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Retrofitting of Legacy Machines

"BaSys structures our process data"

- Marcel Kettering, Business Manager, WICO Textilbeschichtung und -kaschierung GmbH

During production, machines in the shopfloor generate valuable process information which helps manufacturers in decision-making. A big challenge is to make this data accessible in one place, especially if data is connected from legacy machines without Industrie 4.0 interfaces. The Arendar IoT-Gateway collects "live" process information from shopfloor assets and makes it available for further processing. The Arendar connects shopfloor devices through analogue, digital and network I/O with the Eclipse BaSyx middleware and enables access to device data. Asset Administration Shells (AAS) and AAS sub models present data from different sources in a unified and structured manner and enable data access through defined APIs. The result is a digital production process that stores data from all relevant sources in a digital process model, which can be used in various ways. It provides holistic live process images to decision-makers who use them to identify and resolve problems faster. With the continuous process monitoring, manufacturers can detect machine failures earlier, control product quality during the production and perform real-time decision-making. Consequently, this improves the market responsiveness, reduces the maintenance costs and increases the production efficiency.

Service-oriented production in a gear manufacturing line

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Integration PLM Systems (BaSys^PLM)

"Eclipse BaSyx with its interoperable architecture enables us and our customers to bring product data directly from product development to manufacturing. This is relevant for highly variable Configure-to-Order products (-> lot size 1). Also feedback from the shop floor to the engineering (product type) as well as to single products (instances -> Digital Twins) can be realized."

- Christian Muggeo, Team Lead Product Management, CONTACT Software GmbH

In the area of product development, PLM systems are the central data hub. They consider the entire product life cycle from planning to disposal and provide holistic management of all data and information that is processed and distributed during the development or modification of products. The BaSys-PLM-coupling connector enables PLM data from product development to be reused in subsequent production. This connector enables BaSyx to control and adapt production processes based on PLM data. Conversely, production data can be transferred from Eclipse BaSyx to a PLM system. The BaSyx PLM coupling therefore enables production data to be linked with data from the entire product life cycle and to use this data for continuous product improvement. For many applications, the detour via an ERP/MES system can also be omitted, i.e. machines can communicate directly with the PLM system.

BaSyx Edge Device

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Information exchange with digital twins

Many production processes are embedded into supply chains. Product related information is relevant throughout the whole product lifecycle and therefore needs to be exchanged between companies. Pickert & Partner GmbH and HPO Häfner Präzisionsteile Oberrot GmbH use Eclipse BaSyx to collect and provide product quality and calibration data that is exchanged with customers. This connection of product data and the IT that is enabled with Asset Administration Shells of Eclipse BaSyx realizes a horizontal integration that supports efficient data exchange and also enables new data-driven business models.

Experiment with BaSyx

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Digitalization of manufacturing process

Digitization of production processes brings considerable advantages for small scale enterprises (SMEs) in terms of optimized production planning and associated competence. Especially the improved order evaluations enable the SMEs to quickly, efficiently and reliably evaluate and plan the production plans as well as promptly meeting short term customer enquiries. Since the checking and creation of the order process is automated, substantial improvement in flexibility and cost efficiency in the process of order acceptance in comparison to the legacy manual paper-based processes is realized. The project also investigates the concept production as service (PaaS). The Industry 4.0 middleware BaSyx facilitates the production capabilities and resources through Asset Administration Shells and Submodels. This is used in conjunction with the ERP system which holds the business logic of feasibility checks for customer requests.

Akzent4BaSys - Shopfloor Communication

The Akzent4BaSys project aims at the optimization of processes in manufacturing through new ways of interaction. The system enables employees to flexibly access and exchange information by using BaSyx together with the Matrix Messenger. Instead of using personal devices and services like WhatsApp for shopfloor communication, as it can be seen today, workers can communicate via a dedicated Matrix Messaging Server. The messaging server is configured via the worker’s Asset Administration Shell (AAS) to organize roles, access rights and automatic notifications. Additional value is provided by bots, that give access to data and information they themselves access via machine AAS, like live graphs of certain sensor values or machine manuals. Also, threshold-breach alerts can be configured for sensor values of interest. Other applications considered are speech recognition as additional human machine interface, and indoor navigation.