Presentation by Frank Doyle ACORN Research Centre & Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland FIWARE Global Summit 8-9 May, 2018 Porto, Portugal

1. Fiware Summit
Porto, Portugal
09/05/2018
Frank Doyle – ACORN Research Centre
Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland

2. Project Goal: Development of a Cyber Physical System-based Factory Logistics Management
System which integrates with the Factory ERP
Provision of remote access to Production Schedule Status for Management and Clients.
MD4PROD: Manufacturing Digitisation for Production and Resource Optimisation.
Cyber Physical Systems for Production and Resource Optimisation

3. Problem area: Manufacturing Logistics and Productivity
A Precision Engineering Manufacturing environment in the Medical
Device/Aeronautical Industry
• Paper based Job Scheduling with delayed and inaccurate reporting
Leading to: Poor Production Scheduling,
inaccurate data on parts made and scrapped
• Lack of version control of CNC Machine Programmes for Work Orders.
Leading to: Parts made to incorrect specification and
reduction in productivity.
• Lack of awareness of current Job Status
Leading to: Scheduling interruptions and delays
with reduced OEE.

4. Project implementation
• Digitisation of the Operator
engagement with machine codes
and reporting: using a barcode
scanner and touch screen tablet.
• Job Status published to Orion for
remote visualisation.
• Direct communication with CNC
Machines using MTConnect API
capturing Machine operational
parameters.
• Capture of Job Completion + Energy
signature profiles from legacy
machines.
• Machine Learning analysis of Energy
profiles to identify product part
count.

5. Conclusions
The project involvement brought greater awareness of what may be achieved in the
Industrial 4.0 space of how functionality may be applied in this environment.
Takumi have expressed satisfaction with the up-to date dashboard at the workcell level and
have recognised an improvement in productivity on the workcell involved.
The Version Control issues have greatly reduced due to the new work procedures, while job
scheduling is getting clearer through the use of more up-to date reporting.

6. Collaboration on this project enabled Grattan to fine tune and commercialise their product on the LIT
Maker Lab without the need to disrupt live production systems.
They have now started to roll out the product to other Manufacturing organisations in Ireland and in the
EU. They will exhibit and demo the project at the SID International Turned Parts Industrial Congress in June.
The on-line dissemination of projects and help in forums greatly have been of great help in the journey
to where we now are with the project.
The project mentoring by Maurio Isaja (Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.) provided important
guidance on the possible Architecture and use of Fiware at a time when we needed it.
As our understanding of the capabilities of Fiware and its components evolve, we are growing an
awareness of how it may aid with possible future developments and look forward to where that may
lead us.
Syndicat du Décolletage (SID) is the collective
organisation for the National Machining Industry
Organisations in 7 countries

7. Thanks for your attention