Authors:
Ander Garcia
;
Xabier Oregui
;
Javier Franco
and
Unai Arrieta
Affiliation:
Vicomtech Foundation, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Mikeletegi 57, 20009 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Keyword(s):
Cyber Physical System, Industry 4.0, Time Series, Edge Computing.
Abstract:
Pushed by the Industry 4.0 paradigm, the volume of data being captured from manufacturing lines is continuously increasing. To get a deeper insight of manufacturing processes, time series data from key variables of the processes has to be captured, monitored and visualized. This implies that more data variables must be monitored and data must be captured at a higher frequency: from one value of a few key variables to values of several variables captured at frequencies of seconds. Traditional Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) were not designed for this scenario and cannot cope with these requirements. Thus, new architectures and tools are required to merge Information Technology (IT) and Operation Technology (OT) fields. This paper proposes a lightweight architecture based on micro-services and time series data requirements to connect to manufacturing process controllers, and to capture, store, monitor and visualize relevant data about the process. Moreover, a reference implementa
tion based on Open Source tools is presented and validated.
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