Cloud-Based Architecture for Production Information Exchange in European Micro-Factory Context

Fábio M-Oliveira; André Dionísio Rocha; Duarte Alemão; Nelson Freitas; Rayko Toshev; Jani Södergård; Nikolaos Tsoniotis; Charalampos Argyriou; Alexios Papacharalampopoulos; Panagiotis Stavropoulos; Pietro Perlo; José Barata

doi:10.3390/app131810223

Applied Sciences (Sep 2023)

Cloud-Based Architecture for Production Information Exchange in European Micro-Factory Context

Fábio M-Oliveira,
André Dionísio Rocha,
Duarte Alemão,
Nelson Freitas,
Rayko Toshev,
Jani Södergård,
Nikolaos Tsoniotis,
Charalampos Argyriou,
Alexios Papacharalampopoulos,
Panagiotis Stavropoulos,
Pietro Perlo,
José Barata

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Fábio M-Oliveira: NOVA School of Science and Technology, Center of Technology and Systems (UNINOVA-CTS) and Associated Lab of Intelligent Systems (LASI), NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Lisbon, Portugal
André Dionísio Rocha: NOVA School of Science and Technology, Center of Technology and Systems (UNINOVA-CTS) and Associated Lab of Intelligent Systems (LASI), NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Lisbon, Portugal
Duarte Alemão: NOVA School of Science and Technology, Center of Technology and Systems (UNINOVA-CTS) and Associated Lab of Intelligent Systems (LASI), NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Lisbon, Portugal
Nelson Freitas: NOVA School of Science and Technology, Center of Technology and Systems (UNINOVA-CTS) and Associated Lab of Intelligent Systems (LASI), NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Lisbon, Portugal
Rayko Toshev: School of Technology and Innovations, Industrial Management, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Wolffintie 30, 65200 Vaasa, Finland
Jani Södergård: School of Technology and Innovations, Industrial Management, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Wolffintie 30, 65200 Vaasa, Finland
Nikolaos Tsoniotis: IDEAS FORWARD PC, 78 Georgiou Papandreou, 54655 Thessaloniki, Greece
Charalampos Argyriou: IDEAS FORWARD PC, 78 Georgiou Papandreou, 54655 Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexios Papacharalampopoulos: Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS), Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Rion, 26504 Patras, Greece
Panagiotis Stavropoulos: Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS), Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Rion, 26504 Patras, Greece
Pietro Perlo: Interactive Fully Electrical Vehicles (I-FEVS), Strada Carignano 50/1, La Loggia, 10040 Torino, Italy
José Barata: NOVA School of Science and Technology, Center of Technology and Systems (UNINOVA-CTS) and Associated Lab of Intelligent Systems (LASI), NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Lisbon, Portugal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810223
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 18
p. 10223

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In a constantly changing world, information stands as one of the most valuable assets for a manufacturing site. However, exchanging information is not a straightforward process among factories, and concerns regarding the trustability and validation of transactions between various stakeholders have emerged within the context of micro-factories. This work presents an architecture designed to enable information exchange among heterogeneous stakeholders, taking advantage of the cloud infrastructure. It was designed to enable the use of several tools, connected through a middleware system deployed on the cloud. To demonstrate the potential of this architecture, a platform was instantiated, and two use cases—designed to accurately represent real manufacturing sites—were implemented.

Published in Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2076-3417 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); Science: Biology (General); Science: Physics; Science: Chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci

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