On May 14-16, 2024, the 8th edition of the international MANUFACTURING conference, organized by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, took place at the Poznan University of Technology. 191 participants from 21 countries registered for the event. The conference was opened by prof. Olaf Ciszak, Dean of the Military Institute of Medicine, prof/ Michał Wieczorowski, Vice-Rector for Development and Cooperation with Business and Industry, and prof. Adam Hamrol, General Chair of the conference. The opening ceremony was hosted by Magdalena Hryb, PhD. Plenary lectures were delivered by prof. Piotr Moncarz, representing Stanford University in the USA, "AI in manufacturing - how to prepare new cadres?" and prof. Mirosław Pajor, representing the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, with a presentation "Selected aspects of production digitization and technology of Digital Twins". On the first day of the conference, there was also a panel discussion on good practices, opportunities and challenges in cooperation between science, industry and business. The panel was hosted by Vice-Rector Wieczorowski, and the panelists were Piotr Moncarz (Stanford University), Anna Frąckowiak (Samsung Electronics Poland Manufacturing), Ralf Woll (BTU Cottbus), Agnieszka Barska (Recaro Aircraft Seating) and Artur Meller (Fabryka Armatu "Swarzędz").
This year's edition had a high representation of individuals from the socio-economic sphere, not limited to Poland. The conference partners and/or sponsors were:
- Fabryka Armatur “Swarzędz” sp. z o.o.
- HIT Kody Kreskowe sp.j.
- SKF Polska S.A.
- Aesculap Chifa sp. z o. o.
- Kimball Electronics Poland sp. z o. o.
- JassBoard sp. z o. o.
- USPTC - US-Polish Trade Council
- Investor Service Office of the City of Poznan.
During the conference, 143 scientific papers were presented, both oral and poster. 54% of submitted works were accepted for publication in post-conference materials - 107 of the best scientific articles were published in five books published by Springer Advances in Manufacturing IV:
Volume 1 - Mechanical Engineering: Digitalization, Sustainability and Industry Applications
Editors:Bartosz Gapiński, Olaf Ciszak, Vitalii Ivanov, Jose Mendes Machado
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-56463-5
Volume 2 - Production Engineering: Digitalization, Sustainability and Industry Applications
Editors:Justyna Trojanowska, Agnieszka Kujawińska, Ivan Pavlenko, Jozef Husar
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-56444-4
Volume 3 - Quality Engineering: Digitalization, Sustainability and Industry Applications
Editors:Adam Hamrol, Marta Grabowska, Marcin Hinz
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-56474-1
Volume 4 - Measurement and Control Systems: Digitalization, Sustainability and Industry Applications
Editors:Magdalena Diering, Michał Wieczorowski, Mukund Harugade
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-56467-3
Volume 5 - Biomedical Engineering: Digitalization, Sustainability and Industry Applications
Editors:Filip Gorski, Răzvan Păcurar, Joaquín F. Roca González, Michał Rychlik
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-56456-7
Achieving such significant scientific results would not be possible without the involvement of the Scientific Committee, which included 65 scientists, and the organizers of 11 special sessions:
1. Manufacturing and management tools increasing production efficiency in the era of digitalization
Leonilde Varela, University of Minho, Portugal
Justyna Trojanowska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Vijaya Kumar Manupati, NITIE Mumbai, India
Khrystyna Berladir, Sumy State University, Ukraine
2. Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement/Innovation. Lean Thinking, Kaizen Philosophy, and Toyota Production System
Manuel F. Suárez-Barraza, University of the Americas, Mexico
Fernando González Aleu Gonzalez, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
3. Quality and metrology in production systems
Pop Marian Grigore, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Popișter Florin, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Câmpean Emilia Maria, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dragomir Mihai, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
4. Quality Assurance For Sustainability Of Manufacturing Processes And Systems
Yuliia Denysenko, Sumy State University, Ukraine
Vitalii Ivanov, Sumy State University, Ukraine
Cesar Pinzon Acosta, Technological University of Panama, Panama
Sławomir Luściński, Kielce University of Technology, Poland
5. Industry 5.0 – from theory to practice
Joanna Oleśków Szłapka, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Joaquin Ordieres- Miere, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Adnan Corum, Bahçeşehir University, Turkey
Miguel Afonso Sellitto, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil
6. New perspectives in the development of material solutions and technologies for sustainable polymers and composites
Zaida Ortega, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Sandra Paszkiewicz, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
Mateusz Barczewski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
7. Advanced methods for additive manufacturing
Jakub Kaščak, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Jozef Török, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
8. Intelligent Technologies in Production and Maintenance - Industry 4.0
Katarzyna Antosz, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
Anna Burduk, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Arkadiusz Gola, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
José Machado, University of Minho, Portugal
9. Innovations in the design and manufacturing of customized medical products in the wake of a digital healthcare revolution
Filip Górski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Răzvan Păcurar, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Joaquín Francisco Roca González, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Spain
Michał Rychlik Poznan University of Technology, Poland
10. Intelligent Solutions for Industry 4.0 and 5.0
Izabela Rojek, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Ewa Dostatni, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Alzbeta Sapietova, University of Žilina, Slovakia
11. Sustainable Manufacturing and Maintenance in the Industry 4.0 Context
Małgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Chiara Franciosi, University of Lorraine, France
Alexandre Voisin, University of Lorraine, France
Robert Čep, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.
In this year's edition of the MANUFACTURING conference, the authors of 4 articles received a distinction for the best publication (Best Paper Award):
- Jan Dąbrowski, Tomasz Bartkowiak, Piotr Wierzchowski, Dariusz Dąbrowski for article: Manufacturing line-level root cause analysis and bottleneck detection using
the digital shadow concept and cloud computing - Martin Koroľ, Jozef Török, Karol Goryl, Adrián Vodilka for article: Research of selected TPMS structures made of ABS and Nylon 12 CF material using the FDM7
- Krzysztof Ciecieląg, Agnieszka Skoczylas, Jakub Matuszak for article: Recurrence analysis and feed force in drilling of polymer composites
- Alejandra Avila, César Pinzón za artykuł: Comparative Analysis of VGGish and YAMNet Models for Welding Defect Detection.
Prepared by Magdalena Hryb, PhD.
