Automatic Data Representation Analysis for Reconfigurable Systems Integration

Digital factory modelling based on virtual design and simulation has emerged as part of the mainstream activities geared manufacturing digitalisation and Industry 4.0. Some commercial product and manufacturing process modelling tools are currently integrated via semantic modelling technologies to match product with required processes and resources to achieve production requirements such as volume, cost etc. Despite these achievements, product design is still dependent on the knowledge of designers and do not benefit from existing process and resource knowledge, which are in separate domains. This paper therefore presents an integration method based on semantic technologies and PPR ontologies to reuse existing process and resource knowledge and automatically map it with product attributes and production requirements. The approach will help in improving efficiency of the response to frequently changing products and production requirements.