A Versatile IoT-Approach to Process Data Acquisition

Abstract

The acquisition and evaluation of process data in production engineering holds great potential. This allows detecting faulty processes at an early stage and processes to be optimized even more efficiently. However, the use of technologies for data acquisition in the manufacturing industry is far less widespread than the mentioned potential implies. This paper presents an Internet of Things approach by means of which production environments can be retrofitted easily and cost-effectively.

Overview of Technology and Functionality Standards for Industry 4.0 and Digitalization in Mechanical Engineering

“…These are recorded by the machine's sensors and passed on to higher-level systems via its control system [118,119]. In addition to these variables that can be assigned directly to the product, environmental parameters are also recorded, including, for example, humidity and room temperature, which are transmitted to the machine via separate sensors [120,121].…”