Digitalized and Harmonized Industrial Production Systems: The PERFoRM Approach

Industrial competitiveness requires shorter product lifecycles, increased variety, and faster times to market. To meet these challenges, the manufacturing industry is transitioning towards industrial cyber-physical systems. Emerging engineering approaches and technologies, such as Multi-Agent-Systems, Service-Oriented Architecture, Plug-and-Produce Systems, Cloud and Fog Technologies, Big Data and Analytics, and Industry 4.0, are opening up a new spectrum of innovation possibilities. The PERFoRM approach teaches how production machines and systems can be digitalized, networked, and collaborated with humans using the internet.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 364 pages
Publication date: 14 June 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Industrial competitiveness in today's world demands shorter product lifecycles, an increased variety of products, and quicker market entry for customized tangible products and services. To meet these challenges, the manufacturing industry is transitioning from traditional management, control, and automation approaches to industrial cyber-physical systems.

In recent years, several emergent engineering approaches and related Information-Communication-Control-Technologies have been extensively researched. These include Multi-Agent-Systems, Service-Oriented Architecture, Plug-and-Produce Systems, Cloud and Fog Technologies, Big Data and Analytics, among others. The convergence of these results with the latest developments in Industrial Digitalization, Systems-of-Cyber-Physical-Systems Engineering, Internet-of-Things, Internet-of-Services, and Industry 4.0 is opening up a vast range of innovation possibilities.

One such approach is the PERFoRM (Production-harmonizEd-Reconfiguration of Flexible Robots and Machinery) approach. This book aims to educate readers about the implications of digitalizing production machines and systems and migrating them into Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. It also delves into what happens when these systems are networked and begin collaborating with humans, utilizing the internet.

After conducting a Technology Trend Screening and conducting a comprehensive state-of-the-art analysis on Industrial Digitalization and Industry 4.0-compliant solutions, the book introduces methods, architectures, and technologies applicable in real industrial use cases. These are explained in a manner accessible to a broad audience, including researchers, practitioners, and industrialists.

Weight: 670g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032337784