The Scientific Technical Committee: Life Cycle Engineering and Assembly had two meetings in 2013: in Paris on January 24 and in Copenhagen on August 23. In addition STC A members also participated in the Track 3 meetings in Paris and in Copenhagen.
The January STC A meeting in Paris was attended by 87 participants. The Copenhagen meeting was attended by 84 people.
Conferences and sponsored seminars under STC A are:
Life Cycle Engineering conferences
• 19th LCE Conference 2012, Berkeley, San Francisco (Prof. D. Dornfeld)
• 20th LCA Conference 2013, Singapore (Prof. A. Nee)
• 21th LCE Conference 2014, Trondheim, Norway (Prof. T. Lien)
• 22nd LEC Conference 2015, Sydney, Australia (Prof. Kara)
Assembly conferences:
• 4th Conference on Assembly Technology and Systems, 2012, Michigan, USA (Prof. J. Hu)
• 5th Conference on Assembly Technology and Systems, 2014, Dresden, Germany (Prof. M. Putz)
• 6th Conference on Assembly Technology and Systems, 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden (Prof. R. Soderberg)
STC A Keynote Papers
Future keynote papers will be:
- 2014 Santochi et al: Grasping devices and methods in automated production processes
- 2015 Martinsen et al: Joining Technologies in Manufacturing
- 2016 Sutherland et al: The Role of Manufacturing on the Social Dimensions of Sustainability
In Copenhagen, Prof. Andrew Nee presented the STC A session keynote paper on “Advanced CAD Model Based Assembly Simulation, Planning and Training” on behalf of the co-authors.
Other presentations
At the Paris meeting, the following technical presentations were given:
- Kristian Martinsen: A New Sub-Platform for Joining in the EU Manufuture Technology Platform
- Jörg Franke : Virtual Manual Assembly Validation
- Rikard Soderberg : Optimizing Tolerances for Sustainability
- Moneer Helu and David Dornfeld: Tools to Analyze the Impact of Manufacturing Decisions on the Product
- S. Robinson and D. Dornfeld: Assessment of Fabrication Process Chains for Environmental and Economic Optimization
- N. Diaz, H. Kitagawa, K. Okura, M. Mori and D. Dornfeld: Energy of Machine Tool Manufacturing: A Mori Seiki Case Study
11 papers were presented in Part I of the General Assembly in Copenhagen.
The following presentations were given in Part II of the general assembly in Copenhagen:
- Alexander Sproedt : A New Simulation Framework for Eco-efficiency Improvements in Production
- Emanuele Carpanzano and Anna Valente : An Artificial Intelligent Decision Support System for energy and environmental conscious production scheduling in heavy process industry
- Paolo C. Priarone : Sustainable Assessment of a Cutting Tool Production Process
- Hung-Yin Tsai : Image Processing Study on Monitoring Individual Drosophila
- Annika Raatz : Form-flexible handling technology for automation in an RTM preforming process
Other business
Election of STC A Officers:
An election was held during the STC A meeting in Copenhagen. Prof. Sami Kara was elected chair, Prof. John Sutherland was elected Vice Chair, and Prof. Joerg Krueger was elected secretary, of STC A, for a three year term, effective January 1, 2014.
Officers
The officers of STC A in 2013 were:
Chair: Prof. S. Jack Hu
Vice-chair: Prof. Sami Kara
Secretary: Prof. John Sutherland
For further details on the activities of STC A please consult the minutes from the meetings in Paris and Copenhagen.
Submitted by
S. Jack Hu