self-configuration of fixed-position assembly islands under Graduation Intelligent Manufacturing System

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  • Daqiang Guo
  • Ray Y. Zhong
  • Shiquan Ling
  • Yiming Rong
  • George Q. Huang

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The layout of fixed-position assembly islands (FPAI) is widely used for producing fragile or bulky products. With the increasing customised demand and unique operation patterns, manufacturing practitioners are facing challenges on flexible and efficient production arrangement to meet customer demand, which lead to inappropriate assembly islands configuration, frequent setups and long waiting times in FPAI. Industry 4.0 comes with the promise of improved flexibility and efficiency in manufacturing. In the context of Industry 4.0, this paper proposes a 5-layer APICS (assembly layer, perception layer, interaction layer, cognition layer, and service layer) roadmap for transformation and implementation of Assembly 4.0. Following the 5-layer APICS roadmap, a Graduation Intelligent Manufacturing System (GiMS) is presented as the pioneering implementation in FPAI. A graduation-inspired assembly system is designed for FPAI at assembly layer. Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial wearable technologies are deployed for perception, connection, and collaboration among various manufacturing resources at perception and interaction layer. A self-configuration model is proposed at cognition layer for autonomously configuring optimal assembly islands and corresponding production activities to meet customer demand. Cloud-based services are developed for managers and onsite operators to facilitate their decision-making and daily operations at service layer. Finally, a demonstrative case is conducted to verify the feasibility of the proposed methods.

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  • Daqiang Guo & Ray Y. Zhong & Shiquan Ling & Yiming Rong & George Q. Huang, 2020. "A roadmap for Assembly 4.0: self-configuration of fixed-position assembly islands under Graduation Intelligent Manufacturing System," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(15), pages 4631-4646, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:58:y:2020:i:15:p:4631-4646
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2020.1762944
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    1. Li, Mingxing & Huang, George Q., 2021. "Production-intralogistics synchronization of industry 4.0 flexible assembly lines under graduation intelligent manufacturing system," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 241(C).
    2. Guo, Daqiang & Li, Mingxing & Lyu, Zhongyuan & Kang, Kai & Wu, Wei & Zhong, Ray Y. & Huang, George Q., 2021. "Synchroperation in industry 4.0 manufacturing," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).

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