Björn Johansson
Professor Sustainable Production

Project time: 2017 – 2021
Budget: 21 000 000 kr
Funding: SIP Produktion2030
SUMMIT focuses on sustainability (using eco-efficiency and circularity toolkits available), smart maintenance (using machine learning approaches on top of the most recent developed
softw are available) and factory design (using new ly developed w orkplace design and layout softw are connected to real manufacturing data) phases to strengthen Sw edish industries. The VDL w ill provide remote access to the testbed through internet as w ell as local onsite access in order to interact, show case and evaluate the digitalization benefits developed.
The expected effect is to realize the full value of production data in the design and maintenance phases to increase sustainability, efficiency, and robustness in Sw edish manufacturing industry. SUMMIT results in improved sustainability, efficiency and robustness at production systems in Sw edish industry through utilization of production data analytics w ithin design and maintenance of production systems.
SUMMIT aims at inviting Sw edish industry to use the Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL) at Chalmers to collaborate, develop and show case the true benefits of digitalization.
A typical test case procedure in the SUMMIT project:
The SAPPA project is about innovative cloud-based predictive and preventive maintenance systems, improving availability of products and production systems.
2014 – 2016
2017 – 2018
2015 – 2018
2014 – 2017
Tooling constitutes a significant part in the economical investment of the hot stamping process. Significant benefits in production economy and environmental benefits can be attained by improving the tribological performance in hot forming operations of automotive components. The main idea of this project is to create tailored tool surfaces on dies made from cheaper and easier to manufacture tool steel for the hot stamping of ultra-high strength steels.
2015 – 2018
2014 – 2017
2016 – 2017
Increased sustainability and cost effectiveness through improved strategic decision-making in production issues based on new metrics system for production and development.
2015 – 2017
Every manufacturing company measure and control production performance with a system of KPIs. The aim of the SMART-PM project is to investigate and demonstrate new ways of collecting data, transforming data to information and introducing new decision tools based on valid information and economic models of the production systems.
2018 – 2020
2016 – 2016
2016 – 2017
2015 – 2016
The project focuses on economic and environmental sustainability and increased industrial competitiveness.
2017 – 2018
2015 – 2015
2013 – 2017
2016 – 2016
2014 – 2017
2013 – 2016
2017 – 2018
2015 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2016 – 2018
2015 – 2017
2016 – 2019
2014 – 2017
2015 – 2016
2014 – 2017
2015 – 2016
2017 – 2020
2014 – 2017
2016 – 2018
2016 – 2016
2013 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2013 – 2017
2015 – 2016
2017 – 2018
2014 – 2018
2017 – 2018
2017 – 2018
2015 – 2015
2017 – 2018
2017 – 2018
2017 – 2018
2016 – 2016
2014 – 2016
2017 – 2020
2017 – 2018
2015 – 2016
RemProLife aims at improving the use of life-cycle information to achieve more efficient remanufacturing from economic and ecological perpectives.
2013 – 2016
2015 – 2016
Reduced lead times and improved performance for tooling through innovative manufacturing and assembly strategies as well as optimised design enabled by use of additive manufacturing (AM).
2016 – 2018
2015 – 2016
2014 – 2014
With globalization and other megatrends as demographic changes and climate change, more knowledge is needed regarding production in an international perspective. PADOK Study Visit in India 2016 have given an increased knowledge regarding how production is conducted in India, some of the challenges producing companies in that region is facing and how Swedish companies interested in investing in production in India could act to establish themselves in the region.
2016 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2017 – 2019