Interoperability of the future factory: an overview of concepts and research challenges

Q3 Engineering

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems Pub Date : 2020-07-04 DOI:10.1504/ijmms.2020.10030371

Lai Xu, Paul Ton de Vrieze, Hongnian Yu, Keith Phalp, Yuewei Bai

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Abstract

Interoperability is a key factor in implementing a virtual factory. In European Union context interoperability is the ability of organisations to interact towards mutually beneficial goals, involving the sharing of information and knowledge between these organisations, through the business processes they support, by means of the exchange of data between their ICT systems. Interoperability of virtual factory synthesizes software components, application solutions, business processes and business context throughout the diversified, heterogeneous, autonomous procedure, assembled from multiple independent factories or smart/digital factory networks. EU H2020 “vF Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovaTion” (FIRST) aims to provide new technology and methodologies to describe manufacturing assets; to compose and integrate existing services into collaborative virtual manufacturing processes; and to deal with evolution of changes. As a part of research results of the FIRST project, we present a comprehensive review on basic concepts of factories of the future, i.e. smart factory, digital factory, and virtual factory. The relationships among smart factory, digital factory and virtual factory are studied. In this paper, we define virtual factory interoperability and outline the research challenges related to interoperability of virtual factory.

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未来工厂的互操作性:概念概述和研究挑战

互操作性是实现虚拟工厂的关键因素。在欧盟背景下，互操作性是指组织为实现互利目标而进行互动的能力，包括通过其支持的业务流程，通过其ICT系统之间的数据交换，在这些组织之间共享信息和知识。虚拟工厂的互操作性综合了软件组件、应用程序解决方案、业务流程和业务上下文，贯穿于由多个独立工厂或智能/数字工厂网络组装而成的多样化、异构、自主的过程中。欧盟H2020“vF互操作支持创新”（FIRST）旨在提供描述制造业资产的新技术和方法；将现有服务组合并集成到协作虚拟制造过程中；以及应对变化的演变。作为FIRST项目研究成果的一部分，我们全面回顾了未来工厂的基本概念，即智能工厂、数字工厂和虚拟工厂。研究了智能工厂、数字工厂和虚拟工厂之间的关系。在本文中，我们定义了虚拟工厂的互操作性，并概述了与虚拟工厂互操作性相关的研究挑战。

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International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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期刊介绍： IJMMS publishes refereed quality papers in the broad field of mechatronics and manufacturing systems with a special emphasis on research and development in the modern engineering of advanced manufacturing processes and systems. IJMMS fosters information exchange and discussion on all aspects of mechatronics (computers, electrical and mechanical engineering) with applications in manufacturing processes and systems.