This volume of the series ARENA2036 compiles the outcome of the 2nd Stuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2022).  The peer-reviewed contributions in this book are arranged thematically in three parts and cover a wide variety of topics: (A) Software-defined Manufacturing, (B) Data-driven Technologies, and (C) Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainability. SCAP2022 was organized by ARENA2036 in close collaboration with the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units of the University of Stuttgart. The Conference took place on site from November 16 - 18, 2022 and provided the opportunity for national and international scientists to present their latest research results.    The conference has taken another big step in becoming an established forum for topics related to the production of the future. The great success of this year's conference will be continued with the next SCAP in 2024 with new forward-looking topics.  This is an open access book.

This volume of the series ARENA2036 compiles the outcomes of the first Stuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2020). It contains peer-reviewed contributions from a theoretical as well as practical vantage point and is topically structured according to the following four sections: It discusses (I) Novel Approaches for Efficient Production and Assembly Planning, (II) Smart Production Systems and Data Services, (III) Advances in Manufacturing Processes and Materials, and (IV) New Concepts for Autonomous, Collaborative Intralogistics. Given the restrictive circumstances of 2020, the conference was held as a fully digital event divided into two parts. It opened with a pre-week, allowing everyone to peruse the scientific contributions at their own pace, followed by a two-day live event that enabled experts from the sciences and the industry to engage in various discussions. The conference has proven itself as an insightful forum that allowed for an expertly exchange regarding the pivotal Advances in Automotive Production and Technology.

This volume of the series ARENA2036 compiles the outcome of the 2nd Stuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2022).  The peer-reviewed contributions in this book are arranged thematically in three parts and cover a wide variety of topics: (A) Software-defined Manufacturing, (B) Data-driven Technologies, and (C) Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainability. SCAP2022 was organized by ARENA2036 in close collaboration with the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units of the University of Stuttgart. The Conference took place on site from November 16 - 18, 2022 and provided the opportunity for national and international scientists to present their latest research results.    The conference has taken another big step in becoming an established forum for topics related to the production of the future. The great success of this year's conference will be continued with the next SCAP in 2024 with new forward-looking topics.  This is an open access book.

This volume of the series ARENA2036 compiles the outcomes of the first Stuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2020). It contains peer-reviewed contributions from a theoretical as well as practical vantage point and is topically structured according to the following four sections: It discusses (I) Novel Approaches for Efficient Production and Assembly Planning, (II) Smart Production Systems and Data Services, (III) Advances in Manufacturing Processes and Materials, and (IV) New Concepts for Autonomous, Collaborative Intralogistics. Given the restrictive circumstances of 2020, the conference was held as a fully digital event divided into two parts. It opened with a pre-week, allowing everyone to peruse the scientific contributions at their own pace, followed by a two-day live event that enabled experts from the sciences and the industry to engage in various discussions. The conference has proven itself as an insightful forum that allowed for an expertly exchange regarding the pivotal Advances in Automotive Production and Technology.

Leichtbau durch Funktionsintegration bietet als systemischer Ansatz grosses Potential die Gewichtspirale im Fahrzeugbau zu durchbrechen und hierdurch den heutigen Herausforderungen im Kontext des Klimawandels und globaler CO2-Ziele, Ressourceneffizienz und Nachhaltigkeit zu begegnen. Dabei bieten insbesondere faserverstarkte Kunststoffe auf Grund ihres spezifischen Aufbaus und ihrer Herstellungsprozesse - uber die reine Gewichtsreduktion im Sinne des Werkstoffleichtbaus hinaus - hervorragende Moeglichkeiten zur Integration zusatzlicher Funktionen. Eine wesentliche Herausforderung fur diese Funktionalisierung besteht derzeit in der effizienten, industriell umsetzbaren Integration von Funktionen in die FVK-Strukturbauteile selbst und der parallelen Entwicklung prozesssicherer, automatisierter und wirtschaftlicher Fertigungsprozesse. Das vorliegende Buch beschreibt alle notwendigen Schritte fur die Umsetzung des Ansatzes fur die automobile Grossserie, von der Ermittlung der Anforderungen an ein automobiles Realbauteil uber die Entwicklung und Bewertung von Ansatzen zur Funktionalisierung hin zu Konzeptentwicklung und zur Umsetzungsphase. Das Buch entstand im Rahmen des ARENA2036-Projektes "Intelligenter Leichtbau durch Funktionsintegration (LeiFu)" als partnerschaftliche Kooperation von Wissenschaft und Industrie. Die beteiligten Partner sind die Firmen Daimler, Bosch, BASF sowie die Universitat Stuttgart, das Deutsche Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) und die Deutschen Institute fur Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF). Das Forschungsprojekt LeiFu wurde gefoerdert durch das Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF); Foerderkennzeichen: 02PQ5000 bis 02PQ5005.