A place-based policy for promoting Industry 4.0: the case of the Castellon ceramic tile district

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver, Sofia Estelles-Miguel, Gustavo Mallol-Gasch & Juan Boix-Palomero (2019) A place-based policy for promoting Industry 4.0: the case of the Castellon ceramic tile district, European Planning Studies, 27:9, 1838-1856, DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1642855 [copyright Taylor & Francis], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09654313.2019.1642855[EN] Digitization and its impact on regions and clusters remains overlooked in the literature, and constitute this present paper's goal. How does an industrial district transit collectively to the adoption of new radical changes brought about by Industry 4.0? This study explores the role of collective actors and innovation platforms during the early stages of a pilot policy to stimulate a collective transition of an entire MID (Marshallian Industrial District) into Industry 4.0. We posit that institutional isomorphism and the existent social capital in MIDs is a double-sword phenomenon that can also positively constitute an enabler for fostering change on a collective-basis. Technology transitions, such as Industry 4.0, can be supported and led by collective actors that are central in facilitating the adoption of Industry 4.0 in MIDs, enticing innovative firms to engage in that transition, establishing, legitimizing, and embedding a new set of processes, practices and inter-firm arrangements for digitizing and then promoting imitation: the positive leverage of isomorphism. 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Industria 4.0 en el cluster cerámico de Castellón

[ES] Se presentan los resultados del Informe, basado en una encuesta a 62 empresas del sector cerámico de Castellón, "La industria 4.0 en el clúster cerámico de Castellón" que ratifican la amplia aceptación de la Industria 4.0 como una línea “estratégica y de futuro” y además se reconoce la existencia de conocimiento en el territorio-cluster para lograr este objetivo. Los esfuerzos de CEBRA+, con el ITC a la cabeza, así como el papel impulsor de los proveedores de maquinaria existentes en el territorio, están impulsado el reconocimiento y adopción de dichas tecnologías. La gran mayoría de las empresas reconocen grandes oportunidades de mejora con la adopción de la Industria 4.0, en producto, en proceso, control de costes y flexibilidad de procesos y algo menos en sostenibilidad. El sector se encuentra en una fase de crecimiento en la adopción de la Industria 4.0, mostrando una clara tendencia positiva que ya ha propiciado el salto cultural necesario para el cambio hacia la digitalización. Los sistemas de información son muy importantes, ya que constituyen la base para digitalizar. Así, el estudio demuestra que las empresas más digitalizadas, aquellas que tienen el proyecto de digitalización más avanzado, son aquellas que tienen implantados más sistemas de información.[EN] The results of the report, based on a survey of 62 companies in the ceramic sector in Castellón, "Industry 4.0 in the ceramic cluster of Castellón" are presented, ratifying the wide acceptance of Industry 4.0 as a "strategic and future" line and also recognizing the existence of knowledge in the cluster-territory to reach this goal. The efforts of CEBRA+, with the leadership of ITC, as well as the driving role of existing machinery suppliers in the territory, are promoting the recognition and adoption of these technologies. The vast majority of companies recognize great opportunities for improvement with the adoption of Industry 4.0, in product, process, cost control and process flexibility, and somewhat less in sustainability. The sector is in a phase of growth in the adoption of Industry 4.0, showing a clear positive trend that has already led to the cultural leap necessary for the change towards digitalization. Information systems are very important, as they form the basis for digitization. Thus, the study shows that the most digitized companies (those with the most advanced digitization project), are those that have implemented more information systems.Hervás Oliver, JL. (2021). Industria 4.0 en el cluster cerámico de Castellón. Universitat Politècnica de València. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/18274

Modelización, simulación y control industrial del tamaño final durante el proceso de fabricación de baldosas de gres porcelámico

Doctorat industrialEl conformado por prensado uniaxial en semiseco de los soportes para baldosas de gres porcelánico es especialmente crítico, pues condiciona en gran medida la estabilidad dimensional alcanzada al final del proceso de fabricación de esta tipología de baldosas cerámicas. La existencia de los coloquialmente conocidos como calibres, que implican diferencias de tamaño medio entre piezas de una misma referencia de producto, ha obligado a establecer sistemas de gestión del almacén, de los pedidos y de los clientes que tengan en consideración el calibre a la hora de comercializar el producto con los consiguientes costes intangibles de gestión que ello implica. Una de las principales causas de la aparición de los calibres son las variaciones que experimenta a lo largo del tiempo la humedad del polvo alimentado a las prensas. En el presente trabajo se ha establecido un modelo de comportamiento del material capaz de estimar la variabilidad dimensional del producto a partir de las condiciones de operación. El modelo de comportamiento ha permitido evaluar la incidencia que tendrían sobre la estabilidad dimensional del producto diferentes estrategias de control anticipativas basadas en la compensación de las fluctuaciones de la humedad del polvo, a través de cambios en la presión máxima de prensado. En base a los resultados de las simulaciones realizadas para composiciones porcelánicas de diferente naturaleza, se ha implementado en una prensa hidráulica a nivel industrial, una estrategia de control basada en mantener constante la densidad aparente en seco de los soportes recién prensados. El bucle de control automático desplegado ha sido validado en condiciones reales de operación, demostrando su efectividad para la mejora de la estabilidad dimensional en la fabricación de lotes de baldosas de gres porcelánico en múltiples tamaños de pieza.Forming by uniaxial semi-dry pressing of the bodies for porcelain tiles is especially critical, since it largely conditions the dimensional stability achieved at the end of the manufacturing process of this type of ceramic tile. The existence of the colloquially known as calibres, which imply differences in average size between tiles of the same product reference, has made it necessary to establish warehouse, order and customer management systems that take size into consideration when marketing the product, with the consequent intangible management costs that this implies. One of the main causes of the appearance of calibres is the variations in the humidity of the powder fed to the presses over time. In the present work, a material behaviour model capable of estimating the dimensional variability of the product from the operating conditions has been established. The behavioural model has allowed to evaluate the incidence that different anticipatory control strategies based on the compensation of powder moisture fluctuations, through changes in the maximum pressing pressure, would have on the dimensional stability of the product. Based on the results of the simulations performed for porcelain tile compositions of different nature, a control strategy based on keeping constant the dry bulk density of the green bodies has been implemented in an industrial hydraulic press. The automatic control loop deployed has been validated in real operating conditions, demonstrating its effectiveness for the improvement of dimensional stability in the manufacture of porcelain tile batches in multiple sizes.Programa de Doctorat en Tecnologies Industrials i Material

Una política basada en el lugar para promover la Industria 4.0: el caso del distrito de baldosas cerámicas de Castellón

Digitization and its impact on regions and clusters remains overlooked in the literature, and constitute this present paper’s goal. How does an industrial district transit collectively to the adoption of new radical changes brought about by Industry 4.0? This study explores the role of collective actors and innovation platforms during the early stages of a pilot policy to stimulate a collective transition of an entire MID (Marshallian Industrial District) into Industry 4.0. We posit that institutional isomorphism and the existent social capital in MIDs is a double-sword phenomenon that can also positively constitute an enabler for fostering change on a collective-basis. Technology transitions, such as Industry 4.0, can be supported and led by collective actors that are central in facilitating the adoption of Industry 4.0 in MIDs, enticing innovative firms to engage in that transition, establishing, legitimizing, and embedding a new set of processes, practices and inter-firm arrangements for digitizing and then promoting imitation: the positive leverage of isomorphism. Thus, MID transition is facilitated through capitalizing on the MID logic of cooperation-competition and isomorphism, by developing and promoting a collective understanding of the new paradigm, building a supportive infrastructure, educating in the new technology and avoiding cognitive inertia.La digitalización y su impacto en las regiones y los grupos siguen siendo ignorados en la literatura, y constituyen el objetivo de este artículo. ¿Cómo transita colectivamente un distrito industrial a la adopción de nuevos cambios radicales provocados por la Industria 4.0? Este estudio explora el papel de los actores colectivos y las plataformas de innovación durante las primeras etapas de una política piloto para estimular una transición colectiva de un MID (Distrito Industrial Marshalliano) completo a la Industria 4.0. Consideramos que el isomorfismo institucional y el capital social existente en los MID es un fenómeno de doble espada que también puede constituir positivamente un facilitador para fomentar el cambio de forma colectiva. Las transiciones tecnológicas, como la Industria 4.0, pueden ser apoyadas y dirigidas por actores colectivos que son centrales para facilitar la adopción de la Industria 4.0 en los MID, incitando a las empresas innovadoras a participar en esa transición, estableciendo, legitimando e integrando un nuevo conjunto de procesos, prácticas y arreglos entre empresas para digitalizar y luego promover la imitación: la influencia positiva del isomorfismo. Por lo tanto, la transición MID se facilita al capitalizar la lógica MID de cooperación-competencia e isomorfismo, al desarrollar y promover una comprensión colectiva del nuevo paradigma, construir una infraestructura de apoyo, educar en la nueva tecnología y evitar la inercia cognitiva