Tying together solutions for digital manufacturing: Assessment of connectivity technologies & approaches

Hawkridge, Gregory; Hernandez, Marco Perez; De Silva, Lavindra; Terrazas, German; Tlegenov, Yedige; McFarlane, Duncan; Thorne, Alan

Abstract

This paper concerns the development of low-cost solutions to address challenges in digital manufacturing (DM). Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) are a promising approach for addressing the requirements of a low-cost DM architecture. Interaction between services in a SOA is facilitated by a connectivity technology, i.e., a framework for interoperable data exchange between heterogeneous participants. We review a variety of connectivity technologies according to their suitability for use in an SME manufacturer's production environment, and we assess how they have been integrated into past architectures. We then provide insights into an incremental and modular architecture for manufacturing SMEs.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2019 24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
• Start Date: Sep 10, 2019
• End Date: Sep 13, 2019
• Acceptance Date: Jul 2, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Oct 17, 2019
• Publication Date: Oct 17, 2019
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Pages: 1383-1387
• Book Title: 2019 24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
• ISBN: 9781728103044
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2019.8869411
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8543444