Smart manufacturing analytics application for semi-continuous manufacturing process – a use case

Abstract

This paper presents a smart manufacturing analytics application for semi-continuous manufacturing process with a use case, and provides some ideas for widespread implementation of such applications. With the concurrent efforts in process modelling, data collection and online process control, process performance has been continually improving over the years. In a modern production canter, there are hundreds of sensors continuously collecting process information along with the product quality information available post-process. These data contain vital process insights yet organization, filtering and contextualization challenges prohibit the widespread use of the data to gain valuable insights about the process. This paper presents such a use case by discussing required elements for a complete advanced analytic application with examples. The paper concludes with thoughts on wide-spread deployment of such techniques