Integration of an MES and AIV using a labVIEW middleware scheduler suitable for use in industry 4.0 applications
| Autor: | James Coady, Thomas Newe, Daniel Toal, Liam Lynch, Muzaffar Rao |
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| Přispěvatelé: | SFI, Confirm, EU |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Production line
0209 industrial biotechnology Industry 4.0 Computer science Interface (computing) 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre lcsh:Technology scheduler lcsh:Chemistry 020901 industrial engineering & automation 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering LabVIEW General Materials Science smart manufacturing industry 4.0 lcsh:QH301-705.5 Instrumentation Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes lcsh:T business.industry Process Chemistry and Technology RB-1 020208 electrical & electronic engineering General Engineering Turtlebot Automation lcsh:QC1-999 Computer Science Applications Task (computing) lcsh:Biology (General) lcsh:QD1-999 lcsh:TA1-2040 Middleware Embedded system MES Web service lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) business computer lcsh:Physics AIVs Manufacturing execution system |
| Zdroj: | Applied Sciences Volume 10 Issue 20 Applied Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 7054, p 7054 (2020) |
| Popis: | Industry 4.0 uses the analysis of real-time data, artificial intelligence, automation, and the interconnection of components of the production lines to improve manufacturing efficiency and quality. Manufacturing Execution Systems (MESs) and Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles (AIVs) are key elements of Industry 4.0 implementations. An MES connects, monitors, and controls data flows on the factory floor, while automation is achieved by using AIVs. The Robot Operating System (ROS) built AIVs are targeted here. To facilitate MES and AIV interactions, there is a need to integrate the MES and the AIVs to help in building an automated and interconnected manufacturing environment. This integration needs middleware, which understands both MES and AIVs. To address this issue, a LabVIEW-based scheduler is proposed here as the middleware. LabVIEW communicates with the MES through webservices and has support for ROS. The main task of the scheduler is to control the AIV based on MES requests. The scheduler developed was tested in a real factory environment using the SAP MES and a Robotnik &lsquo RB-1&prime robot. The scheduler interface provides real-time information about the current status of the MES, AIV, and the current stage of scheduler processing. The proposed scheduler provides an efficient automated product delivery system that transports the product from process cell to process cell using the AIV, based on the production sequences defined by the MES. In addition, using the proposed scheduler, integration of an MES is possible with any low-cost ROS-built AIV. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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