Evaluation of OPC-UA communication in an autonomous advanced manufacturing cell implementation

Q3 Engineering

Gestao e Producao Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.1590/0104-530x5414-20

R. Maia, Ângelo Jorge Bálsamo, Guilherme Lopes, A. Massote, F. Lima

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Abstract

Abstract: The recent development of advanced manufacturing concepts brings new challenges for developing countries in order to prepare their workforce and industries for local and global markets. To explore and disseminate advanced manufacturing concepts, the first autonomous advanced manufacturing cell developed in Brazil as a result of a partnership between global and local companies and academia was designed and evaluated. This paper aims to describe the advanced manufacturing cell, the equipment composing the infrastructure, and the network topology and equipment that could deal with the heterogeneity of equipment and protocol. Moreover, the behavior of the Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) communication framework (and related protocols) as the integration element between the equipment composing the cell was evaluated. The results indicated that the OPC UA communication framework promotes a low traffic overhead and can also be used to carry data from the traditional protocols in their fields without restrictions that could hinder production. The paper also discusses how the exchange of data occurred between the equipment used in the production and the control systems via the protocol studied. The OPC UA communication framework protocols presented a messaging structure and data transport characteristics that satisfy the integration needs between equipment of several manufacturers that composed an autonomous cell of advanced manufacturing. This paper also presents some key challenges to integrating all equipment not addressed by the OPC UA reference model.

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自主先进制造单元实现中OPC-UA通信的评估

摘要:先进制造理念的发展给发展中国家带来了新的挑战，使其劳动力和产业为当地和全球市场做好准备。为了探索和传播先进的制造理念，设计和评估了巴西第一个自主先进制造单元，这是全球和当地公司以及学术界合作开发的结果。本文旨在描述先进制造单元、构成基础设施的设备、能够处理设备和协议异构的网络拓扑和设备。此外，还评估了开放平台通信统一架构(OPC UA)通信框架(及相关协议)作为组成小区的设备之间的集成元素的行为。结果表明，OPC UA通信框架促进了较低的流量开销，并且还可以用于在其领域中传输传统协议的数据，而不受可能阻碍生产的限制。本文还讨论了如何通过所研究的协议在生产设备和控制系统之间进行数据交换。OPC UA通信框架协议提供了一种消息结构和数据传输特性，满足了组成先进制造自主单元的多家厂商设备之间的集成需求。本文还提出了OPC UA参考模型未解决的集成所有设备的一些关键挑战。

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Gestao e Producao Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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1.60

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审稿时长

44 weeks

期刊介绍： Gestão & Produção is a journal published four times a year year (March, June, September and December) by the Departamento de Engenharia de Produção (DEP) of Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar). The first issue of Gestão & Produção was published in April, 1994. Actually, G&P was result of experience of professors of DEP/UFSCar in editing, in the beginning, "Cadernos DEP" in the 1980s, followed by "Cadernos de Engenharia de Produção". The last three issues of "Cadernos de Engenharia de Produção" were a test previous to the launch of Gestão & Produção because most of the journal characteristics were already established, like regularity.