For a sample of general projects including student work at various levels, see the child-page "Stories and Context".
We start these pages in collaboration with colleagues at the KPI in Kyiv, through the HK-dir supported collaboration project on "Industry 4.0 Education". We hope to continue to update content and share knowledge with even more colleagues at the KPI soon- and in the future. Not just at the KPI or at NTNU of course!
Below we present a few local examples of learning factories at NTNU Gjøvik, Raufoss and related labs/projects in Norway and elswhere.
Cyber-Physical Learning Factory at NTNU Gjøvik, S-Lab:
CP Factory at NTNU Gjøvik, S-LabA part of Manulab Infrastructure: https://www.ntnu.edu/ivb/manulab In the S-Lab including lab, workareas and
https://ntnu.h5p.com/content/1291088311820962517 Virtual visit via H5P web content (360 degree images) Links to course content, study programs and projects to be shared (....later....) General starting point for CP Factory use: Workplan: Simulation for building a phone/case including PCB and fuses. Keywords: Variants and automation. CP Factory by Festo Didactic | Link to Learning Factory simulation including workplan and videos: https://ntnu.h5p.com/content/1291079046320861077 |
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What kind of problems can you think of- that can be simulated?“Learning Factories” definitions below according to Encyclopedia CIRP, see Abele, E. (2016). |
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The recent textbook by Abele et al. (Springer) is available through the link below, and e.g. the NTNU library - also pdf-version/eBook https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-92261-4 The book presents the background, pedagogy/didactic-approach and a large number of examples- mostly in Germany, though there are variants many places, and a few other names are used....
See the link above for a book description, including table of contents. The first few chapters are a good start and intro: |
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Frameworks for doing research and development - future intelligent manufacturing
A few good examples of relevant research on "Industry 4.0" - suitable for testing and implementation in a learning factory setting are shared below. Student projects and industry or work done by senior academics may find common ground to bring greater shared value- in context, for all interested stakeholders. The paper/project by Jan Riemann at Fraunhofer and Gabor Sziebig linked below at SINTEF was performed - and published - in 2019 with support from the SFI Manufacturing collaboration in Norway
The Intelligent Factory Space: A Concept for Observing, Learning and Communicating in the Digitalized Factory
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8723365
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2919340
JAN REIMANN(1) AND GABOR SZIEBIG(2), (Senior Member, IEEE)
(1)Department Digitalisation in Production, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, 09126 Chemnitz, Germany
(2)Department of Production Technology, SINTEF Manufacturing, 7031 Trondheim, Norway
Master thesis work based on a joint student-project- as background for the Learning Factory at NTNU Gjøvik.
Anna Vaari's Thesis from 2020 on Enterprise Modeling with the title:
Industry 4.0 and Mixed Reality – Enterprise Modelling for a Learning Factory
https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/2782259
Anna's master’s thesis investigates the use of mixed reality in the context of industry 4.0. Within this work, the relationships between industry 4.0, mixed reality and enterprise architecture in inspected from a theoretical point of view... (see link for full abstract and open publication).
As noted on the other related page on this wiki (link), it's usually best to work with your supervisor to find the right focus and scope of a project suitable for a master thesis. Examples are many- below, an academic, yet practical project in 2016 resulted in 2 related thesis works, with the following references/citations in NTNU Open:
Development of educational activity based on the learning factory in order to enhance learning experience
(Master thesis, 2016-09-29)
Purpose: The following thesis describes development of educational activity in order to enhance students’ practical and theoretical knowledge on topics of kaizen, waste types, efficiency, push/pull production systems, in ...
Norway's First Learning Factory - A Learning Outcome Case Study
(Master thesis, 2016-09-29)
the appropriate theories to classify the needed educational processes was found, and embedded into the learning factory design. Further, with the collaboration with co-student Olga Ogorodnyk, the students got to improve the line in means of theories (kaizen...
, Olga Ogorodnyk. Studentene ble videre intervjuet av den hensikt å få dem til å reflektere på prosessen og dermed finne læringsutbyttene de hadde. Funn: i løpet av forskningen ble det funnet at måten å bygge læringsfabrikken på gav de tiltenkte...
Vocational training through NCE Manufacturing and MTNC, Raufoss, Norway Links (in Norwegian): https://ncemanufacturing.no/laeringsfabrikken https://mtnc.no/minifabrikk-laeringsfabrikken/ Video (KPI-NTNU project visit 2021): Link to shared video (HK-dir supported project) |
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DigiFab project network in Norway, including video presentation of roadmap-paper:
<link to be added- see e.g. NTNU Oria>
https://q3p.no/digifab-strategic-roadmapping-towards-industry-4-0/
Most of the strategic tools, including active research projects take too much time and effort for small enterprises, but a quite a few networks and tools target this challenge, such as the well known Acatech work, report and maturity index (report with significant contributions from PTC).
https://www.acatech.de/publikation/industrie-4-0-maturity-index-update-2020/
(The 2 reports below in English are available in separate links)
Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index. Managing the Digital Transformation of Companies – UPDATE 2020
Using the Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index in Industry. Current challenges, case studies and trends
Though the Acatech-report, in particular the update above, is one of the best places to start thinking about Industry 4.0- and concrete implementation/learning, it very much depends on your point of view-and maturity in your network. What is useful to you, now? And later?
The DigiFab project network in Norway, link to video, left, is a perhaps a better local example. Providing a useful road-map tool and video-intro/tutorial for small and medium sized enterprises:
https://q3p.no/digifab-strategic-roadmapping-towards-industry-4-0/