INDUSTRY 4.0 - AUTOMATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF RECONFIGURATION OF PRODUCTION LINES

Abstract

In the modern world, increasing digitalization of production processes is becoming more important for industry in order to increase the competitive advantages of manufactured products. Using the example of the company "Techfom", the practical implementation of the technology of "smart production" is presented, including such components as: digitalization of the main control elements; the use of remote access to the software being developed and to the production process itself; optimization of technological systems by digital means and architecture of software and hardware microprocessors and computer systems tied into a single local area network. By using various electromechanical elements in it (sensors, input devices, tachometers), a computing platform (operating system), a "network structure", a so-called cyberphysical system was created. Examples of the use of smart manufacturing components on specific complexes of the "Techfom" robotic industrial lines are shown and further tasks in their implementation are outlined to improve its productivity and product quality.