IJPEM-ST
Key Enabling Technologies for Smart Factory in Automotive Industry: Status and Applications
What technologies are essential for an Automotive Smart Factory in the future?
문승기/Nanyang Technological University
- The objective of this paper is to introduce technology levels to achieve Smart
Factory (SF) advancement in the automotive industry.
- Past and current research on Cellular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) which is a
future production platform for automotive SF is reviewed.
- Digital twins, additive manufacturing, AI-based monitoring & inspection,
human-robot collaboration, and advanced supply chain & logistics are selected as
five essential technologies to implement the automotive SF. Also, relevant
research on these technologies for automotive SF is organized and reviewed
according to the roles and relationships within CMS.
- Lastly, we define and propose a five-level framework for an automotive SF based
on the essential key technologies. Details about the framework are described
with necessary techniques and application cases comprehensively.