Sustainable Manufacturing Enabled by Cyber Physical System and Big Data Analysis

The rapid development of the global economies has been hindered by the unprecedented challenges of the scarcity of fossil fuel resources and ecological damage. To balance the multi-faceted dimensions of economic growth, resource utilization and environmental protection, major economies in the world have developed action plans and schemes for improving the efficiency of energy consumption for manufacturing, i.e., sustainable manufacturing. This speech updates the related applied research of the speaker and his colleagues sponsored by EU collaborative projects from 2015 to 2018. Based on the technologies of Cyber Physical System and Big Data analytics, different scenarios and optimization strategies for sustainable manufacturing have been developed for European industries. The speech focuses on the real-world applications of sustainable manufacturing research, and is featured by including some industrial case studies in manufacturing enterprises in Europe.