Geometrical Variations Management 4.0: towards next Generation Geometry Assurance

Product realization processes are undergoing radical change considering the increasing digitalization of manufacturing fostered by cyber-physical production systems, the internet of things, big data, cloud computing, and the advancing use of digital twins. These trends are subsumed under the term “industry 4.0” describing the vision of a digitally connected manufacturing environment. The contribution gives an overview of future challenges and potentials for next generation geometry assurance and geometrical variations management in the context of industry 4.0. Particularly, the focus is set on potentials and risks of increasingly available manufacturing data and the use of digital twins in geometrical variations management.