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Abstract—One of the biggest challenges faced by the man- is not a single system but comprises of various existing
ufacturing industry is to improve productivity and process technologies such as Wireless modules, Machine2Machine
efficiency. Achieving zero downtime has been the goal of communication, sensors, PLC, cloud, and much more. IoT
manufacturers since a long time, with the advancement in IoT
making sensors inexpensive and compact with Industry 4.0 enables machine connectivity , data management, processing,
revolutionizing the complete manufacturing process, real-time and analysis which is vital for condition monitoring of
monitoring and collection of data from all necessary perspectives machines.
can be done remotely. Industries manufacturing at large scale
often find it difficult to monitor the condition of the machines
Condition Monitoring(CM) is the technique for tracking a
and manufacturing process. Downtime due to machine faults machine’s health and parameters (vibration, Current, Coolant
and operator negligence contributes to machine inefficiency. This level, temperature). To detect a major change that is sugges-
paper presents a multiple sensor-based condition and availability tive of developing failure. The major benefit tracking machine
monitoring system deployed on a CNC machine. The major steps condition in real-time is that industries can avoid unscheduled
for preventive maintenance are daily checking of lubricant level,
inspecting of vibration levels, and temperature of the motor.
downtime, implement preventive maintenance, and collect
The IoT system uses sensors measuring Vibration, Current, data for diagnostics. CM has a major advantage in that flaws
temperature, and coolant levels of CNC machines. A cloud- that may reduce the normal lifespan of parts can be fixed
based platform is created for displaying of real-time graphs before they evolve into a breakdown.
of important parameters and Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
The data collected from the machine can be used to quickly In today’s manufacturing shop floor huge losses/wastage
diagnose the problem and Availability monitoring can help to such as defects, excess processing happens in the indus-
pinpoint the cause of downtime in the process. The proposed try shop floor. This wastage maybe because of operator
system is useful for remote condition monitoring and data-based negligence, improper maintenance, and inefficient process,
decision-making process.
tooling issues, and the lack of spare parts at the correct
Index Terms—IoT, CNC Machine, Condition Monitoring,
Availability Monitoring time. Other wastage includes idle machine time, breakdown,
rejected parts, etc., This production-related wastage is having
I. I NTRODUCTION significant importance as they deal with the time, profit, and
Industry 4.0 is the digitization of manufacturing and pro- reputation of the company. The machining process can be
duction industries. The main aim of industrial 4.0 is to create monitored in real-time; these real-time data analytics will
an end to end value chain with Industrial Internet of things provide insights into any kind of error in the manufacturing
and decentralized decision making/intelligence in Manufac- process, machine, and the scheduling of operations. This will
turing. Cyber-Physical machines for the basic building block help in identifying early bottlenecks in the manufacturing
and the Internet of Things (IoT) plays a vital role in the process.
integration of Industry 4.0. In today’s competitive world for industries to be profitable,
Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) is a subset of IoT. IIoT it is of utmost importance to run the shop floor with maximum
provides insights into the manufacturing process by collecting efficiency and minimal downtime. Downtime due to machine
data from machine sensors and the integration of cloud. The failure or operator negligence disrupts production, loss of
data can be used as feedback to analyze the process thus productivity, and higher costs. A survey of executives in the
helping in accelerating productivity, reduction in unplanned manufacturing industry, most say that loss because of down-
downtime, and optimized efficiency thereby profits. IIoT itself time during production is very high with such high costs,
running at maximum efficiency is critical for an industry to by the Author and concluded that MQTT is a good option
be profitable. The combination of Condition monitoring IoT since OPC UA servers did not have proper libraries
and cloud are new systems used by the industrial sector to Alexakos et. al. [6] proposed a new method for the im-
implement smart manufacturing. plementation of IoT devices in the industrial process. The
The paper presents a novel system design of a low-cost proposed framework can efficiently collect data from the
module for condition monitoring of CNC machines using machine. When an abnormality is detected manufacturing
parameters such as Vibration, Current, Temperature, and alert automation is employed to respond to the issue. In this
operator in case of any deviation from normal. The proposed work, improvements have been made to past work by moving
system has two main modules. The first module is used to intelligence to the edge.
collect data from CNC machines and operators. The second H. S. Raju et. al. [7] proposed layered architecture. The
module is a Cloud module and it is used for the storage and cloud is used to store services, and dedicated elements
processing of data. interface with the motor system. The proposed system is
The structure of the paper as follows.After the introduction, validated on the manufacturing device. The author concluded
a literature review of the current methodology and current IoT can be used for real-time monitoring and can be operated
trends considered in this research are described in detail.The without any issues.
architecture of the proposed system is presented in the Archi- Jonathan Downey et.al [8], described the European funded
tecture Section.Then, a prototype is outlined and implemented project EU-FP 7 is based on the sensor technology, a case
to experimentally validate the proposed system. In the end, study is been carried at Schivo Precision an Ireland based
the conclusion and future scope for research are addressed. company. It was claimed that there was a huge loss due to
quality production. Out of these rejected parts, about 50%
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
were because of worn-out tools or broken tools. This case
Over the last few years, tremendous advancement has been shows that how using different sensors like Acoustics sensors,
made in the Industrial Internet. The Industrial Internet had vibration sensors, thermal sensors, force sensors were used to
one very simple but important requirement: the ability to re- monitor the tool life of that particular cutting tool.
motely track machine health and eliminating the requirement Sebastian Bombniski et.al [9] proposed a sensor fusion for
to be in near machines when diagnosing problems. These data acquisition from CNC machines in realtime, The system
early systems were simple alarm systems that would generate was validated at Schivo Precision, Waterford, Ireland. The
an alert when the machine was overheating and about to fail machine is tested with sensors and parameters (Acoustics
The complexity of manufacturing has increased and there emission, cutting force, and vibration) were measured. The
requires an innovative and inexpensive method to monitor system also implemented an image acquisition system for
machines. A lot of research has been done in this area and checking the wear on the tools after each cycle. The paper
several methods have been suggested by these investigators tested the validity in the production environment
for monitoring machines and analysis of data. X. Y. Zhang et. al. [10] developed a wireless sensor-based
Hunter Barksdale et al [1] proposed a project for elec- system for condition monitoring. Machine parameters such
trical machines with IoT. The author developed an IIoT as cutting force, power data, and actual machine parameters
for Condition-based Maintenance (CBM) of machines. Their to estimate tool life were obtained. The developed system
implementation consisted of temperature sensors and vibra- was verified via machining cases. The authors concluded that
tion sensors. Using the sensors, the data is acquired from future research can include: analyzing and calibrating the
machines and analyzed. Also examined in this research are proposed monitoring system with existing sensors and adding
monitoring of current and voltage profile of the electric more data features into the framework to improve its capacity
machines to distinguish between working and normally and for data analytics.
machine showing symptoms of a developing fault. Surojit Poddar [11] presented a study to assess the particle
Ali Restegari et al. [2] studied the use of Vibration mon- contaminants using Acoustic emission and vibration moni-
itoring of the spindle units. A pilot project was tested at a toring. The author tested various conditions with different
gearbox (for the automotive industry) company in Sweden. particle sizes and densities.
C. Lakshmi et al. [3] designed a system Feed pump The main purpose of Monitoring systems is to detect
condition monitoring using a remote webpage. The used patterns in the sensor data and internal signals acquired from
characteristics that show the robustness of the pump are tem- CNC Machines and relate them to possible failure. In the liter-
perature, vibrations, flowrate, and noise which are observed ature, many investigator have proposed a system with involves
in real-time and displayed to the user. either condition monitoring or availability monitoring but not
An experiment conducted by Elizabeth Kadiyala et al. [4] both. The major disadvantage is these systems are designed
consisted of Raspberry pi, Voltage, and Current sensor with for specific make or model of CNC machines and there is a
Zigbee protocol. The measurements were made in real-time lack of interoperability. This paper presents a prototype that
and uploaded to cloud analysis. The proposed project was is fitted to any CNC machines without a major overhaul of
used as a test best for the interfacing of sensors such as the existing machines. Thus, it is modular and low cost to
temperature, light intensity, water level. implement.
An experimental demo by Sergio M et al. [5] of a smart
box used two cases, based on the communication protocol III. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
implemented: OPC Unified Architecture and Message Queu- The rapid advancement in the manufacturing technology
ing Telemetry Transport (MQTT). Both the cases were tested and move towards the adoption of information and com-
TABLE I
L IST OF S ENSORS
Temperature Vibration
Feed Rate
Sl No. RPM
(mm/rev)
(Celcius) (rms of g)
1. 1000 0.15 33.2 0.228
2. 1500 0.2 35 0.230
3. 2000 0.2 37 0.245
4. 2500 0.2 39 0.395
5. 3000 0.2 41 0.545
V. C ONCLUSION
This work presents a cloud-based analytics framework
for the condition and availability monitoring of ma-
chines.Proposed framework includes the design IIoT hard-
ware and supporting software for monitoring the machining
process by acquiring real-time data of Machine parameters
such as Vibration, Spindle status, Clamp status, Current,
Alarm, Temperature. The hardware is developed in such a
Fig. 12. Real-time dashboard for Conition Monitoring
way that it is plug and play. This avoids major overhaul of
Legacy machines for Upgrading to IIoT. Multiple machines
on the shop floor can be fitted with the system and tracked
in real-time.
The Software developed is stored onto a central Cloud
system which does the functions of storage and analysis of
data. Users with valid credentials only can access the data.
The Integrated UI developed gives an interactive environment
to the user to monitor the key performance indicators (Overall
Equipment Effectiveness) of machines on the shop floor,
thus becoming a useful system for the process of making
Fig. 13. Vibration Sensor Data decisions based on Historical and real-time information trends
of each machine. With the manufacturing sector moving from
industry 3.0 to 4.0 it is imperative for the industries to make
use of all available technologies to minimize downtime and
maximize profit.
Further research can consider issues including implemen-
tation of Machine learning algorithm to predict faults, and
improve security of data transmission and storage.
Fig. 14 respectively. As the RPM of spindle increases the Machine learning models for predictive maintenance.
Vibration detected by the sensor also increased proportionally. • Mobile app can be developed for the supervisor and