Advanced Smart Flexible Assembly Training System (AA700.000.01)

Industry 4.0 is a meaningful term that includes technologies and concepts of value chain organization. On its foundation lays the latest technological concepts such as Cyber - Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Services (IoS) thus facilitating the vision of a Future Digitalized Factory.

Decentralized decision-capable Cyber-Physical Systems monitor the physical processes and create a virtual copy of the physical world that is analyzed in real-time to provide support for the decision - making process.

The real - time connection between various CPSs and humans is ensured over the Internet of Things. Internal and external services can be offered and used by participants of the value chain organizations over the Internet of Services.

Asti Automation has been committed to developing a flexible and comprehensive automation solution based on the latest Industry 4.0 concepts. The Flexible Assembly Line for Future Digitalized Factory has been designed to meet the highest standards imposed by the 4th industrial revolution: ​

• Modularity​;
• Real-Time Capability​;
• Decentralization​;
• Interoperability​;
• Virtualization​;
• Service Orientation​.

The assembly line comprises of modular assembly stations and the transport system.​

The assembly line area:

The production and the assembly of the work pieces demand requirements on production in accordance with the industrial revolution Industry 4.0. To meet these requirements, the system includes:

• modularity;
• RFID technology;
• standard communication interfaces;
• service-oriented program architecture;
• mobility​.

The transport area:

An intelligent flow of the work pieces and networked processes are important facts for Industry 4.0. The training system offers a versatile training and research platform for a great range of logistical goals:

• RFID technology;
• automatic warehouse;
• service-oriented program architecture;
• production stores;
• pallet transfer system;
• autonomous transport robot;
• MES/ERP.