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Smart Factory
July 1, 2022Nicola Accialini
Industry 4.0 Innovation Manufacturing Engineering Premium Risk Management Strategy Technology

The Smart Factory: what risks and what challenges?

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What will be the risks and challenges in implementing a Smart Factory, a structure capable of adapting autonomously to market needs, to the production volumes variations and to the mass personalization? The technological evolution within our production systems, also known as Industry 4.0, will lead to a new way of producing goods, more automated and……...

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Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
April 4, 2022Nicola Accialini
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Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: how to enable flexibility

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Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) are attractive options to handle mass personalization, as the system can be continuously reconfigured in accordance with the demanded volumes and products, although the development of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems is a particularly challenging task compared to the development of a traditional manufacturing system. Indeed, mass personalization can be considered one of……...

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industry 4.0 and gear manufacturing
March 31, 2022Nicola Accialini
Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Engineering

Industry 4.0 and gear manufacturing

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How to apply the principles and technologies of Industry 4.0 to gear manufacturing? Traditionally, gears are produced by using well-established processes in the field of machining, special processes – including heat treatments – and inspection methods. Following, some production limits related to the gear manufacturing are presented and how new technologies can lead to more…

benefits form 3d printing
March 31, 2022Nicola Accialini
Additive Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Innovation Manufacturing Engineering Strategy Technology

How to get benefits from 3D Printing in a production site?

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If you are an industrial engineer or you work in a factory, you may have wondered: How to get benefits from 3D Printing in a production site? Although 3D Printing has been formerly invented in 1982 and it is considered a well-established technology, yet it is still not very used at its full potential. In…

Skills and reskilling is a fundamental activity in modern companies
March 7, 2022Nicola Accialini
Industry 4.0 Innovation Manufacturing Engineering Premium Skills Management Strategy

Staff training and reskilling: too important not to invest in it

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Investing in staff training and reskilling is a key factor in company growth and in achieving objectives.

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Digitalization
July 30, 2021Nicola Accialini
Industry 4.0 Innovation Manufacturing Engineering Premium Strategy Technology

Digitalization is not enough to implement agile production systems

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To implement agile production systems you need flexibility and speed. In this article we see how to do it from a practical point of view

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Industry 4.0 projects
May 9, 2021Nicola Accialini
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Who should manage 4.0 projects in a company?

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Management of 4.0 Projects represents a key activity for the implementation of a Smart Factory. But who should manage them?

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