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Exploration of Simulation-Driven Support Tools for Sustainable Product Development

ABSTRACT Global society is encountering many challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, etc., which comes with a set of challenges and opportunities for businesses. Applied research in operational tools and methods that support sustainable product- and service systems innovation, aims to strengthen businesses to overcome these challenges. In recent years, several tools and methods have been developed in the...

BTH PDRL at the 9th CIRP IPSS Conference

In their editorial, Tim McAloone, Daniela Pigosso, Niels Henrik Mortensen and Yoshiki Shimomura remind us that the philosophy behind in Industrial Product Service Systems is to create customer-oriented solutions that function for longer and thus increase resource productivity, minimise resource consumption and enhance the ultimate value-add to the end user.

Exploring Technology with Hyper Island students

The entire Friday was spent in delivering a module in “Exploring Technology” to the Hyper Island media students. It became a day of understanding where technology in product development is moving, and what trends that move alongside. We went deeper into the background of additive manufacturing aka 3D printing, and why it is labelled a disruptive and democratizing technology. Product...

Shaping the research agenda for Service Engineering in the era of Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is commonly referred as the 4th Industrial Revolution. Automation and data exchange technologies will trigger profound changes for manufacturing and logistic organizations, and intelligent assistance will give new meaning to employees’ work. Prof. Tobias Larsson and Marco Bertoni took part to the “Service Engineering in the era of Industry 4.0” workshop organized by the IFIP Working Group 5.7 on Advances in production...

Miljonchocken när KHK gör bokslut

Karlskrona HK flaggade för ett underskott på 5,5 miljoner kronor för säsongen 2016/2017. Det räcker inte. Inklusive avskrivningar blir förlusten drygt sex miljoner kronor.

Autonomous operation on display at Innovation Day 2017

On Innovation Day, a yearly demonstration event for Blue Science Park, BTH, and entrepreneurial companies, Product Development Research Laboratory debuted it’s Volvo CE collaboration project. The scale site and its scale Volvo machines serve as an interactive demonstration tool for the potential impact of autonomous and electrified vehicles on future construction sites, as well as it is a display of the innovation...

Techtank Expo @ BTH

On May 16, 2017, BTH had the pleasure of hosting the first ever Techtank Expo, where students, teachers and researchers got the chance to explore collaboration opportunities with representatives from Techtank member companies.