Chapter 7: Intelligent Products

Title: Autonomous control of intelligent products in beginning of life processes

Author(s): Karl A. Hribernik, Christoph Pille, Oliver Jeken, Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Katja Windt, Matthias Busse

Address: BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, Hochschulring 20, 28359 Bremen, Germany | University of Bremen, Chair in Near-Net-Shape Manufacturing Technologies, Faculty of Production Engineering, Germany c/o Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials IFAM, Wiener Straße 12, 28359 Bremen, Germany | Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, School of Engineering and Science, Global Production Logistics, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany | BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, Hochschulring 20, 28359 Bremen, Germany | Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, School of Engineering and Science, Global Production Logistics, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany | University of Bremen, Chair in Near-Net-Shape Manufacturing Technologies, Faculty of Production Engineering, Germany c/o Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials IFAM, Wiener Straße 12, 28359 Bremen, Germany

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2010 pp. 321 - 336

Abstract/Summary: Current research into integrating RFID into metal parts has shown the practical feasibility of embedding transponders directly into aluminum during the casting process. This introduces the possibility of augmenting parts with decision making capabilities immediately after casting. Along with concepts from the field of intelligent products and models of autonomous control in production such as the product variant corridor and multi-agent systems, the potential for optimizing the beginning-of-life phase of the lifecycles of products with such cast RFID are immense. This paper explores these potentials and introduces concepts and methods for the autonomous control of cast-RFID-based intelligent products in production and assembly processes.

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