Challenges for developing intelligent, interactive and cooperative PLM systems: introductory article on applications of artificial intelligence and virtual reality to product lifecycle management

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Lopez-Ortega ◽  
Nickolas Sapidis ◽  
David Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Lifecycle Management

Virtual Reality Based Engineering Collaboration as Part of the Product Lifecycle Management

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph H. Stelzer
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Process Integration ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
3D Cad ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Engineering Collaboration ◽  
Price Trends ◽  
Lifecycle Management

Virtual reality (VR) is an established technology in certain sectors of industry. But because of the cost and effort involved, VR has so far mostly been used in large companies (e.g. the automotive industry). Today, hardware price trends coupled with the availability of new, easier-to-use equipment (economical powerwalls, autostereoscopic displays) are making VR increasingly attractive for smaller firms. Despite this, the considerable effort involved in providing the necessary data and, more importantly, the lack of integration with current development processes represents a continued barrier to widespread use which would allow companies to benefit from the excellent visualization quality and ease of handling in VR models. This article presents a process integration solution in which the VR component changes its position away from a visualization solution to the basic collaboration interface of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) environment. This allows VR to be incorporated into a landscape of heterogeneous conventional 3D-CAD workstations and simulation applications. The solution takes the form of a multidirectional connection via the PLM system which makes it possible not only to process and display geometries but also to simulate movements and depict non-geometrical product information. This concept includes the use of gestures and tracked mobile devices to interact in the VR environment and to get additional information.

scholarly journals Product Lifecycle Management with the Asset Administration Shell

Computers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Andreas Deuter ◽  
Sebastian Imort
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Digital Representation ◽  
Holistic Concept ◽  
Standard Interface ◽  
Lifecycle Management

Product lifecycle management (PLM) as a holistic process encompasses the idea generation for a product, its conception, and its production, as well as its operating phase. Numerous tools and data models are used throughout this process. In recent years, industry and academia have developed integration concepts to realize efficient PLM across all domains and phases. However, the solutions available in practice need specific interfaces and tend to be vendor dependent. The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) aims to be a standardized digital representation of an asset (e.g., a product). In accordance with its objective, it has the potential to integrate all data generated during the PLM process into one data model and to provide a universally valid interface for all PLM phases. However, to date, there is no holistic concept that demonstrates this potential. The goal of this research work is to develop and validate such an AAS-based concept. This article demonstrates the application of the AAS in an order-controlled production process, including the semi-automatic generation of PLM-related AAS data. Furthermore, it discusses the potential of the AAS as a standard interface providing a smooth data integration throughout the PLM process.

scholarly journals Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5975
Author(s):  
Ana María Camacho ◽  
Eva María Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Manufacturing Automation ◽  
Engineering Society ◽  
Manufacturing Engineering ◽  
Lifecycle Management

The Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020) has been launched as a joint issue of the journals “Materials” and “Applied Sciences”. The 14 contributions published in this Special Issue of Applied Sciences present cutting-edge advances in the field of Manufacturing Engineering focusing on advances and innovations in manufacturing processes; additive manufacturing and 3D printing; manufacturing of new materials; Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies; robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing automation; Industry 4.0; design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering; manufacturing engineering and society; and production planning. Among them, the topic “Manufacturing engineering and society” collected the highest number of contributions (representing 22%), followed by the topics “Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies”, “Industry 4.0”, and “Design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering” (each at 14%). The rest of the topics represent the remaining 35% of the contributions.

Consistency Management System Between Product Design and the Lifecycle

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Fukushige ◽  
Yuki Matsuyama ◽  
Eisuke Kunii ◽  
Yasushi Umeda
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Consistency Management ◽  
Management Scheme ◽  
Data Architecture ◽  
Structure Geometry ◽  
Resource Circulation ◽  
Lifecycle Management ◽  
Lifecycle Design

Within the framework of sustainability in manufacturing industry, product lifecycle design is a key approach for constructing resource circulation systems of industrial products that drastically reduce environmental loads, resource consumption and waste generation. In such design, designers should consider both a product and its lifecycle from a holistic viewpoint, because the product’s structure, geometry, and other attributes are closely coupled with the characteristics of the lifecycle. Although product lifecycle management (PLM) systems integrate product data during its lifecycle into one data architecture, they do not focus on support for lifecycle design process. In other words, PLM does not provide explicit models for designing product lifecycles. This paper proposes an integrated model of a product and its lifecycle and a method for managing consistency between the two. For the consistency management, three levels of consistency (i.e., topological, geometric, and semantic) are defined. Based on this management scheme, the product lifecycle model allows designers to evaluate environmental, economic, and other performance of the designed lifecycle using lifecycle simulation.

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