SPECIAL SESSION #2
Measurements and virtual measurements towards Industry 5.0: approaches and solutions for smart manufacturing
ORGANIZED BY
Giulio D'Emilia
Giulio D'Emilia
University of L'Aquila, Italy
Emanuela Natale
Emanuela Natale
University of L'Aquila, Italy
Antonella Gaspari
Antonella Gaspari
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
ABSTRACT
Smart manufacturing involves many innovative requirements: a tight connection between physical and digital systems (the cyber-physical world), the capability of managing and processing in nearly real time very huge amount of data (Big Data), the ability of managing production plans in a very flexible way with reference to strongly automated and interconnected production lines (M2M). Further, the interactions between man and machine (H2M) change, to enhance the process/product quality.
All these requirements ask for new approaches for measurement systems and techniques to make effective the capability of transforming data into useful information for decision makers.
Integration of techniques concerning virtual testing and physical measurements seems to be a key-aspect from both a technical and economical point of view as well as to support the Industry 5.0 paradigm centered around values, such as human-centricity, ecological and social benefits.
The aim of a predictive computing with quantified reliability involves all the steps of the measurement process: transducer selection and installation, sensor calibration, system modelling and its interaction with sensors, sensor fusion and networking, data acquisition and data processing methods and algorithms, measurement uncertainty modelling and management. Management of measurement systems, traceability and validation techniques are also noteworthy in this scenario.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Giulio D'Emilia is professor at DIIIE (Department of Industrial Engineering and Informatics and of Economics) of the L’Aquila University (where he is responsible of the Labs for mechanical and thermal measurements). Prof Giulio D’Emilia is also Past President of CEEES (Confederation of the European Environmental Engineering Societies) and responsible for L’Aquila University of many international cooperation agreements. Prof. Giulio D’Emilia devotes its activity to multidisciplinary and integrated applications based on mechanical and thermal measurements. He is author or coauthor of more than 150 papers published on international and Italian journals, international and national conferences. In these papers the development of new sensors, in particular of optical type, the sensor integration in industrial scenarios and the uncertainty management in complex measurement processes are described. New engineering approaches are deeply studied, like lean manufacturing, six sigma, lean six sigma, developed in certified management systems.
Emanuela Natale is Associate Professor in Mechanical and Thermal Measurements, at the Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics (DIIIE) of the University of L’Aquila. She got a Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2004. She obtained the National Scientific Qualification to function as a full professor in Italian Universities in 2023. She is a co-author of about 100 papers published in international and italian journals and conference proceedings. In the last years, her research focuses, in particular, on condition monitoring and diagnostics of industrial systems, uncertainty assessment for complex measuring systems, inspection techniques based on vision systems and Artificial Intelligence, sensors calibration issues, in particular with reference to digital accelerometers.
Antonella Gaspari is Associate Professor of Mechanical and Thermal Measurements, with the Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, DMMM - Polytechnic of Bari (Bari, Italy), since 2024. Formerly, she was a fixed-term researcher starting in 2021, at the same Institution. She graduated in Management Engineering at University of L’Aquila (L’Aquila, Italy), in 2012, where she obtained her Ph.D. in Mechanical, Energetic and Industrial Engineering, in 2016. She coauthored more than 80 scientific publications on international and Italian journals and conferences. Her main research activities concern the following topics: energy and product/process quality measurements and management systems in industrial scenarios; sensor-based condition monitoring applications for machines and apparatuses; development of tools for experimental data processing and measurement-based decision-making activities
