Intelligent Predictive Maintenance IPdM System Industry 4.0 Scenario
Industry 4.0 is a collective term for technologies and concepts of value chain organization. Based on the technological concepts of Radio Identification (RFID) Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) the Internet of Things (IoT) Internet of Services (IoS) and Data Mining (DM) it facilitates the vision of the Smart Factory. Within the modular structured Smart Factories of Industry 4.0, CPS monitor physical objects and processes to create a virtual copy of the physical world and make decentralized controls and decisions. Over the Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Systems communicate and cooperate with each other and humans in real time. Via the Data Mining and Internet of Services, both internal and cross organizational services are offered and utilized by participants of the value chain. Although Industry 4.0 is currently a top priority for many industries, research institutes, and universities, a generally accepted definition of the term does not exist. This paper provides a definition of Industry 4.0 and identifies some main principles for implementation. In order to clearly understand what Industry 4.0 looks like, we will show an Intelligent Predictive Maintenance (IPdM) system for reaching Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM)