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Factory in a Box

Leader: Mats Jacksson
Members: Peter Funk, Ning Xiong, , Mikael Hedelind, Erik Hellström, Marcus Bengtsson, Sofi W Elfving
Research group:Production Systems
Status: finished , start date: 20050105 , End date: 2007
Funding: SSF, ABB, Volvo, FlexLink, Gjueriföreningen, Pharmadule Ematunga, Bombardier
Web: Project web page

 

Overview

The national Swedish ambition to increase the number and sizes of Swedish industries is counteracted by lack of production capacity available on demand and at any location. Also, companies without in-house production capacity are faced with few options if they need to manufacture a pilot product. Instead, manufacturing orders are often placed in low-wage countries, e.g. China or Eastern Europe. The Factory-in-a-Box demonstrator will provide solutions for availability and mobility of flexible production capacity! The project was funded (19 MSEK during a three-year-period) by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF, ProViking). It is a collaboration between MDH, Chalmers, Jönköping and LiU. Industrial participants are ABB Robotics, Pharmadule, Bombardier, Flexlink, Volvo CE and Varnäsföretagen.
 

Latest project publications [ Show all publications ]


Linking Production Strategy to Production System Specification - A Case Study, Carin Rösiö, Proceedings of The International 3'rd Swedish Production Symposium, p 12-18, The Swedish Production Academy, Göteborg, Sweden, Editor(s):B-G Rosén, December, 2009

Enable Changeability in Manufacturing Systems, Carin Rösiö, Proceedings at the CARV International Conference on Changeable , Agile, Reconfigurable, and virtual Production, Editor(s):M.F Zaeh, December, 2009

Factory-in-a-box – Demonstrating the next generation manufacturing provider, Mats Jackson, Monica Bellgran, Magnus Wiktorsson, The 41st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, November, 2008
 

Results achieved

See www.factoryinabox.se http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYvasEUokvo&feature=related


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