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The Idea of “Industry 4.0” in Car Production Factories

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This article is covering the topic of Industry 4.0 which is a name for the new trend of production automation and data exchange in manufacturing systems. The history of industrial revolutions is shortly sketched in the beginning. Then the term “Industry 4.0” and its area of influence is presented. The different solutions used in Industry 4.0 factory are described focusing on the methods important for car production; these methods are then shortly explained and illustrated. The idea of smart factory for a car producing sector is presented. Finally the most important disadvantage of Industry 4.0 is discussed; which is the wide open access to Internet requirement that may be dangerous for the company.

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This paper was supported by the Polish National Centre of Research and Development, grant no. 02/22/DSPB/1434.

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Kurosz, J., Milecki, A. (2019). The Idea of “Industry 4.0” in Car Production Factories. In: Burduk, A., Chlebus, E., Nowakowski, T., Tubis, A. (eds) Intelligent Systems in Production Engineering and Maintenance. ISPEM 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 835. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97490-3_57

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