Disruptive Innovation in Manufacturing Engineering towards the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The CIRP sponsored DET 2014 conference focusses on the employment of modern ICT-technologies and tools for the modeling, simulation, optimization, advanced control and monitoring, real-time visualization of products, factories and manufacturing processes. The addressed areas cover all phases of product, factory and manufacturing processes, life cycle starting with product design and development, engineering of factories, machines, equipment and technical processes, commissioning and rump-up, followed by manufacturing operations, maintenance and facility management up to products recycling/re-use, factory overhaul and environmentally friendly dismantling.