An approach to support I4.0 adoption in SMEs: a core-metamodel and applications

Michele Dassisti (1) , Antonio Giovannini (2) , Pasquale Merla (3) , Michela Chimienti (2) , Hervé Panetto (4)

1 Polytechnic University of Bari / Politecnico di Bari
2 InResLab scarl
3 Ali6 Srl
4 CRAN - Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy

Despite the recent growing interest in the " factory smartness " , still there are few small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that adopt effective I4.0 solutions. The main reasons can be related to the lack of formalized processes, lack of ICT knowledge as well as low-cost commercial systems. To cope with these issues, this work focuses on the development and the application of an approach to provide SMEs with a multipurpose , modular, knowledge-based system: the main aim is to provide a modular and extensible system that can be incrementally implemented without requiring a huge initial investments. This system is based on a core design-knowledge metamodel. From this core metamodel, multi-purposes modules can be built: in this paper, we present modules for the traceability support, the AR-powered assembly support, the machine-to-machine control and the data analysis support.

Mots clés: knowledge-based systems; Industry 40; SME; multi-purpose systems; modular systems

Domaines: Ingénierie assistée par ordinateur

Michele Dassisti, Antonio Giovannini, Pasquale Merla, Michela Chimienti, Hervé Panetto. An approach to support I4.0 adoption in SMEs: a core-metamodel and applications. 16th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, INCOM 2018, Jun 2018, Bergamo, Italy. pp.42-47, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.232⟩. ⟨hal-01813389⟩