Perspective for equipment automation in process industries

Bei Sun, Sirkka Liisa Jämsä-Jounela, Yancho Todorov, Laurentz E. Olivier, Ian K. Craig

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Abstract

Advances in digital technologies are improving manufacturing systems dramatically. These advances, along with increased interconnectivity of devices, have launched the Industry 4.0 initiative that is concerned with how cyber physical systems and the internet of things can create adaptive, modularised, efficient, and reliable processing systems. This work presents a perspective on how equipment automation can contribute to this goal. Some of the main obstacles in the way of efficient and flexible operations are highlighted. How these may be overcome through equipment automation to form a cyber physical automation network is also presented. The effective integration of these methods can realize the vision of Industry 4.0 in the processing industry.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-70
Number of pages6
JournalIFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume50
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2017
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication

Funding

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Keywords

  • equipment automation
  • Industrial Internet of Things
  • Industry 4.0
  • process industry
  • smart equipment

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