A Model for the Intelligent Supervision of Production for Industry 4.0

Abstract

Abstract Nowadays, the automation of production processes requires qualified engineering staff; unfortunately, such personnel are in very short supply in all EU countries. This article proposes a concept for a model for the intelligent supervision of production for Industry 4.0., the implementation of which will allow the demand for highly skilled engineering staff to be reduced within a company. An analysis of the literature, dedicated to manufacturing enterprises, regarding the intelligent supervision of production systems, is carried out in the article. It follows, therefore, that the Industry 4.0 concept assumes that mechanisms will be implemented, in production resources, in order to enable preventive measures to be taken, vis-à-vis breakdowns, failures and disruptions to the operation of devices. The need to develop a model for the intelligent supervision of production systems, in the face of challenges within the concept of Industry 4.0, is proposed. This model includes the following elements: (1) a configurator allowing devices to be selected for measuring production parameters, (2) a database for registering production system parameters, (3) Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), as the prediction algorithm and (4) a knowledge-based structure, including operating procedures and good practices for preventing emergency situations, threats and excessive energy consumption in production systems. The usefulness of this model for predictive maintenance, safety and energy efficiency, vis-à-vis the use of production resources, as well as in support of middle management for decisions taken by employees, is described.