Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the Scientific Technical Committee: Life Cycle Engineering and Assembly (STC-A) had only one meeting in 2020 in Paris on February 20.
The February STC LCE/A meeting in Paris was attended by 65 people.
CIRP conferences and sponsored conferences under STC LCE/A:
CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) conferences
• 27th LCE Conference, 2020, Grenoble, France (Prof. Brissaud)
• 28th LCE Conference, 2021, Jaipur, India (Profs. Sangwan and Herrmann)
• 29th LCE Conference, 2022, Leuven, Belgium (Profs. Dewulf and Duflou)
• 30th LCE Conference, 2023, decision was postponed to next meeting
• 31st LCE Conference, 2024, Torino (Profs. Settineri and Priarone)
• 32nd LCE Conference, 2025, Manchester (Prof. Mativenga)
CIRP Conference on Assembly Technologies and Systems (CATS):
• 8th Conference on Assembly Technology and Systems, Digitalizing smart factories, 2020, Athens, Greece (Dr. Makris, Prof. Mourtzis, and Prof. Chryssolouris)
• 9th Conference on Assembly Technology and Systems, Flexible Assembly & Disassembly Systems, 2022, Leuven (Profs. Kellens and Demeester)
• 10th Conference on Assembly Technology and Systems, AI in Assembly, Modular Configurable Assembly Technology & Disassembly and Remanufacturing, 2024, Karlsruhe (Prof. Fleischer)
Sponsored conferences:
• 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM) 2020 (Prof. Seliger)
• 9th Conference on Through-life Engineering Services 2020 (Dr. Erkoyuncu)
• International Precision Assembly Seminar (IPAS) 2020 (Profs. Axinte/Dini)
STC A Keynote Papers
The 2020 STC-A keynote was Hauschild et al.: Absolute sustainability – challenges to Life Cycle Engineering
Future keynote papers are:
• 2021 – Franke et al.: Electronics Module Assembly
• 2022 – Kara et al.: Closed Loop Systems to Circular Economy staying within the Planetary Boundaries
• 2023 – Two proposals were submitted: 1. Ceglarek et al.: Scalable and Adaptive Assembly Systems, 2. Makris et al.: Automated Assembly of Deformable Objects. Decision was postponed to next meeting
Technical Presentations
Paris meeting (2020):
• Sotiris Makris: Human-Robot Seamless Interaction for Efficient Collaboration
Moderated Discussion #1: “Assembly Technology for E-Mobility.” Moderator: Jörg Franke
• Introduction by Jörg Franke
• Jürgen Fleischer: Challenges in Production of Electric Drives for E-Mobility
• Jörg Franke: Joining Technologies for Automotive Power Electronics Applications
• Franz Dietrich: Continuous Battery Production: Risks and Benefits
• Rajkumar Roy: Self-engineering – Inspiration from Biology for E-mobility
Moderated Discussion #2: “Life Cycle Engineering for E-Mobility.” Moderator: Christoph Herrmann
• Introduction by Christoph Herrmann
• Wim Dewulf: On Waste Stream Composition Forecasting for Electric Vehicle Batteries and Related End-of-Life Treatment Technology Development
• Chris Yuan (presented by Robert Gao): Integration of Technological and Environmental Modelling for Life Cycle Assessment of Electric Vehicles
• Alexis Laurent: Prospective LCA of Road Transport Systems: Methodology and Application to Passenger Cars in Copenhagen
Other business
• The following new CWGs were introduced:
o CWG – AI in Manufacturing (from Feb. 2021)
o CWG – Production Technologies and Systems for E-Mobility (from Aug. 2021)
Officers
The officers of STC LCE/A were:
Chair: Prof. Jörg Krüger
Vice-chair: Prof. Yasushi Umeda
Secretary: Prof. Lihui Wang
For further details on the activities of STC LCE/A please consult the minutes from the meetings in Paris.
Respectfully submitted by
Jörg Krüger / Yasushi Umeda / Lihui Wang