Service-oriented architecture and cloud manufacturing

Abstract

This paper deals with service oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud technologies in the industry. SOA and cloud technologies have considerable potential to improve industrial production and control. This paper analyzes those systems and proposes an architecture for device integration, data acquisition, data processing and remote control. We designed and implemented SOA for industrial technological routers, allowing device integration in the designed architecture and cloud interoperability. We used a private cloud and designed atomic and composite services. These services empower the architecture with data acquisition, processing and data analytics. The architecture offers a solution for connecting to an industrial network with a remote HMI client and a cloud MES application. We used greenhouse and assembly lines models, a PLC, an eWON, an eFive, a private cloud (Windows Azure Pack), Android, Windows tablet applications, smartphones and desktop computers. We designed and implemented a multi-tenant cloud architecture. In our experiments, we verified our architecture in two simulated plant divisions. Each of them has their own implementation. Our architecture offers better interactivity with suppliers, cooperation with internal systems and can be easily adapted to other extensions of the processes of a plant.