Resource virtualization in cloud manufacturing

As a key technology of Cloud Manufacturing(CMfg),resource virtualization leveraged Internet of Things(IoT),Cyber-Physical System(CPS),and computing virtualization to achieve intelligent perception and control of all kinds of physical manufacturing resources,which could be transformed into logic resources so as to decouple physical elements from application services.Resource virtualization targeted to support a virtual service environment for CMfg with high efficiency,agility,reliability,security,and usability.Relevant technologies of CMfg resource virtualization were analyzed.And a layered framework for resource virtualization in CMfg was proposed.It was also pointed out that CMfg resource virtualization could realize overall resource sharing,obtain higher resource utilization rate and reduce energy consumption.It supported collaboration operation of multi-Agent with high reliability and security.It also provided satisfactory service operation environment for overall product lifecycle users.