@inproceedings{Eger.2019, abstract = {Multi-stage production systems concede for low error and failure margins within every single machining and assembly step to not degrade product quality. Especially during multi-stage production of rotating parts, minor defects during a single step can corrupt a workpiece beyond repair. Since multistage production systems are complex, inter-connected chains of machining steps, a global approach to handling and compensating error emergence and propagation is for reaching Zero-Defect Manufacturing indispensable. We introduce Part Variation Modeling within a knowledge capturing platform to monitor centrally gathered metrological data for deviations. Further, a parametric model is presented allowing for description of rotating parts and enabling identification of deviations at every stage. Based on our inter-stage correlation analysis technique, the parametric model enables description of Part Variation Modes of a piece given current machine states and historic deviation likelihood as will be presented.}, author = {Eger, Florian and Tempel, Philipp and Magnanini, Maria Chiara and Reiff, Colin and Colledani, Marcello and Verl, Alexander}, booktitle = {Industrial Technology (ICIT 2019): 2019 IEEE International Conference on}, pages = {1017--1022}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Part Variation Modeling in Multi-Stage Production Systems for Zero-Defect Manufacturing}, year = {2019} }