articleIEEE AccessDec 14, 2017GOLD OA

Smart Factory of Industry 4.0: Key Technologies, Application Case, and Challenges

South China University of Technology · Nanjing Agricultural University · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

Due to the current structure of digital factory, it is necessary to build the smart factory to upgrade the manufacturing industry. Smart factory adopts the combination of physical technology and cyber technology and deeply integrates previously independent discrete systems making the involved technologies more complex and precise than they are now. In this paper, a hierarchical architecture of the smart factory was proposed first, and then the key technologies were analyzed from the aspects of the physical resource layer, the network layer, and the data application layer. In addition, we discussed the major issues and potential solutions to key emerging technologies, such as Internet of Things (IoT), big data,…

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Keywords
  • Factory (object-oriented programming)
  • Industry 4.0
  • Key (lock)
  • Computer science
  • Upgrade
  • Cloud computing
  • Cyber-physical system
  • Cloud manufacturing
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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