TY - JOUR
T1 - The need for ecosystem 4.0 to support maintenance 4.0
T2 - An aviation assembly line case
AU - Giacotto, Alessandro
AU - Marques, Henrique Costa
AU - Barreto, Eduardo Afonso Pereira
AU - Martinetti, Alberto
PY - 2021/4/8
Y1 - 2021/4/8
N2 - Manufacturing and assembling aircraft require hundreds of different machines for various process applications. The machines have different complexity and often different ages; however, they have to ensure a higher precision than other industrial fields. Recent technology advancement in maintenance approaches offers a wide range of opportunities to provide performance and availability. The paper discusses how the maintenance technologies applicable to the various machines need to be appropriately supported by a production environment, called “ecosystem”, that allows their integration within the process and their synergy with the operators. (1) A background analysis of the aircraft production environment is offered. (2) A possible framework for designing a proper ecosystem 4.0 for integrating maintenance activities with design solutions and data gathering is provided. (3) A case study based on the assembly line of specific aircraft is adopted for testing the validity of the framework. (4) Finally, a discussion highlights the critical points of the research, underlying future work.
AB - Manufacturing and assembling aircraft require hundreds of different machines for various process applications. The machines have different complexity and often different ages; however, they have to ensure a higher precision than other industrial fields. Recent technology advancement in maintenance approaches offers a wide range of opportunities to provide performance and availability. The paper discusses how the maintenance technologies applicable to the various machines need to be appropriately supported by a production environment, called “ecosystem”, that allows their integration within the process and their synergy with the operators. (1) A background analysis of the aircraft production environment is offered. (2) A possible framework for designing a proper ecosystem 4.0 for integrating maintenance activities with design solutions and data gathering is provided. (3) A case study based on the assembly line of specific aircraft is adopted for testing the validity of the framework. (4) Finally, a discussion highlights the critical points of the research, underlying future work.
KW - Aircraft manufacturing
KW - Assembly line
KW - Aviation
KW - Ecosystem 4.0
KW - Maintenance 4.0
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104232017&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/app11083333
DO - 10.3390/app11083333
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104232017
SN - 2076-3417
VL - 11
JO - Applied Sciences
JF - Applied Sciences
IS - 8
M1 - 3333
ER -