how industry 4.0 is driving innovation in the wood sector?
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How Industry 4.0 is driving innovation in the wood sector?
“A strategic question”
Raffaele de Amicis, EECS, Oregon State UniversityEric Hansen, CoF, Oregon State University
In the current and future scientific and technological worldwide panorama, cutting-edge computational and visualization and
fabrication techniques play a critical role for the development of new wood products that
bring innovation into companies and ultimately improve the quality of life for society.
The purpose of this slide set is to stimulate a provocative and proactive
discussion on how evolution of IT technologies may exploit the
potentiality yet unexpressed of wood as a construction material in the
digital age.
In the past, timber fabrication processes were focused on either manual work or mass production of single
elements. Although these techniques are elaborated and efficient, they are also inflexible. This is the reason for an
increasing amount of interest in computational design and fabrication processes, as well as the use of industrial
robots. Digital fabrication substantially expands the range of manufacturing possibilities and offers more
freedom for developing innovative, material-oriented and adaptive construction systems.
Is this a disruptive idea?
I believe is a natural evolution.
The industrial age The digital ageThe wooden age
Information technologie
s play an integral part in
architectural design and wood
science and engineering
.
Manufacturing has undergone many evolutionary stages and paradigm shifts. The paradigm shifts in
going from a craft industry to mass production , then lean manufacturing, and finally to agile
manufacturing and mass customizations. The digital age in manufacturing is giving rise to output devices that allow rapid customization and manufacturing, revolutionizing how we design, develop, fabricate,
distribute, and consume products.
Wood @ Digital Fabrication
Big data.
Advanced analytics
Human-machine
interfaces
IoT
Digital-to-physical transfer
3D Printing
New advanced manufacturing techniques combined with the
Internet of Things is enabling the concept to create a digital
manufacturing enterprise that is not only interconnected, but
communicates, analyzes, and uses information to drive further
intelligent action back in the physical world
TheWooden
Age
The Industrial
Age
The Digital
Age
What Next?
Our research is focused on these four areas: Design: parametric design, simulation, generative methods, highly complex architecture.
Manufacturing, fabrication and assembly: 3D printing, CNC and robotics.
“Information” materials: Smart materials that respond to stimuli and can incorporate sensors and transmitters, also novel wood-based 3D printing materials.
Smart systems and structures: monitoring systems, digital controls and interactive building elements.
Virtual engineering: networked, virtual reality tools that open up new ways to work together and bring new forms of collective creativity to design and architecture.
With a specific focus on:
Computational Mechanical Modelling of Wood
Computational Design Modeling of Wood-Based Products: Advanced Timber Structures
3D Printing & Robotic Fabrication in Timber Construction
Digital Fabrication and Design in Mixed Realities Environments
Wood in the Arts, a Computational Approach to Artistic Wood Design
Business Innovation in the wood industry in the Digital era
Thanks for your Attention.
Raffaele de Amicis Associate ProfessorSchool of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science [email protected]: +1 (541) 908 6776