Service Oriented Integration of Distributed Heterogeneous IT Systems in Production Engineering Using Information Standards and Linked Data

Abstract

While design of production systems based on digital models brings benefits, the communication of models comes with challenges since models typically reside in a heterogeneous IT environment using different syntax and semantics. Coping with heterogeneity requires a smart integration strategy. One main paradigm to integrate data and IT systems is to deploy information standards. In particular, ISO 10303 STEP has been endorsed as a suitable standard to exchange a wide variety of product manufacturing data. One the other hand, service-oriented tool integration solutions are progressively adopted for the integration of data and IT-tools, especially with the emergence of Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration whose focus is on the linking of data from heterogeneous software tools. In practice, there should be a combination of these approaches to facilitate the integration process. Hence, the aim of this paper is to investigate the applications of the approaches and the principles behind them and try to find criteria for where to use which approach. In addition, we explore the synergy between them and consequently suggest an approach based on combination of them. In addition, a systematic approach is suggested to identify required level of integrations and their corresponding approaches exemplified in a typical IT system architecture in Production Engineering.

Extending and demonstrating an engineering communication framework utilising the digital twin concept in a context of factory layouts

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“…To add to this, the information generated in one software, from the experience of a user, for one activity of the digital factory planning, is often distributed manually and unsynchronised with other software applications and users that perform other planning tasks and actions (Süße and Putz, 2021). Frequently the information generated with these software applications is stored with its own native data format (Zadeh et al, 2017). This manual approach is a cumbersome iterative process with a high risk of faulty inputs and updates since the information needed by cross-discipline tasks is also created based on experience of the user and manually distributed (Süße and Putz, 2021).…”

Mapping and functional optimization of control parameters in W18V50DF dual-fuel engines during combustion

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“…The structuring of the control function of the combustion parameters was done using the Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT) method presented in figure 1, which expresses the function as a black box that acts on input elements to have output elements according to certain configurations of the control [14,17]. The load is taken as reference for the control of the strategic parameters of combustion.…”

IFC of BIM Automatic Retrieving and Linking for Building Envelope Energy Efficiency Measuring - Ministry of the Interior Green Building Electronic Evaluation System in Taiwan

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