Comau Robotics

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MANUFUTURE 2006 Conference Tampere, Finland,
October 9th-10th 2006
MANUFUTURE NETWORKED PRODUCTION Round
Table Franco DEREGIBUS, Massimo MATTUCCI, Fulvio
RUSINÀ October 10th, 2006
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Key Industrial Market Trends

• Globalization (production, suppliers, RD, )
• Outsourcing (logistics, engineering, production,
  )
• Product / Process competitiveness
• New leaner technologies
• Customer satisfaction and retention concerns

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Manufacturing Globalization
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EUCAR Vision In Product / Process Evolution
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European Passenger Car Life Cycle Reduction
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Manufacturing Systems - Evolution Drivers
Environment Safety
Optimized Shop Floor Mgmt
Flexibility Convertibility
DRIVERS
Factory Cost
Maintainability

• Integration of shop-floor automation at plant
  level
• Intuitive HMI field data collection and
  analysis
• Virtual engineering
• Digital Manufacturing (modeling simulation)

• Local sensors for process monitoring
• Remote diagnostics
• Tele-service (WEB network)

• Flexible/Agile Systems
• Re-programmable
• Convertible solutions
• Intelligent and rationaluse of automation vs.
  operators

• Standard lean
• Low cost solutions
• Modular and re-usable (agile)
• Plug Play modules
• Wireless applications
• in manufacturing

• Design for safety and ergonomics
• Innovative process (new joining technologies, MQL
  machining, )
• Dismantling

Production System Supplier impact
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Product / Process Design and Production Network
All drivers considered highlight the need to
define an holistic approach to the design and
production process through the integration of
internal and external value chains to maximize
efficiency and customer value. Such network will
provide

• collaborative standard-based manufacturing
  environment
• round the clock 24hour coordinated development
• visibility throughout the extended enterprise
  i.e. including customers and suppliers
• flexibility to manage operations remotely with a
  short reaction time
• lower total cost of ownership

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COMAU Design and Production Network
Excellence Centers Network
BWA - Welding
PWT - Assembly
BWA - Tooling
PWT - Machining
BWA - Handling
Maintenance Serv.s
ENG - Product
ROB Standards
ENG - Process
ROB Applications
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ICT Manufacturing
Radically Innovative Mechatronics and Advanced
Control Systems
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System Integration and Control Architecture Trends
Radically Innovative Mechatronics and Advanced
Control Systems
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Concluding Comments
Networked Production is becoming more and more
important following the surging wave of market
globalization Nevertheless a lot of open issues
must be deeply analyzed in joint RDactivities
and collective research programs to create an
effective value-added manufacturing environment

• Methodologies and Tools for intelligent networked
  production
• ICT enabling environments for intra/inter-plant
  (open architectures, wireless communications,
  embedded systems, )
• Intelligent Distributed Controls at plant/line
  level
• Standardization (technology, ICT standard
  interfaces, )
• Security (self-defending environment) and IPR
  issues
• Product/Process Life Cycle approaches