Open and circular value creation in the open microfactory
Publication date
2024-04-30
Document type
Sammelbandbeitrag oder Buchkapitel
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Organisational unit
Publisher
Springer Gabler
Book title
Global collaboration, local production
First page
265
Last page
279
Part of the university bibliography
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Language
English
Keyword
dtec.bw
Abstract
The transition to a Fab City in which almost everything can be produced requires reconfiguration of the existing global production network. Open workspaces like Open Labs or Fab Labs offer an important contribution in terms of innovation and knowledge transfer, but due to the currently limited availability of machine capabilities as well as capacities, they cannot fully cover the current demand of products and their local production. In this article, the concept of an Open Microfactory (OMF) is introduced as a local and highly flexible production facility. OMFs work as a circular manufacturing space and manufacturing-as-a-service provider. The OMF fulfills the local demand in products in small and medium-sized production volumes and acts as a complementary element to the existing makerspace and industry infrastructure. By integrating state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies from the field of flexible machine units, factory automation and digitalization, we explore how OMFs strengthen local value creation systems and make them more sustainable and resilient.
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