An industrial Internet of things based platform for context-aware information services in manufacturing

ABSTRACT In a manufacturing shop floor, context-aware intelligent service systems can be used to provide information services to shop floor personnel, according to their situation. This article presents an industrial Internet of things (IIoT) context-aware information system that provides decision support for mobile or static operators and supervisors. The system uniquely combines key IIoT concepts such as multi-layered, service-oriented architecture, which integrates several subsystems, such as sensor data acquisition together with concepts for developing context-aware systems such as context modelling and contextual data information provision. The proposed solution is relevant for several manufacturing environments. However, in dynamic, semi-structured manufacturing environments that the workstations are not fixed but dynamically change over time and in which the workers are mobile and not static to some predefined workstations, the utilisation of context-aware information delivery is considered as even more relevant. For that reason, a case study with a medium-sized shipyard has been selected and conducted. Industrial requirements were gathered and led to use cases for a customised implementation of the proposed solution into a shipyard. The proposed solution includes a number of context-aware apps that support the users in carrying out production tasks. The study provided insights into the suitability of the solution presented in the shipyard environment and brought to light further aspects that would improve the proposed context-aware system.

[1]  Yingfeng Zhang,et al.  Real-time information capturing and integration framework of the internet of manufacturing things , 2015, Int. J. Comput. Integr. Manuf..

[2]  Jay Lee,et al.  A Cyber-Physical Systems architecture for Industry 4.0-based manufacturing systems , 2015 .

[3]  Bengt Lennartson,et al.  An event-driven manufacturing information system architecture for Industry 4.0 , 2017, Int. J. Prod. Res..

[4]  Martin Eigner,et al.  The Industrial Internet , 2018 .

[5]  Dimitris Kiritsis,et al.  Ontology-based approach for context modeling in enterprise applications , 2014, Comput. Ind..

[6]  George Chryssolouris,et al.  Collaborative Maintenance in flow-line Manufacturing Environments: An Industry 4.0 Approach , 2016 .

[7]  Dimitris Mourtzis,et al.  Integrated Production and Maintenance Scheduling Through Machine Monitoring and Augmented Reality: An Industry 4.0 Approach , 2017, APMS.

[8]  Gregory D. Abowd,et al.  Towards a Better Understanding of Context and Context-Awareness , 1999, HUC.

[9]  George Chryssolouris,et al.  Manufacturing Systems: Theory and Practice , 1992 .

[10]  José Barata,et al.  Context Awareness for Flexible Manufacturing Systems Using Cyber Physical Approaches , 2016, DoCEIS.

[11]  Matthias Baldauf,et al.  A survey on context-aware systems , 2007, Int. J. Ad Hoc Ubiquitous Comput..

[12]  Alain Bernard,et al.  Context-awareness: a key enabler for ubiquitous access to manufacturing knowledge , 2016 .

[13]  Sotiris Makris,et al.  A concept for context-aware computing in manufacturing: the white goods case , 2016, Int. J. Comput. Integr. Manuf..

[14]  László Monostori,et al.  ScienceDirect Variety Management in Manufacturing . Proceedings of the 47 th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems Cyber-physical production systems : Roots , expectations and R & D challenges , 2014 .

[15]  Dimitris Mourtzis,et al.  A Cloud-based Approach for Maintenance of Machine Tools and Equipment Based on Shop-floor Monitoring☆ , 2016 .

[16]  Euiho Suh,et al.  Context-aware systems: A literature review and classification , 2009, Expert Syst. Appl..

[17]  José L. Martínez Lastra,et al.  Context-sensitive optimisation of the key performance indicators for FMS , 2015, Int. J. Comput. Integr. Manuf..

[18]  José Barata,et al.  Context Awareness for Self-adaptive and Highly Available Production Systems , 2013, DoCEIS.

[19]  Sotiris Makris,et al.  Towards a Role-centric and Context-aware Information Distribution System for Manufacturing , 2014 .

[20]  Dimitris Mourtzis,et al.  Cloud-Based Augmented Reality Remote Maintenance Through Shop-Floor Monitoring: A Product-Service System Approach , 2017 .