ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS FOR THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL ERA Peter Erasmus – CEO (Directech Pty Ltd)

Assembly Systems for the 4th Industrial Era – industrialisation revolution history

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1st Industrial revolution

Sustainable food production era

1760 - 1840

2nd Industrial revolution Industrialised labour 1850 - 1970

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3rd Industrial revolution Industrialised intelligence

Mid 20th century

4th Industrial revolution

Artificial intelligence

What's happening in the 4th IR - Machines making

decisions

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Assembly systems

An assembly system is one of the subsystems in a manufacturing system – factory – where individual components of a product are joined together and thus integrated into a semi finished or final product.

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Industry 4.0 + assembly

systems

• 4th industrial revolution summary

• Assembly systems summary

Industry 4.0 in assembly systems

Influence in the design phase…

• CAD software…computer aided design

• FEA software…fine element analysis

• CAM…computer aided manufacture

• Simulation software

• 3D digital printing

• 3D camera scanning

• 3D metrology

Industry 4.0 in assembly systems

Influence in the assembly phase

• Smart factory software platforms

• Predictive analytics software platforms

• Preventative maintenance software platforms

• Quality system camera

• Poke Yoke systems

• Artificial intelligence

Example of an sub-assembly system

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IR 4.0 assembly system – example

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Zenon scada smart factory

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Smart factory – in-

process decisions

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Conclusion - Assembly systems 4.0 no longer science fiction

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Thank you

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