TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of the Impact of Wireless Communication in Production via Factory Digital Twins
AU - Mogensen, Rasmus Suhr
AU - Rodriguez, Ignacio
AU - Schou, Casper
AU - Mortensen, Steffen
AU - Sørensen, Michael
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - This paper investigates the impact of wireless communication in manufacturing systems. By using a digital twin representation of a real production line, a production throughput evaluation is performed for various configurations considering different wireless control communication schemes over Wi-Fi, 4G LTE and 5G NR. The results show that operating the manufacturing execution system (MES) over wireless instead of Ethernet will minimally impact production, as the production throughput will not be degraded for lines containing slow stations; or will only degrade by a maximum of 0.41% during one month of continuous production in the case of fast lines involving quick stations.
AB - This paper investigates the impact of wireless communication in manufacturing systems. By using a digital twin representation of a real production line, a production throughput evaluation is performed for various configurations considering different wireless control communication schemes over Wi-Fi, 4G LTE and 5G NR. The results show that operating the manufacturing execution system (MES) over wireless instead of Ethernet will minimally impact production, as the production throughput will not be degraded for lines containing slow stations; or will only degrade by a maximum of 0.41% during one month of continuous production in the case of fast lines involving quick stations.
KW - wireless technologies
KW - production performance
KW - digital twin
KW - production line
KW - manufacturing execution system
KW - 5G
KW - Wi-Fi
KW - smart production
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - wireless performance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mfglet.2021.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.mfglet.2021.01.006
M3 - Letter
SN - 2213-8463
VL - 28
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Manufacturing Letters
JF - Manufacturing Letters
ER -