Proposal for an IIoT Device Solution According to Industry 4.0 Concept

Area of Science:

• Manufacturing Technology
• Industrial Automation
• Internet of Things

Background:

• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices are crucial for collecting manufacturing data.
• Open Platform Communications United Architecture (OPC UA) is increasingly adopted for industrial data integration.
• Existing IIoT devices have limitations in features and data handling capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design and implement a novel IIoT device leveraging OPC UA.
• To overcome the feature limitations of currently available IIoT devices.
• To enhance manufacturing process monitoring and data acquisition.

Main Methods:

• Developed a workflow by creating sequences of steps.
• Transformed the workflow into a finite state machine (FSM) model.
• Implemented the FSM model as an OPC UA object within the IIoT device.

Main Results:

• Successfully designed and implemented an IIoT device with integrated OPC UA.
• The OPC UA object enables event monitoring and client-specific data provision.
• Achieved improved monitoring and data acquisition capabilities.

Conclusions:

• The developed IIoT device offers enhanced control over manufacturing processes.
• The integration of OPC UA provides a standardized and robust data exchange mechanism.
• This approach facilitates more efficient and effective industrial data management.