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Design framework for model-based self-optimizing manufacturing systems

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Designing manufacturing systems requires a profound understanding of the manufacturing process and its challenges to meet final customer requirements. Considering future objectives already at an early design stage increases the flexibility of the manufacturing system and its robustness regarding changed boundary conditions. Today’s manufacturing systems rather control machine settings than process variables or even product quality. The major barrier for quality control is that in most manufacturing processes, quality cannot be measured on-line. Model-based self-sptimization (MBSO) has been developed to overcome this limitation. A combination of embedded process knowledge and tailored sensor integration enables for on-line quality estimation. The overall objective is to control key characteristics of product quality in a broad manufacturing landscape. This work describes a guideline of how to design an MBSO system with examples at each stage of the development process.

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The authors would like to thank the German Research Foundation DFG for the kind support within the Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries”.

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  1. Intitute for Laser Technology (ILT), Fraunhofer, Steinbachstr. 15, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Ulrich Thombansen & Reinhardt Poprawe

  2. Welding and Joining Institute (ISF), RWTH Aachen University, Pontstraße 49, 52062, Aachen, Germany

    Guido Buchholz & Uwe Reisgen

  3. Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Campus-Boulevard 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Daniel Frank, Thomas Pullen, Max Schwenzer, Fritz Klocke & Robert Schmitt

  4. Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and the Skilled Crafts, RWTH Aachen University, Seffenter Weg 201, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Julian Heinisch & Christian Hopmann

  5. Istitut für Textiltechnik (ITA), RWTH Aachen University, Otto-Blumenthal-Str. 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Maximilian Kemper, Viktor Reimer & Thomas Gries

  6. Intitute for Production Technology (IPT), Fraunhofer, Steinbachstr. 17, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Grigory Rotshteyn

  7. Istitute of Automatic Control (IRT), RWTH Aachen University, Campus-Boulevard 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Sebastian Stemmler & Dirk Abel

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Thombansen, U., Buchholz, G., Frank, D. et al. Design framework for model-based self-optimizing manufacturing systems. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 97, 519–528 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-1951-8

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