Evolution of holonic control architectures towards Industry 4.0: A short overview

Abstract

The flexibility claimed by the next generation production systems induces a deep modification of the behavior and the core itself of the control systems. Overconnectivity and data management abilities targeted by Industry 4.0 paradigm enable the emergence of more flexible and reactive control systems, based on the cooperation of autonomous and connected entities in the decision making process. For the last 20 years, holonic paradigm has become the core paradigm of those evolutions, and evolved in itself. This contribution aims at emphasizing the conceptual evolutions in the application of holonic paradigm in the control architectures of manufacturing systems and highlighting the current research trends in this field.

QHAR: Q-Holonic-Based ARchitecture for Self-Configuration of Cyber–Physical Production Systems

“…PROSA (Product-Resource-Order-Staff Architecture), proposed by Van Brussel et al [7], is one of the most widespread holonic architectures for manufacturing systems [12]. It is the starting point for most other holonic architectures [18], and is composed of three types of Holon: Order Holon, product Holon, and resource Holon (to which the staff Holon can be added). The Product Holon corresponds to information about products and processes, as designed (e.g., product life cycle, user requirements, design, process plans, bill of materials, quality assurance procedures).…”

The impact of intelligent manufacturing elements on product design towards reducing production waste

“…By using intelligent infrastructure components which interact with mobile devices, products and individuals, a conscious infrastructure will better support complexity and enable more efficient manufacturing of goods. 10,38…”

“…By using intelligent infrastructure components which interact with mobile devices, products and individuals, a conscious infrastructure will better support complexity and enable more efficient manufacturing of goods. 10,38 Intelligent infrastructure is also helping to improve the utilization of intelligent devices and equipment towards design of products and to manufacture them more efficiently and with less damage in terms of production waste. This is accomplished by the plant-floor OT and businesslevel IT, which are characteristics of intelligent infrastructure.…”

“…9 These regulations and provisions cover both mandatory and optional aspects and deal with the requirement for a cooperation agreement between project partners, ownership of intellectual property brought to a project (background) and developed within a project (foreground), the dissemination of information, licence rights, confidential information and applicable law. 8,9 On the other hand, the IMS consists of the many international approaches and systems as follows 8,10,11 : (1) Next Generation Manufacturing approaches which are developing and integrating intelligent information and processing technologies to support complete product life cycles for the next generation of manufacturing systems. (2) Holonic Manufacturing approaches which are developing discrete, continuous and batch manufacturing systems through integrating highly flexible, agile, reusable and modular manufacturing units.…”

“…On the other hand, the IMS consists of the many international approaches and systems as follows 8,10,11 : (1) Next Generation Manufacturing approaches which are developing and integrating intelligent information and processing technologies to support complete product life cycles for the next generation of manufacturing systems. (2) Holonic Manufacturing approaches which are developing discrete, continuous and batch manufacturing systems through integrating highly flexible, agile, reusable and modular manufacturing units.…”