Design and Manufacturing
An Industry 4.0 Perspective
- ISBN 978-3-7258-6428-7 (Hardback)
- ISBN 978-3-7258-6429-4 (PDF)
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This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Design and Manufacturing: An Industry 4.0 Perspective that was published in
Industrial investments include the use of advanced technologies, which refine, accelerate, and improve industry and raise the profitability of the stakeholders. As part of Industry 4.0, a range of advancements offer considerable opportunities for transforming traditional approaches to product design and manufacturing towards a computer-based innovative way of work, including 3D printing technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual and augmented reality, computer-based simulations, topology optimization, finite element analysis, real-time optimization, artificial intelligence, human-centric design, circular economy principles, and human–machine interactions. Not only have design and manufacturing changed, but so has the focus of researchers, engineers, and academia towards incorporating high-end applications to all stages of a product’s life cycle, each of them shaping the future of the industry by creating both new opportunities within specific sectors and new challenging demands.