resource efficiency

“Entrepreneurial courage is the key ingredient”

“Entrepreneurial courage is the key ingredient”

Interview with Prof. Jan Wörner, Director of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)
Production is leaving Earth. As access to space becomes increasingly affordable and reliable, the idea of manufacturing in space is evolving from science fiction to a real industrial strategy. In this interview, Jan Wörner, who has headed not only the German Aerospace Center (DLR) but also the European Space Agency (ESA) for many years, talks about strategic opportunities and regulatory challenges.
Spare Part Production of Vehicle Gearbox Bearings

Spare Part Production of Vehicle Gearbox Bearings

A method using additive manufacturing
Norbert Babel, Tobias Empl, Raimund Kreis ORCID Icon, Peter Roider
Spare parts for older products are often difficult to obtain or cannot be produced in an economically viable way using conventional manufacturing techniques. This article examines whether damping elements for gearbox bearings (in/for the automotive sector) can be manufactured from thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) with the same or compatible properties as the original part alternatively using additive manufacturing.
Industry 4.0 Science | Volume 40 | 2024 | Edition 2 | Pages 16-22
Sustainability in Industrial Manufacturing

Sustainability in Industrial Manufacturing

Resource-efficient circular economy through the use of a pellet 3D printer
Bruno Gallace, Michael Blug, Adrian Huwer ORCID Icon, Michael Mattern, Michael Wahl
In additive manufacturing – which is also known as 3D printing – plastic waste is produced, for example in the form of required support structures or faulty prints. One option for resource recirculation in additive manufacturing is direct use in a pellet 3D printer that incorporates fused granulate fabrication (FGF). The elimination of the filament production process step reduces the manufacturing time and the energy required for recirculation.
Industry 4.0 Science | Volume 40 | 2024 | Edition 1 | Pages 14-21
Vom Energiedatenmanagement zum Digitalen Zwilling

Vom Energiedatenmanagement zum Digitalen Zwilling

Vereinfachte Modellierung eines Digitalen Zwillings mithilfe von Energiedaten
Alexander Blinn, Henrik te Heesen, Joachim Brinkmann, Julius Herzog
Bedingt durch globale Entwicklungen hinsichtlich der Preise und Versorgungssicherheit im Energiesektor stehen besonders energieintensive Unternehmen vor großen Herausforderungen. Zusätzlich fordern Kunden mehr Informationen über Energiekennzahlen und CO₂-Emissionen sowie ressourcenschonendere Prozesse. Mit einer energiedatenbasierten Simulationsmethode werden die Ressourceninformationen direkt aus dem Energiedatenmanagementsystem (EDMS) extrahiert und weiterverarbeitet. Hierbei werden sowohl aktuelle als auch stetig aktualisierte historische Daten verwendet, die automatisiert abgeglichen werden. Die digitale Abbildung der vorhandenen Prozesse ist lediglich auf Seiten der Energiedaten notwendig, ohne die technischen Prozesse in ihrer Gänze analysieren zu müssen. Mit dem so erstellten energetischen digitalen Schatten lassen sich Energiebedarfe für bevorstehende Produktionen und Produkte simulieren und können durch automatisierte Vorschläge in der Produktionsplanung positiv ...
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 5 | Pages 33-36 | DOI 10.30844/IM_23-5_33-36
Design of Circular Business Models

Design of Circular Business Models

Insight from Science and Practice
Jonas Brinker ORCID Icon, Jan Heinrich Beinke, Oliver Thomas, Ingo Westphal, Klaus-Dieter Thoben ORCID Icon, Barbara Gleede
Resource-efficient businesses have become increasingly important for companies in recent years. Although this brings new potentials, the practical implementation in the form of suitable business models is accompanied by challenges. In this paper, we will examine which concepts and methods already exist for the development of circular and resource- efficient business models and show approaches and solutions from science and practice using the example of interdisciplinary research projects.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 6 | Pages 9-13 | DOI 10.30844/IM_22-6_9-13
Flexible Electricity Tariffs

Flexible Electricity Tariffs

A key component of the energy transition in industry
Daniel Leon Krause, Alexander Weber, Kristian Bänsch, Thomas Volling
Decarbonization of industry is gaining in significance. While increasing energy efficiency and decreasing process-related emissions are well-established approaches showing significant effects, integrating electricity from variable renewable sources with (often abundant) commercial energy flexibility is widely overlooked in practice. Flexible electricity tariffs are a crucial component to close this gap, allowing for an economically attractive use of flexibility potential by industrial enterprises and electricity providers. In this article, we examine three core models of flexible electricity tariffs regarding their practical applications.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 37 | 2021 | Edition 2 | Pages 57-60
Sustainability Effects of Industry 4.0

Sustainability Effects of Industry 4.0

Ökonomische, ökologische und soziale Aspekte
Marion Steven
Profit is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for long-term business success. Global problems such as climate change, depletion of natural resources and overpopulation, but also local environmental pollution and emphasis on social aspects increase the significance of sustainability for enterprises. Sustainability is already implemented in the guiding principles of all DAX 30 enterprises and accepted as maxim of action by 90 % of Fortune 500 enterprises [1]. Starting from a definition of sustainability, the subsequent contribution discusses sustainability effects of industry 4.0 concerning the economic, ecologic, and social dimension [2].
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 6 | Pages 11-15
Holistic Resource Efficiency through Industry 4.0

Holistic Resource Efficiency through Industry 4.0

Thom Wienbruch, Dieter Kreimeier, Bernd Kuhlenkötter ORCID Icon
This article deals with the presentation of a concept that shows new possibilities for a holistic improvement in the company’s internal resource efficiency by using Industry 4.0. Subsequently, the structure of a resource management system will be shown. To attain a holistic improvement of the resource efficiency, the viewing frame will be extended to the whole product lifecycle to show which potentials a coupling along the entire value-added chain provides.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 33 | 2017 | Edition 1 | Pages 62-66
Green Factory Bavaria in Augsburg

Green Factory Bavaria in Augsburg

Forschungs-, Demonstrations- und Schulungsplattform
Christian Gebbe, Johannes Glasschröder, Gunther Reinhart
The Green Factory Bavaria is a research project, in which a platform at several locations in Bavaria is developed, in order to increase the resource efficiency in manufacturing companies. The platform shall serve as research-, demonstration- and training purposes. In Augsburg a process chain was developed, which consists of an additive manufacturing step, a cleaning and a packaging step. The research foci of those areas as well as the training concept are going to be presented in this article.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 33 | 2017 | Edition 1 | Pages 39-42
Lifecycle Oriented Assessment of Resource Efficiency for Capital Goods

Lifecycle Oriented Assessment of Resource Efficiency for Capital Goods

Jan C. Aurich, Monique Adam, René C. Malak
Companies implement numerous measures to reduce the use of materials and energy in order to increase the resource efficiency. Resource efficiency has to be assessed over the whole lifecycle of a product. Therefore, an approach is requested which assesses the impacts of measures on the production and the use phase of a product.
Industrie Management | Volume 28 | 2012 | Edition 5 | Pages 57-61
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