An Interoperable IoT-Based Application to On-Line Reconfiguration Manufacturing Systems: Deployment in a Real Pilot

The use of information to make smart decisions is the main ambition of Industry 4.0. Within the framework offered by this new concept, some technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming crucial for the development and modernization of companies. The use of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) enables the monitorization of the status of the physical variables that influence the manufacturing process, whereas the use of AI to process the data and technological advances in terms of communication protocols (e.g., OPC/UA) enables the interaction with the machine to reconfigure the manufacturing line, maintaining the process stable through smart and automatic decisions. This paper presents an application that is being developed within the i4Q project to immediately detect deviations in the manufacturing’s parameters and to the online automatic reconfiguration of the process to reduce quality problems, waste, and breakdowns in the machine tools, using technologies based on the Industry 4.0. Additionally, the application is deployed in a real company as a steep before its full implementation.