Stamping process analysis in an industrial plant and its limitations to obtain an industrializable Continuous Twin

Abstract

This article aims to define the problem of the development of a “Continuous Twin” in any stamping process installed in an industry. A “Continuous Twin” is a modeling concept using the information available in both worlds, the virtual twin (simulation) and the digital twin (real-time data) of the process. There is currently a trend in the industry related to IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and linked to Industry 4.0. IIoT is the collection of sensors, instruments and autonomous devices connected through the internet to industrial applications. However, filling with sensors the entire industry and channelling all that information through industrial networks is a utopia. In our previous works, a new concept for generating industrializable IIoT applications has been presented, Industrializable Industrial Internet of Things (I3oT). The purpose of the I3oT is using the installations available in factories to develop IIoT applications from them. This article aims to analyse all available and accessible information from the parameters accessible from the stamping process PLC, material properties, FLD, to the measurement of the operators corrections after detecting part failures. This is information that could be included in the model in order to develop an industrializable “Continuous Twin”.