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Mtconnect Challenge: Machine Monitoring & Big Data
Mtconnect Challenge: Machine Monitoring & Big Data
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Prepared by B. Blomquist
763-263-5306
Bill.blomquist@remmele.com
May - 2013
Machine Monitoring & Big Data Page 1
1.0 Abstract
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the capability of MTConnect and Big Data analysis to
conduct shop floor machine monitoring and analysis, accurately and inexpensively. The availability
of collecting machine data via the MTConnect protocol, visual data acquired by cameras and from
multiple business systems will enable accurate analysis of machine utilization and shop floor
efficiency. Current shop floor machine data collection struggles with finding out why the machine is
not running from a plethora of diverse reasons. The conflict resides in requiring the machine
operator to manually input the reason for why the machine is not running. When the data used for
analysis is dependent of manual input, the resulting report is compromised and cannot be trusted for
production decisions. Shop managers want to know the foremost reason why the machine is not
running and implement a fix. An application which executes unobtrusively and reports accurate
analysis is of high value.
All the technical requirements needed to realize this application can be met at this time.
Visual data will need to be analyzed with vision algorithms
There are multiple existing visual data analytical engines.
(ref. Sight Machine)
A secure cloud server infrastructure will be needed to store very large amounts of scalable data.
There are multiple existing cloud infrastructures
Amazon cloud services
Microsoft Azure services
The ‘Big Data’ backend engine will execute on a cloud based infrastructure to maximize processing
power scalability.
There are existing examples of ‘Big Data’ analytical applications in use.
(ref. IBM Big data development platform)
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4.0 Benefits
The application will provide multiple benefits:
Accurate reasons for machine/device downtime
Accurate reasons for machine /device uptime
Unobtrusive- No required production personnel input required
Ability to see if process improvement is working or not
Ability to analyze manufacturing problems in a detailed holistic view
Ability to prove actual part process mapping (receipt of process)
Ability to provide process simulation software ‘current state’ of process