Springer Industry 4.0 in Textile Production

This book discusses the design of textile production within the framework Industry 4.0. Relevant research topics in the textile industry are identified and solutions are conceptualized, developed and implemented. This is followed by an evaluation of the solutions in which, among other things, the profitability is considered. Questions about the transfer of knowledge into the company complete the work. Industry 4.0 in Textile Production provides a rich investigation into and survey of textile production The informative cases studies, clear perspective, and detailed analysis make this book of great use to engineers, researchers and postgraduate students interested in the textile industry. From the Back Cover This book discusses the design of textile production within the framework Industry 4.0. Relevant research topics in the textile industry are identified and solutions are conceptualized, developed and implemented. This is followed by an evaluation of the solutions in which, among other things, the profitability is considered. Questions about the transfer of knowledge into the company complete the work. Industry 4.0 in Textile Production provides a rich investigation into and survey of textile production The informative cases studies, clear perspective, and detailed analysis make this book of great use to engineers, researchers and postgraduate students interested in the textile industry. About the Author Adjunct Prof. Yves-Simon Gloy studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen, where he also did his doctorate and wrote his habilitation. Since 2013, he has been an adjunct professor at Clemson University, SC, USA. In 2014, he won the BMBF young talent competition "Interdisciplinary Competence Building" with the project "SozioTex - New Socio-Technical Systems in the Textile Industry". From 2015 to 2017, he was a member of the institute management, Institute for Textile Technology, RWTH Aachen. From 2018 to 2019, he was the Executive Scientific Director at the Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI), Chemnitz. He has been working as a consultant for Gherzi van Delden GmbH in Berlin since 2020. In addition, as an entrepreneur, he develops solutions for the sustainable and customized manufacture of textiles 4.0.