Biography
Biography: Elena Laudante
Abstract
This contribution proposes to analyze Digital Manufacturing, a new approuch of process in different industrial areas used to define and manage a process of manufacturing in simulation environment through the use of simulation tools in order to simultaneously create the definition of the product and the production process and to obtain a saving of production costs, higher quality of the product and attention of the operator. Through process engineering will be possible to create the definition of a process in a virtual environment related to equipment, assembly, layout, ergonomics, resources, giving immediately feedback regarding the industrial producibility. The new virtual instruments will be to support the design of a production line in the automotive industry that will prevent inefficiencies and problems in the process of assembly of a vehicle, analyzing the interaction between the operator and the production system, the man-machine and human-environment during the production process. It will investigate design and digital manufacturing and application possibilities supported by the control of digital tools to define new formal and functional configurations and the development of new innovative products based on performance requirements and specific needs and expectations of the operator. The presence of ergonomics will increase the comfort of the operator and the overall performance of the production system, improving the quality of the workplace, the tools of work and performance of the operator, preventing accidents or occupational diseases. It’s essential to acquire an analysis methodology through an interdisciplinary approach resorting to the competences of several specific areas reaching to innovation process: design, engineering, occupational medicine.