Silvan Lack
Silvan Lack
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Research profile Digitalisation in Machines
Lagerplatz 22
8400 Winterthur
Projects
- Cryogenic Kidney Preservation / Team member / ongoing
- Better quality of life with Live4all: Intelligent wheelchair cushion to prevent pressure-related tissue damage / Team member / ongoing
- Professional and scientific expertise for the UZH in the area of the Detector for CERN’s CSM Collider / Team member / ongoing
- Biogas Plants For Small and Mid-size Farms / Team member / completed
- 3D-Master for a Digitized Manufacturing Platform / Team member / completed
Publications
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Lack, S. et al. (2025) 'Importance of PLM and digital thread to (dis)assemble circular products automatically', in Mas, F. et al. (eds) Product lifecycle management. PLM in the age of model-based engineering in industry. Cham: Springer, pp. 346–355. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-09700-2_34.
- Schmid, D. et al. (2025) 'Towards a framework for automatic disassembly supporting circular economy', in Procedia CIRP. Elsevier, pp. 15–20. doi: 10.1016/j.procir.2025.08.005.
- Lack, S., Klopfer, R. and Schmid, D. (2025) 'Universal, bi-directional real time communication between real and digital twin in an MBSE environment', in Sureephong, P., Danjou, C., and Bouras, A. (eds) Product lifecycle management : integrating digital technologies for sustainability and innovation. Cham: Springer, pp. 208–221. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-93319-6_16.
- Lanfant, B. et al. (2025) '3D-master-based method for optimizing the cost calculation of PBF-LB/M manufactured parts', in BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte. Springer, pp. 158–171. doi: 10.1007/s00501-025-01563-y.
Other publications
Schmid, D. and Lack, S. (2026) 'Universal, bi-directional real time communication for digital twins', in 11. F&E Konferenz, Zürich, Schweiz, 29. Januar 2026. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-35404.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Schmid, D., Lack, S. and Klopfer, R. (2026) 'Universal, bi-directional real time communication for digital twins', in 11. F&E-Konferenz, Zürich, Schweiz, 29. Januar 2026.
- Lanfant, B. et al. (2024) '3D-master-based method for optimizing the cost calculation of PBF-LB/M manufactured parts', in Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference (MAMC), Aachen, Germany, 17-19 September 2024.
- Lack, S., Klopfer, R. and Schmid, D. (2024) 'Digitalis3D axes system', in 21th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Bangkok, Thailand, 7-10 July 2024. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIjFo8CBDo.