futureTEX - iTEXFer: Developing networked manufacturing systems and value-added stages within the factory life cycle in the textile industry

Short description of the project

Customers' demand for increasingly customisable products is putting producers under increasing pressure. Due to short product life cycles, small batch sizes and simultaneously increasing variant diversity, horizontal and vertical value chains are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to manage. With continuous digitalisation and automation, the use of resources along the textile value chain can be increased. The aim of the project is to develop a textile-specific, expandable Industry 4.0 construction kit consisting of software, methods and mechanical-electronic components

Project objectives

• Translation of data to generate design data and machine settings from customer requirements
• Interpretation of data to generate intelligent maintenance forecasts
  
• Orchestrating data sources to plan and execute production more efficiently
• Linking assets to reduce manual activities through automated, mechatronic systems

Project outcome

• Generation of hierarchical OPC UA server structures based on AutomationML models
• Development of a system for easy use of Complex Event Processing in the automation environment
• Development of a service platform to provide and retrieve services for the textile environment
• Facilitating the connection of dynamically changeable OPC UA structures to third-party systems