Applications of virtual reality in maintenance during the industrial product lifecycle: A systematic review. (July 2020)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Applications of virtual reality in maintenance during the industrial product lifecycle: A systematic review. (July 2020)
- Main Title:
- Applications of virtual reality in maintenance during the industrial product lifecycle: A systematic review
- Authors:
- Guo, Ziyue
Zhou, Dong
Zhou, Qidi
Zhang, Xin
Geng, Jie
Zeng, Shengkui
Lv, Chuan
Hao, Aimin - Abstract:
- Highlights: A systematic literature review is applied to conduct the review work. The applications of virtual reality in maintenance is comprehensively summarized. Virtual reality is a powerful production tool beyond simple visualization. Virtual reality helps manufacturing enterprises innovate in Industry 4.0. Combined with other advanced technologies, virtual reality can create greater value. Abstract: As a state-of-the-art computer technology, virtual reality (VR) is considered to play an important role in helping manufacturing companies stay competitive in the international market. However, despite the achievements made in the field of VR, it is still an emerging technology that lacks deeper exploration and development in industrial application scenarios, especially in the coming fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). This paper aims to systematically investigate the applications of VR in industrial maintenance to discover evidence of its values, limitations, and future directions so that VR can be guided to better serve manufacturing enterprises in remaining competitive in the coming Industry 4.0. A systematic literature review (SLR) methodology is adopted to review primary studies on this topic, by which 86 studies are ultimately included. The results show that VR has proved its value in benefiting maintenance issues through the product lifecycle. However, VR is still not an indispensable element for the lifecycle management of products regardingHighlights: A systematic literature review is applied to conduct the review work. The applications of virtual reality in maintenance is comprehensively summarized. Virtual reality is a powerful production tool beyond simple visualization. Virtual reality helps manufacturing enterprises innovate in Industry 4.0. Combined with other advanced technologies, virtual reality can create greater value. Abstract: As a state-of-the-art computer technology, virtual reality (VR) is considered to play an important role in helping manufacturing companies stay competitive in the international market. However, despite the achievements made in the field of VR, it is still an emerging technology that lacks deeper exploration and development in industrial application scenarios, especially in the coming fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). This paper aims to systematically investigate the applications of VR in industrial maintenance to discover evidence of its values, limitations, and future directions so that VR can be guided to better serve manufacturing enterprises in remaining competitive in the coming Industry 4.0. A systematic literature review (SLR) methodology is adopted to review primary studies on this topic, by which 86 studies are ultimately included. The results show that VR has proved its value in benefiting maintenance issues through the product lifecycle. However, VR is still not an indispensable element for the lifecycle management of products regarding maintenance-related issues. Several key findings are concluded based on the analysis of the 86 studies. This review is valuable for researchers who are interested in the application of VR technology in maintainability design, maintenance training or maintenance task assistance. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of manufacturing systems. Volume 56(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of manufacturing systems
- Issue:
- Volume 56(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 56, Issue 2020 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 2020
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0056-2020-0000
- Page Start:
- 525
- Page End:
- 538
- Publication Date:
- 2020-07
- Subjects:
- Virtual reality -- Maintenance -- Lifecycle -- Industrial products -- Industry 4.0
Manufacturing processes -- Periodicals
Production engineering -- Data processing -- Periodicals
Robots, Industrial -- Periodicals
Production, Technique de la -- Informatique -- Périodiques
Robots industriels -- Périodiques
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670.42 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02786125 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jmsy.2020.07.007 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0278-6125
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