EMPOWER AN IOT MACHINE’S MONITORING PLATFORMS WITH AUGMENTED REALITY

NOWADAYS ALL MODERN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS INCLUDE ONLINE MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEMS. AS IOT (OR INDUSTRY 4.0) TOOLS ARE EVOLVING THEY REPRESENT A GOOD ALTERNATIVE FOR TRADITIONAL MONITORING PLATFORMS. EVEN FOR A SMALL PRODUCTION PLANT A COMPLETE MONITORING SYSTEMS HELD A LOT OF DATA WHICH USUALLY IS DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. IN THIS PAPER, WE PRESENT A METHOD OF USING AUGMENTED REALITY TO EASILY DISPLAY ONLY RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT EACH MACHINE IN A USER -FRIENDLY INTERFACE. AUGMENTED REALITY CAN COMBINE REAL WORD DATA WITH COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES OR DATA. THE INTERFACE CONTENT IS SELECTED BASE ON THE USER TYPE AND THE MACHINE ID FROM AN IOT THINGWORKX MONITORING PLATFORM. THINGWORX STUDIO WILL BE USED TO AUGMENT DATA VALUES ON THE MACHINE (ONSITE) FOR OPERATORS, OR TO SHOW A SERVICE SEQUENCE FOR A M AINTENANCE TECHNICIAN OR EVEN TO AUGMENT THE 3D MODEL OF THE MACHINE OFFSITE WITH THE SENSOR VALUES LIVE FROM THE REAL MACHINE FOR A SUPERVISOR. TO IMPROVE THE INDUSTRIAL MONITORING SYSTEM FURTHERMORE CONTROL CAPABILITIES CAN BE ADDED SO THAT ENGINEER, OP ERATORS, AND SUPERVISOR CAN TAKE RESPONSIVE ACTIONS OFF SITE BASED ON MONITORING DATA.

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