Industry 4.0
Vol. 9 (2024), Issue 6

Table of Contents

  • TECHNOLOGICAL BASIS OF “INDUSTRY 4.0”

    • Industry 5.0 and the new competency challenges

      pg(s) 199-202

      For the last ten years, Industry 4.0 has been available to address the industry’s shortcomings. Therefore, Industry 4.0 has met some challenges and limitations. Consequently, we have entered the era of Society 5.0 and Industry 5.0. Smart factories and robots are driving up business productivity and growth, focusing on sustainability and resilience. This paper analyzes Industry 5.0 and its implementation challenges based on the competence profile of employees. The content and effects of entering Industry 5.0 to align with the competency profile of employees in the Era 5.0 were systematized. Industry 5.0 is transforming paradigms and bringing about resolution, as it shifts the focus away from technology and instead emphasizes the potential for progress through fruitful collaboration between humans and machines. In a business context, the advancements in technology necessitate the implementation of Industry 5.0 to secure competitive advantages and foster economic growth and development. Firstly, we discuss the definition and features of Industry 5.0 from the competency point of view. Secondly, we present two of the most recent and significant competencies—the entrepreneurial and green competencies. The question of their significance and necessity in the context of Industry 5.0 for industrial development on one hand, and for career development on the other hand, is discussed. On this basis, some conclusions and recommendations aimed at business and academia are made. It can also serve as a basis for further research in the field of skill development and workforce transformation in the face of the deep transformation framed by the green and digital economy.

    • ALB-Stanza: A Stanza-based parser for the Albanian Language

      pg(s) 203-206

      Fundamental tasks in Natural Language Processing include Part-of-Speech tagging, lemmatization, and dependency parsing, which provide crucial linguistic information essential for a wide range of NLP applications. POS tagging assigns each word in a sentence its grammatical category. Lemmatization identifies the dictionary form of each word, considering its contextual usage within the sentence. Dependency parsing, on the other hand, determines the structural relationships between words, producing dependency trees that capture the grammatical organization of sentences. In this paper, we introduce ALB-Stanza, a neural pipeline parser designed for sentence segmentation, tokenization, POS tagging, morphological feature annotation, lemmatization, and dependency parsing specifically for the Albanian language. To train the ALB-Stanza parser model, we used our own corpora annotated according to the Universal Dependencies schema and the Stanza neural pipeline. The model was evaluated on unseen data, demonstrating its effectiveness in accurately predicting POS and morphological feature tags, lemmas, and dependency relations for text in Albanian language.

    • Role of blockchain technology in the development of IOT networks

      pg(s) 207-210

      The integration of two of the most significant technologies can lead to the revelation of many possibilities. The development is made to search for the role of blockchain technology in the development of the internet of the network. It examines how the two technologies can be combined and what will be achieved in building a blockchain-based IoT system. A theoretical summary of the contributions of blockchain technology to the Internet of Things network is made.

  • DOMINANT TECHNOLOGIES IN “INDUSTRY 4.0”

    • Thermal bridging Inverse problem: Using neural networks to determine thermal bridge parameters at known Psi-factor

      pg(s) 211-214

      This paper investigates the inverse problem for thermal bridges – determining design parameters (such as material, geometry, thermal resistance R of the components) of the bridge at a known Psi-factor. By using artificial neural networks, a thermal bridge type IF (wall-floor connection) has been considered to evaluate the effectiveness of the methodology. The results show that the approach provides a fast and accurate way to predict the optimal parameters that meet specific energy efficiency requirements. In the future, this approach could help to determine the parameters of thermal bridges using thermographic images non-invasively.

    • Statistical processing of set up error occurred during turning in self-centering three-jaw chuck and between centers on CNC machines

      pg(s) 215-219

      In this article, the objects of research are 40 pieces sleeves made from aluminum alloy 6080 and results were obtained from the measurement of the observed sign of inner cylindrical surface runout relative to the external one. The graphical visualizations of the analyzed data were made. A comparison is made between the amount of error obtained by two setting methods on a CNC lathe- in a universal self-centering chuck and between centers.

    • Structural and technological aspects of the production of ceramic beehives

      pg(s) 220-223

      Applied research work carried out for the development and manufacture of an innovative movable frame ceramic hive with increased operational stability and efficiency is presented. A brief justification of the design solutions used and the choice of the applied technological approach is made. The main stages of the developed technological regime for the preparation of structural ceramic elements and various modifications of experimental prototypes are discussed in a summarized form. The existing possibilities for the production of new modifications of ceramic beehives with improved performance chracteristics by applying different technological approaches are analyzed. The technological regime for the preparation of structural details is fully compatible with the production methods typical for the ceramic industry and provides the opportunity for further implementation.

    • Development of Custom GPT as a System for Communication and Promotion of Climate Analysis in a GIS Environment: Planning, Structure and Application in Projects

      pg(s) 224-227

      This article presents the development process of Custom GPT based on GPT-4o for paid users and GPT-4 for non-paid users to promote and explain climate analysis and the use of GIS technologies in scientific projects. The bot’s work will be as a communication system, offering detailed scientific explanations on the topic, navigation and pointing to additional resources such as web pages, reports and visualizations. The article examines the planning of the bot, the structure and volume of the submitted information, as well as the possibilities of expanding its functions in the future. Potential additional tasks that the bot could take on, such as automating processes and assisting with data work, are being explored. The conclusions highlight the benefits of using GPT for the promotion of scientific results and the possibilities for future development of its functionalities.

    • Failure analysis of the pelton hidro-turbine buckets damaged in the exploation conditions

      pg(s) 228-232

      Pelton mini hydro-turbine, more concretely its turbine circle buckets was completely damaged during explotation conditions i.e. working time of about two years and half. Because turbine was ensured in ensured company, representatives of the company engaged court expert prof Cvetkovski to perform investigations (analysis) and to determine the reasons for these accidents. Normally working time of the Pelton turbine is about ten years, but there is examples that it can work even twenty years if construction and maintains of turbine was properly done. Therefore, the purpose of the conducted expert examination is to analyze the causes, effects and potential solutions for the damaged Pelton turbine. This report covers the technical aspects, the mechanisms that contribute to the appearance of defects, that is, damage of the buckets of the Pelton turbine. In order to find the reason of failure of the turbine buckets, as first complete visual inspection of the turbine wheel was performed. As additional investigation was performed chemical analysis of the buckets, measuring of its hardness and metallographic investigation (determination of type and quantity of non-metallic inclusion and microstructure).

  • BUSINESS & “INDUSTRY 4.0”

    • Digital transformation and corporate culture: shaping work-life balance and employee wellbeing – A systematic literature review

      pg(s) 233-236

      This article provides a systematic literature review to explore the relationship between digital transformation and corporate culture, focusing on their impact on employees’ work-life balance and well-being. In today’s dynamically changing work environment, the rapid adaptation of businesses to digital technologies figures prominently in changing corporate practices. This transition to the digital era has a significant impact on employees’ personal and professional lives, which must also remain a key area of research interest. This review will focus on two key research areas: (1) the role of digital technologies and teleworking in shaping work-life balance, and (2) corporate culture in the context of digital transformation. Within the research findings, there is considerable current literature on how companies can use digital technologies to their advantage while shaping a strong corporate culture to improve work-life balance and employee well-being.

    • Increasing production efficiency through an innovative hybrid monitoring system

      pg(s) 237-240

      Globalization in the modern world covers all areas of life, economy and modern technology, politics and culture. The rapid development of information and communication technologies makes it possible to provide competitive advantages to business organizations. In recent decades, information systems have led to a dramatic increase in the productivity of large and small businesses. This enables an accelerated transition to climate neutrality and digital transformation of the economy, society and industry and requires new technologies, investments and innovations to ensure the sustainable development and competitiveness of every business and a resource-efficient and competitive economy as a whole. The integration of digital technologies in production processes plays an increasingly important role in shaping the competitiveness of enterprises and their sustainable development in the modern world.