Manufacturing in digital industries: prospects for industry 4.0

Abstract

The word “Industry 4.0” originated from a high-tech project of the German Government to promote the computerization in manufacturing. Industry 4.0 aims at organizing “smart manufacturing” with “modular structures, cyber-physical systems that monitor physical processes, create virtual copies of the physical world, and make decentralized decisions”. So with the “Internet of things”, cyber-physical systems communicate and cooperate with each other and with humans in real time and through cloud computing. Therefore, the progress in manufacturing is very impor- tant for the modern Industry 4.0. The current volume aims at providing recent information on manufacturing in digital industries – prospects for Industry 4.0 in six chapters. Chapter 1 of the book provides information on supply chain 4.0 in shipbuilding industry. Chapter 2 is dedi- cated to unveiling the blockchain potential for the future of manufacturing (a multi- purpose blockchain network). Chapter 3 describes the on the virtual optimization of CAI-CAx loop based on the digital twin: sculpture surface demonstrator. Chapter 4 contains information on cloud-based optimization in manufacturing digital indus- tries. Chapter 5 is dedicated to digital tribology and the Industry 4.0 (A note). Finally, Chapter 6 contains information on digital manufacturing. The volume can be used as a research book for final undergraduate engineering course or as a topic on manufacturing digital industries at the postgraduate level. Also, this volume can serve as a useful reference for academics, researchers, me- chanical, manufacturing, informatic, systems, production and industrial engineers, professionals in digital manufacturing and related industries. The interest of scien- tific in this volume is evident for many important centers of research, laboratories and universities as well as for industry. The editor acknowledges De Gruyter for this opportunity and professional sup- port. Also, the editor acknowledges project no. 031556-FCT/02/SAICT/2017; FAMASI – sustainable and intelligent manufacturing by machining, financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), POCI, Portugal, in the scope of TEMA, Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation – UID/EMS/00481/2013. Finally, the editor thanks all the chapter authors for their availability for this editorial project.