FluPro
Fluid production.
Development and implementation of a human-centered, cyber-physical production concept
Your contact person
Anwar Al Assadi
Fraunhofer IPA
Anwar Al Assadi is project manager of the FluPro project and responsible for robot programming and control. He is also an expert in the field of machine learning and analysis of screwdriving processes.
Fluid Production
Human-centered, cyber-physical production concept
The aim of the joint project Fluid Production is to develop and implement a human-centered, cyber-physical production concept for automotive production. To this end, all means of production are broken down into location-flexible modules in order to be able to dynamically form and dissolve machine systems and eliminate the current separation between value creation and logistics.
Optimum adaptation to current requirements
The term“fluid production” stems from the vision that cyber-physical production systems (CPPS) continuously reorganize themselves into operational units based on demand. As a result, production—much like a fluid that adapts its external shape in response to the pressures acting upon it—constantly adjusts itself optimally to current needs. To achieve this, all production facilities are broken down into location-flexible modules so that they can dynamically form and dissolve into units. In this way, the current separation between value creation and logistics is overcome.
The modules are designed with a central focus on the role of human as an active shaper of their production environment. The result is a new, highly flexible production system that enables short-term decisions to be made the start the actual value creation and places the employee at the center of production design.
Insights into the project
The realization of the Fluid Production System is based on five sub-projects
In the first sub-project (SP1) - in close cooperation with the sister projects FlexCAR and Digital Fingerprint - fluid production is planned and the role of humans as central designers of the production system is outlined.
In SP2, the cyber-physical resources of the fluid production system are developed and prototypically realized as "production fluid particles".
SP3 examines questions of production control from order control to real-time control and is dedicated to the specification of cyber-physical systems as Industry 4.0 components of automotive production.
SP4 investigates which methods and business processes are required to make the technical results developed in SP2 and SP3 usable in operational practice.
In SP5, fluid production is implemented as an example and its performance is tested. The adaptability of fluid production is demonstrated by switching to a product that was unknown at the time of planning.
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What do our members say? The people who work, develop, and shape the future at ARENA2036 every day?
"As experts in system integration and driverless transport systems, we use the modern working environment of ARENA2036 to network with other partners and develop pioneering innovations in research and development projects. ARENA2036 is the ideal place for us to shorten the transfer from the idea to industrial use, so that we are already equipped for future challenges today."
Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Bär
Managing Director BÄR Automation GmbH
BÄR Automation GmbH
"ARENA2036 gives us the opportunity to collaborate fruitfully with a variety of different companies - from start-ups to large corporations. This allows us to quickly develop and implement forward-looking and relevant use cases with potential partners and users. In addition, the arena gives us a broader insight into future trends in automotive production and gives us early access to pioneering key technologies."
Dr. Thomas Meißner & Dr. Roland Schaefer
Head of Project and Consortia Management &
Vice President Innovation
Balluff GmbH
About Fraunhofer
Project Participation in ARENA2036
Project partners in the ARENA2036 research factory are the two Fraunhofer Institutes IAO and IPA.
Fraunhofer IPA implements highly innovative and sustainable solutions in production technology and automation for customers in a wide range of future-oriented industries. The solutions are always linked to the institute's strategic cornerstones of "mass sustainability" and "mass personalization".
In ARENA2036, Fraunhofer IPA is coordinating research into innovative methods in vehicle production. To this end, a research factory is being built in which technologies are developed that enable individualized products in batch sizes of one at the cost of mass production. The core technology for this is adaptable production systems with which companies can react to fluctuating competitive factors or shortened product life cycles. Fraunhofer IPA develops solutions for planning these systems and realizes components for them, such as versatile assembly stations.
About Siemens
Project Participation in ARENA2036
Siemens offers solutions from four elementary areas for the company of the future: The Digital Enterprise Software Suite, the areas of industrial communication networks and industrial security, as well as business-specific services.
With know-how and products from the first two areas, Siemens AG is supporting the ARENA2036 research campus in the realization of a digital twin of real production and in the reliable and secure networking of flexible logistics systems.
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About the University of Stuttgart
Project Participation in ARENA2036
The University of Stuttgart and many of its institutes are involved in the ARENA2036 research platform:
Institute for Aircraft Structures (IFB)
Institute for Parallel and Distributed Systems (IPVS)
Institute for Plastics Technology (IKT)
Institute for Textile Technology, Fiber-Based Materials, and Textile Machinery (ITFT)
Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Equipment (ISW)
Institute for Industrial Engineering and Technology Management (IAT)
Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering (IVK)
Institute for Electrical Energy Conversion (iew)
Institute for Educational Science, Department of Vocational, Business, and Technical Education (BWT)
Institute for Power Transmission and High-Voltage Engineering (IEH)
Institute for Polymer Chemistry (IPOC)
Institute for Linguistics: English Studies (IfLA)
Institute for Industrial Manufacturing and Plant Operations (IFF)
Institute for Material Handling and Logistics (IFT)
Institute for Beam Tools (IFSW)
The Institute of Aircraft Design (IFB), for example, is involved in the LeiFu project and the DigitPro project with several employees in ARENA2036. The Khoch3 project is supported by university employees from BWT.
The integration of the ARENA2036 research building into the university campus forms the perfect basis for an intensive and interdisciplinary transfer of expertise between science and industry. This is what the guiding principle "Industry on Campus" stands for.