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IoT and PC-based control to utilize manufacturing and machine data
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Machines, devices and plants produce more and more data as they become smarter and more networked. Smart industry promises to turn these huge amounts of data into valuable information. Beckhoff and Mathworks show how this challenge can be tackled.
Smart industry will transform familiar paradigms, such as the shape of the automation pyramid, which is now about a quarter-century old. As a model for automation in factories, the pyramid can be understood in several different ways. One of them is how data is exchanged and processed in automated environments.
The automation pyramid comprises five layers, which can be divided into two sections. In the bottom section, we find the production process with sensors, actuators, drives, motors and tools in layer 0 doing the actual work and PLCs in layer 1 controlling the process. The top section forms the business management level, made up of Scada (layer 2), MES (layer 3) and the ERP system (layer 4).
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