Centralized IIoT Architecture for Multi-Line Smart Manufacturing Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing intelligent manufacturing technologies are limited in universal applicability, primarily focused on specific product production lines or production nodes, leading to repeated development and high costs for small-scale enterprises.

Innovation Solution

An industrial internet of things (IIoT) system comprising a user platform, service platform, management platform, and sensor network platform, with centralized data processing and transmission, enabling flexible and integrated smart manufacturing control across multiple production lines.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If existing intelligent manufacturing technology is applied to specific product production lines or production nodes, then control precision and automation are improved, but device complexity and lack of universal applicability worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveautomationVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a unified platform architecture that integrates multiple production lines and nodes through standardized interfaces and centralized management. The platform provides universal control capabilities across different production scenarios, eliminating the need for separate control systems for each production line, thus reducing overall device complexity while maintaining high automation levels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments the intelligent manufacturing control into modular functional units including device management modules, production scheduling modules, and data processing modules. Each module can be independently configured and deployed, allowing flexible composition for different production lines while maintaining standardized communication protocols, thereby reducing complexity through modularity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Manufacturing precision

If existing intelligent manufacturing technology is applied to specific product production lines, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing precisionVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic configuration capabilities that allow the control system to adapt to different production scenarios in real-time. Production parameters, control strategies, and resource allocations can be dynamically adjusted based on product requirements and production conditions, enabling the same platform to maintain high manufacturing precision across diverse product lines with varying specifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs parameter-based configuration where production rules, quality standards, and process parameters are stored as configurable data rather than hard-coded logic. This allows rapid adaptation to different products by changing parameters through software configuration rather than system redesign, maintaining manufacturing precision while enhancing adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11619928B1Industrial internet of things system for smart manufacturing and control method thereof
Publication Date: 2023.04.04 CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure disclosed an industrial internet of things (IIoT) system for smart manufacturing, comprising: a user platform, interacting with users; a service platform extracting information required by a user platform from a management platform, processing the information and sends the information to the user platform; a management platform controlling the operation of an object platform, and receiving feedback data from the object platform; a sensor network platform, configured to interact between the object platform and the management platform; the object platform, which is production line devices and production line sensors that perform manufacturing; wherein the service platform, the management platform, and the sensor network platform all use centralized layouts. The present disclosure also disclosed a control method of industrial internet of things (IIoT) for smart manufacturing. The present disclosure is suitable for smart manufacturing companies with relatively simple production lines and less complicated production processes.