Rapid development, testing and validation of large-scale wireless sensor networks
Name of demonstration
Rapid development, testing and validation of large-scale wireless sensor networks
Main objective
Showcase infrastructure as a service to help in factory digitalization process introducing predictive maintenance to non-digitalized factory.
Short description
The demonstrator showcases a factory digitalization solution bringing predictive maintenance to the non-digitalized factory while minimizing the costs and factory downtime by using infrastructure as a service approach. Using the infrastructure as a service the sensors necessary for predictive maintenance can be seamlessly integrated and validated in the factory. We are using the EDI WSN/IoT TestBed as infrastructure as service which provides the ability of large-scale sensor network deployment and additional debug features such as energy consumption monitoring etc.
Owner of the demonstrator
Institute of Electronics and Computer Science
Responsible person
Researcher Janis Judvaitis, https://www.edi.lv/en/team/janis-judvaitis_eng/
NACE
J61.2 - Wireless telecommunications activities
Keywords
IoT, Factory digitalization, Predictive maintenance, Infrastructure as service.
Potential users
Tech integrators, WSN/IoT R&D companies
Benefits for the users
Reduced cost: no need to buy expensive equipment etc.
Faster implementation: infrastructure as a service provides barebone technical implementation and software management tools leaving mostly business logic to be implemented.
The flexibility of experimentation for validation and finetuning: since no equipment is purchased this provides the factory management with complete information before making an investment and purchasing the digitalized solution as a standalone.
Minimal factory downtime: the installation of infrastructure does not require the installation of new wires, etc.
Innovation
In the factory not yet digitized, the complexity and cost of undergoing the digitization process is quite cumbersome. In the traditional way, this requires the acquisition of new equipment supporting the digitalized features leading to high costs in equipment purchase, human resource re-training with the new equipment and lost revenue due to downtime of factory while the upgrade process is undergoing.
The proposed solution tries to provide an alternative route of introducing digitalization in the factory still running the original equipment, thus completely avoiding all the previously mentioned downsides of factory digitalization.
Risks and limitations
Precise data: one of the main risks is the possibility to acquire precise enough data from external sensors about the state of the machinery used, thus limiting, or completely negating the possibility of predictive maintenance from the sensor data gathered. On the other hand, this solution allows validating this without making huge investments in infrastructure.
Technology readiness level
4 – Component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment
Sectors of application
Manufacturing.
Potential sectors of application
Manufacturing
Hardware / Software
Hardware:
WSN/IoT TestBed
WiFi
Software:
EDI WSN/IoT TestBed
Trainings
Under development
Photos
Trainings
To learn more about the solution, click on the link below to access the training on the Moodle platform
Rapid development, testing and validation of large scale wireless sensor networks for production environment