In recent years, we have seen breathtaking technological progress within Cyber-Physical Systems (... more In recent years, we have seen breathtaking technological progress within Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud computing, and intelligence and data analytics. These advances are indeed moving from research to the industrial shop floor and paving the way for the fourth industrial revolution, the Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is putting technology to work, disrupting conventional industrial processes at every level and driving the industry into becoming digital. All the technological progress has allow knowledge and information to be virtually available everywhere to anyone, leading to the emergence of new possibilities and business models. In a world where competition is global, the industry must be able to respond to unpredictable and rapid changes. The use of the Smart Component concept, integrated into the Cyber-Physical System architecture, allows for available data to be processed and used to improve productivity and production planning as well as allow for a better equipment use and better predictive maintenance practices. All this available data must be stored and accessible, which is where the Cyber-Physical Industrial Marketplace comes into play, providing an interface for automatic update of the industrial equipment technologies and functionalities on the fly. In this paper, an architecture for a Cyber-Physical Industrial Marketplace is presented and explored. Having the ability to collect data from the shop-floor equipment and update the Smart Components in a safe, reliable, and secure way, is the main goal of the proposed architecture. Creating an industrial marketplace that goes beyond the concept of online stores, is the next natural and logical step that will contribute to the servitisation of industrial business models.
In recent years, we have seen breathtaking technological progress within Cyber-Physical Systems (... more In recent years, we have seen breathtaking technological progress within Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud computing, and intelligence and data analytics. These advances are indeed moving from research to the industrial shop floor and paving the way for the fourth industrial revolution, the Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is putting technology to work, disrupting conventional industrial processes at every level and driving the industry into becoming digital. All the technological progress has allow knowledge and information to be virtually available everywhere to anyone, leading to the emergence of new possibilities and business models. In a world where competition is global, the industry must be able to respond to unpredictable and rapid changes. The use of the Smart Component concept, integrated into the Cyber-Physical System architecture, allows for available data to be processed and used to improve productivity and production planning as well as allow ...
Nowadays, manufacturing industry has to adapt quickly, with minimum effort, to constant changes o... more Nowadays, manufacturing industry has to adapt quickly, with minimum effort, to constant changes on customer demand. On the other hand, concerns regarding the environmental and social impacts of industrial processes is growing. These are ideas behind the project Innovative Reuse of modular knowledge Based devices and technologies for Old, Renewed and New factories (ReBORN). This paper presents the System Assessment Tool, a software application developed in ReBORN, which is used for assessing the sustainability of highly adaptive production systems. The main objective of this evaluation tool is to provide methods and algorithms for assessing the various (re)configuration possibilities and the corresponding effect on the overall system cost, performance and status throughout the entire life-cycle(s) of the manufacturing system. In order to help the system designer to make more informed decisions, different factors relating the life-long assessment of the concerned system and device wer...
With the Industry 4.0, which can be referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, the concept ... more With the Industry 4.0, which can be referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, the concept of Smart Factories has emerged into the spotlight. This new trend in automation and manufacturing encompasses a wide range of technologies such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Cloud computing. The conjunction of these technologies creates new opportunities at all levels, such as technological, economical, and societal. In this paper, an architecture that combines results from two European R&D projects is presented. The aim of the proposed architecture it to allow a step forward in utilizing all the advantages of the Industry 4.0 concept and the technological advances. The ultimate goal of the proposed architecture is to allow the existence of a flow of information from the physical equipment in the shop-floor up to an on-line Marketplace, and to allow a safe and reliable way of using all the information. Keywords–Smart factories; Intelligent Production ...
Rapid changing product portfolios and continuously evolving process technologies require manufact... more Rapid changing product portfolios and continuously evolving process technologies require manufacturing systems that are themselves easily upgradeable and into which new technologies and functions can be readily integrated. This new context creates the need for novel manufacturing equipment and control systems able to cope with the increased complexity, required to manage product and production variability in mass customized manufacturing. To achieve this agility modern manufacturing environments need to encapsulate knowledge into sensors and machines, turning them into Smart Components. Based on the concept of logical encapsulation of manufacturing industrial equipment, this paper proposes the creation of a marketplace for Smart Components. This marketplace organises and stores information of industrial machines, not only for potential customers to check and compare different devices, but essentially to allow for (semi)automatic update of the industrial equipment controllers and functionalities on the fly.
The latest advances in industry have been boosted by the application of the Industrial Internet o... more The latest advances in industry have been boosted by the application of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which is being supported by the implementation of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS). In this context, simulation and optimization models have, for some time now, been used to reduce CPPS design complexity, implementation time, and operating costs throughout its life cycle. Considering the complexity and heterogeneity of CPPS components and their different application areas within the manufacturing context, simulation models may contain unreliable representation of the real system, since the behavior of the CPPS in a physical environment can be quite different from the same CPPS, specified in a simulation model, considering the same events. Thus, facing this inherent difficulty in reliably modeling a CPPS in a virtual environment, the authors propose a tool Layout CAD Interface, which enables simulation modeling software with automatic generation capabilities of di...
Purpose This paper aims to provide a service-based integrated prototype framework for the design ... more Purpose This paper aims to provide a service-based integrated prototype framework for the design of reusable modular assembly systems (RMAS) incorporating reusability of equipment into the process. It extends AutomationML (AML) developments for an engineering data exchange to integrate and standardize the data formats that support the design of RMAS. Design/methodology/approach The approach provides a set of systematic procedures and support tools for the design of RMAS. This includes enhanced domain knowledge models that facilitate the interpretation and integration of information across the design phases. Findings The inclusion of reusability aspects in the design phase improves the sustainability of future assembly systems, by ensuring equipment use until its end-of-life. Moreover, the integrated support tools reduce the design time, while improving the quality/performance of the system design solution, as it enables the exploration of a larger solution space. This will result in...
Nowadays, due to ever decreasing product life cycles and high external pressure to cut costs, the... more Nowadays, due to ever decreasing product life cycles and high external pressure to cut costs, the ramp-up of production lines must be significantly shortened and simplified. This is only possible if a forecast of the impact of modification within an existing production environment is available, helping during decision making of production methods. This type of predictions will have a direct impact on the cost-effective production process, maintaining concerns regarding the environmental and social impacts. These are the ideas behind the project Innovative Reuse of modular knowledge Based devices and technologies for Old, Renewed and New factories (ReBorn). The present paper describes the System Assessment Tool, a software application developed in ReBorn, which is used for assessing the sustainability of highly adaptive production systems through the use of Reliability, Life Cycle Cost and Life Cycle Assessment metrics, in the form of a equipment labeling scheme. This labeling scheme...
In recent years, we have seen breathtaking technological progress within Cyber-Physical Systems (... more In recent years, we have seen breathtaking technological progress within Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud computing, and intelligence and data analytics. These advances are indeed moving from research to the industrial shop floor and paving the way for the fourth industrial revolution, the Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is putting technology to work, disrupting conventional industrial processes at every level and driving the industry into becoming digital. All the technological progress has allow knowledge and information to be virtually available everywhere to anyone, leading to the emergence of new possibilities and business models. In a world where competition is global, the industry must be able to respond to unpredictable and rapid changes. The use of the Smart Component concept, integrated into the Cyber-Physical System architecture, allows for available data to be processed and used to improve productivity and production planning as well as allow for a better equipment use and better predictive maintenance practices. All this available data must be stored and accessible, which is where the Cyber-Physical Industrial Marketplace comes into play, providing an interface for automatic update of the industrial equipment technologies and functionalities on the fly. In this paper, an architecture for a Cyber-Physical Industrial Marketplace is presented and explored. Having the ability to collect data from the shop-floor equipment and update the Smart Components in a safe, reliable, and secure way, is the main goal of the proposed architecture. Creating an industrial marketplace that goes beyond the concept of online stores, is the next natural and logical step that will contribute to the servitisation of industrial business models.
In recent years, we have seen breathtaking technological progress within Cyber-Physical Systems (... more In recent years, we have seen breathtaking technological progress within Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud computing, and intelligence and data analytics. These advances are indeed moving from research to the industrial shop floor and paving the way for the fourth industrial revolution, the Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is putting technology to work, disrupting conventional industrial processes at every level and driving the industry into becoming digital. All the technological progress has allow knowledge and information to be virtually available everywhere to anyone, leading to the emergence of new possibilities and business models. In a world where competition is global, the industry must be able to respond to unpredictable and rapid changes. The use of the Smart Component concept, integrated into the Cyber-Physical System architecture, allows for available data to be processed and used to improve productivity and production planning as well as allow ...
Nowadays, manufacturing industry has to adapt quickly, with minimum effort, to constant changes o... more Nowadays, manufacturing industry has to adapt quickly, with minimum effort, to constant changes on customer demand. On the other hand, concerns regarding the environmental and social impacts of industrial processes is growing. These are ideas behind the project Innovative Reuse of modular knowledge Based devices and technologies for Old, Renewed and New factories (ReBORN). This paper presents the System Assessment Tool, a software application developed in ReBORN, which is used for assessing the sustainability of highly adaptive production systems. The main objective of this evaluation tool is to provide methods and algorithms for assessing the various (re)configuration possibilities and the corresponding effect on the overall system cost, performance and status throughout the entire life-cycle(s) of the manufacturing system. In order to help the system designer to make more informed decisions, different factors relating the life-long assessment of the concerned system and device wer...
With the Industry 4.0, which can be referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, the concept ... more With the Industry 4.0, which can be referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, the concept of Smart Factories has emerged into the spotlight. This new trend in automation and manufacturing encompasses a wide range of technologies such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Cloud computing. The conjunction of these technologies creates new opportunities at all levels, such as technological, economical, and societal. In this paper, an architecture that combines results from two European R&D projects is presented. The aim of the proposed architecture it to allow a step forward in utilizing all the advantages of the Industry 4.0 concept and the technological advances. The ultimate goal of the proposed architecture is to allow the existence of a flow of information from the physical equipment in the shop-floor up to an on-line Marketplace, and to allow a safe and reliable way of using all the information. Keywords–Smart factories; Intelligent Production ...
Rapid changing product portfolios and continuously evolving process technologies require manufact... more Rapid changing product portfolios and continuously evolving process technologies require manufacturing systems that are themselves easily upgradeable and into which new technologies and functions can be readily integrated. This new context creates the need for novel manufacturing equipment and control systems able to cope with the increased complexity, required to manage product and production variability in mass customized manufacturing. To achieve this agility modern manufacturing environments need to encapsulate knowledge into sensors and machines, turning them into Smart Components. Based on the concept of logical encapsulation of manufacturing industrial equipment, this paper proposes the creation of a marketplace for Smart Components. This marketplace organises and stores information of industrial machines, not only for potential customers to check and compare different devices, but essentially to allow for (semi)automatic update of the industrial equipment controllers and functionalities on the fly.
The latest advances in industry have been boosted by the application of the Industrial Internet o... more The latest advances in industry have been boosted by the application of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which is being supported by the implementation of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS). In this context, simulation and optimization models have, for some time now, been used to reduce CPPS design complexity, implementation time, and operating costs throughout its life cycle. Considering the complexity and heterogeneity of CPPS components and their different application areas within the manufacturing context, simulation models may contain unreliable representation of the real system, since the behavior of the CPPS in a physical environment can be quite different from the same CPPS, specified in a simulation model, considering the same events. Thus, facing this inherent difficulty in reliably modeling a CPPS in a virtual environment, the authors propose a tool Layout CAD Interface, which enables simulation modeling software with automatic generation capabilities of di...
Purpose This paper aims to provide a service-based integrated prototype framework for the design ... more Purpose This paper aims to provide a service-based integrated prototype framework for the design of reusable modular assembly systems (RMAS) incorporating reusability of equipment into the process. It extends AutomationML (AML) developments for an engineering data exchange to integrate and standardize the data formats that support the design of RMAS. Design/methodology/approach The approach provides a set of systematic procedures and support tools for the design of RMAS. This includes enhanced domain knowledge models that facilitate the interpretation and integration of information across the design phases. Findings The inclusion of reusability aspects in the design phase improves the sustainability of future assembly systems, by ensuring equipment use until its end-of-life. Moreover, the integrated support tools reduce the design time, while improving the quality/performance of the system design solution, as it enables the exploration of a larger solution space. This will result in...
Nowadays, due to ever decreasing product life cycles and high external pressure to cut costs, the... more Nowadays, due to ever decreasing product life cycles and high external pressure to cut costs, the ramp-up of production lines must be significantly shortened and simplified. This is only possible if a forecast of the impact of modification within an existing production environment is available, helping during decision making of production methods. This type of predictions will have a direct impact on the cost-effective production process, maintaining concerns regarding the environmental and social impacts. These are the ideas behind the project Innovative Reuse of modular knowledge Based devices and technologies for Old, Renewed and New factories (ReBorn). The present paper describes the System Assessment Tool, a software application developed in ReBorn, which is used for assessing the sustainability of highly adaptive production systems through the use of Reliability, Life Cycle Cost and Life Cycle Assessment metrics, in the form of a equipment labeling scheme. This labeling scheme...
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