IIoT Production Line Planning With Iterative Adaptation Schemes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current industrial automation systems integrated with Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) in intelligent manufacturing are often developed for single production items and lack compatibility, leading to high system development costs and low adaptability, hindering the widespread adoption of IoT technology across various manufacturing fields.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for automatic production line planning based on Industrial IoT, which includes an instruction generation module, a production adaptation module, a feedback module, and a process configuration module to generate and adapt production lines by encoding target production lines, constructing initial adaptation schemes, and performing iterative updates to determine a target adaptation scheme, ensuring compatibility and reducing development costs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If independent IoT systems are developed for each production item, then the production line can meet specific production requirements, but system development cost increases and compatibility decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduction line adaptabilityVSAvoidsystem development cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal production line configuration system that can adapt to multiple production items through standardized modeling. The system uses a unified production line model with configurable parameters that can be adjusted via software to accommodate different production requirements, eliminating the need to develop separate independent systems for each production item while maintaining full adaptability.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs parameter-based configuration where production line characteristics are defined through adjustable parameters rather than fixed hardware architectures. By changing software parameters and configuration data, the same physical production line can be reconfigured for different production items, reducing development costs while maintaining versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Manufacturing precision

If production lines are customized for single production items, then production requirements are met precisely, but system compatibility across different production items decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduction requirement fulfillmentVSAvoidsystem compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the production line into modular functional segments that can be independently configured and combined. Each production process is modeled as a separate configurable unit with standardized interfaces, allowing precise customization for specific production requirements while maintaining compatibility through uniform connection and control protocols across all modules.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses a universal configuration framework that enables the same production line hardware to serve multiple production items through software-based parameter adjustment. The standardized model allows a single production line to be precisely configured for different production requirements without sacrificing system compatibility.

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

Data Source

PatentUS12099348B2Method for automatic production line planning based on industrial internet of things, system and storage medium thereof
Publication Date: 2024.09.24 CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

This present disclosure provides a method for automatic production line planning based on an Industrial Internet of Things, a system and a storage medium. The method comprises: an instruction generation module configured to generate an adaptation instruction based on production item data; a production adaptation module configured to generate a target adaptation scheme; and obtain an adaptation result by adapting the plurality of target production lines; wherein the production adaptation module is further configured to: obtain a production line code corresponding to each target production line; obtain a process code corresponding to each production process; construct a plurality of initial adaptation schemes; and perform multiple rounds of iterative updates to determine the target adaptation scheme; a feedback module configured to determine feedback results according to the adaptation results; and a process configuration module configured to perform process configuration on the plurality of target production lines to obtain the production line.