Indo-German Challenge for Sustainable Production

Course content

Intended learning outcome:

Students…...

• can apply methods from the fields of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and develop them further in team projects in learning factories. • …
• can explain the possibilities that technologies and methods of Industry 4.0 offer for achieving sustainability goals. • …
• can explain different challenges in achieving sustainability goals in the German and Indian context through examples and the application of learned methods. • …
• are able to identify fields of action in the context of Industry 4.0 on the basis of a particular industry-related example and to design suitable solutions. • …
• can define goals and work packages in an international practice-oriented study project and work on them using various methods. • …
• can organise themselves in international teams with the help of appropriate communication tools and management methods. • …
• are able to present the solutions they have developed and discuss the chosen methods and technologies.

Content:

•  Necessity for digital decision support in production, e.g. regarding energy efficiency, flexibility and transparency
• Concept of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) to support physical production systems through the use of digital methods and tools
• Advantages and disadvantages of digitalisation in production
• Concept of life cycle thinking in local and global dimensions
• Elaboration of recommendations for action with regard to the various dimensions of sustainability (ecological, economic and social)
• Technical implementation of a CPPS in the Learning Factory of TU Braunschweig and the Joint Indo-German Experience Lab of BITS Pilani, India
• Application of the methodology of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) according to ISO 14040
• Cultural exchange and training of hands-on competencies