Spinning Mill Data Platform APIs for Big-Data Machine Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems in spinning mills are limited in flexibility, speed, and volume, particularly for big data communication, making them unsuitable for advanced analytics and machine learning applications.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of application programming interfaces (APIs) connected to databases, enabling direct data exchange between textile machines, spinning mill platforms, and third-party systems, using protocols like GraphQL, SOAP, REST, and OPC UA for enhanced communication flexibility and speed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional communication interfaces (relay contacts, RS232, RS455, CAN) are used for data exchange between spinning mill machines and control systems, then system compatibility and ease of integration are improved, but communication flexibility, speed, and volume are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal communication infrastructure based on APIs and cloud platforms that can handle multiple communication protocols and data types simultaneously. This allows the system to interface with various spinning mill machines, third-party systems, and software applications through a single standardized framework, eliminating the need for separate communication infrastructure for each protocol.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces cloud-based platforms and API gateways as intermediary layers between traditional communication interfaces and modern data processing systems. These intermediaries translate and normalize data from various sources (relay contacts, RS232, RS455, CAN) into standardized formats that can be processed by analytics and machine learning applications, thereby enhancing communication flexibility without requiring complete infrastructure replacement.
2Productivity
If traditional file transfer protocols (FTP, SFTP) are used for data communication, then implementation simplicity is improved, but communication speed and data volume capacity are insufficient for big data analytics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical file transfer protocols with modern API-based communication systems that use standardized web services and cloud protocols. This substitution enables high-speed data transmission and simultaneous multiple connections, dramatically increasing communication speed and data volume capacity while maintaining ease of implementation through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements pre-configured API interfaces and cloud platform connections that are established beforehand, allowing data to be transmitted and processed immediately when needed. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for complex file transfer configurations and enables rapid data exchange for big data analytics applications.
3Reliability
If decentralized machine controllers are used for active machine elements, then machine autonomy and reliability are improved, but system-wide data integration and centralized control capability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested architecture where decentralized machine controllers operate autonomously at the machine level, while simultaneously being integrated into the broader spinning mill control system through cloud-based platforms. Each machine controller maintains its own data and control functions (inner layer), while also contributing to and receiving commands from the centralized system (outer layer), thereby preserving both autonomy and system-wide integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a cloud-based communication dimension to the traditional hierarchical control structure. This new dimension enables simultaneous decentralized operation at the machine level and centralized data aggregation and control at the mill level, allowing information to flow in multiple directions without loss and maintaining both machine autonomy and system-wide integration.
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AI summary
It is disclosed a spinning mill (1) comprising a plurality of textile machines (2) and auxiliary spinning mill devices (6); a spinning mill platform (4) connected to the plurality of textile machines (2); said spinning mill platform (4) compiling data of the plurality of textile machines (2); wherein the textile machines (2) and the spinning mill platform (4) are equipped with application programming interfaces (11) connected to a databases (30, 50) of the textile machines and the spinning mill platform (4), wherein the spinning mill platform (4) is further equipped with application programming interfaces (11) connectable to application programming interfaces (11) of a spinning mill application (8) and/or a third party application (9) equipped with databases (80, 90) connected to the application programming interfaces (11) of the spinning mill application (8) and/or the third party application (9), thereby enabling to exchange information.