Significance of sensors for industry 4.0: Roles, capabilities, and applications
Mohd Javaid,Abid Haleem,Ravi Pratap Singh,Shanay Rab,Rajiv Suman +4 more
- Vol. 2, pp 100110
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
Sensors are vital components of Industry 4.0, allowing several transitions such as changes in positions, length, height, external and dislocations in industrial production facilities to be detected, measured, analysed, and processed.Abstract:
Sensors play a crucial role in factory automation in making the system intellectual. Different types of sensors are available as per the suitability and applications; some of them are produced in mass and available in the market at affordable costs. The standard sensor types available are position sensors, pressure sensors, flow sensors, temperature sensors, and force sensors. They are used in many sectors, such as motorsport, medical, industry, aerospace, agriculture, and daily life. The objective of Industry 4.0 is to increase efficiency through automation. Sensors are vital components of Industry 4.0, allowing several transitions such as changes in positions, length, height, external and dislocations in industrial production facilities to be detected, measured, analysed, and processed. Smart factories will also enhance sustainability by tracking real-time output, and automated control systems will minimise potential factory maintenance costs. It can also be seen that digitalisation can improve production mobility, which gives advanced manufacturing firms a competitive advantage. This paper discusses sensors and their various types, along with significant capabilities for manufacturing. The step-by-step working Blocks and Quality Services of Sensors during implementation in Industry 4.0 are elaborated diagrammatically. Finally, we identified thirteen significant applications of sensors for Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 provides an excellent opportunity for the development of the sensor market across the globe. In Industry 4.0, sensors will enjoy higher acceptance rates and benefit from a fully enabled connecting and data exchange and logistics integration. In the coming years, sensor installations may grow in process management, automated production lines, and digital supply chains.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Polypyrrole-based sensors for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) sensing and capturing: A comprehensive review
Mohammad Raza Miah,Minghui Yang,Shahjalal Khandaker,M. Mahbubul Bashar,Abdulmohsen Khalaf Dhahi Alsukaibi,Hassan M.A. Hassan,Hussein Tawfiq Znad,Md. Rabiul Awual +7 more
TL;DR: A recent overview of progress in polypyrrole-based advanced sensing devices can be found in this paper , where the challenges and future development of various sensing devices are systematically discussed and the current understanding and performance evaluation of gas sensing mechanisms in PPy-based sensors are discussed theoretically and experimentally.
Journal ArticleDOI
Industrial perspectives of 3D scanning: Features, roles and it's analytical applications
TL;DR: 3D scanning is helpful for reverse engineering, analysis, designing and measuring complex curved surfaces, education, architecture, survey, healthcare, quality monitoring, prototyping, development of industrial tools and many more, and this technology uses advanced software for accurate measurement, storage and analysis, which helps increase the process's flexibility and reliability.
Journal ArticleDOI
Exploring the potential of nanosensors: A brief overview
TL;DR: The present review work may be a basis for future research work to find a consolidated report on the potential of various nanosensors and their associated varieties, along with advancements.
Journal ArticleDOI
Upgrading the manufacturing sector via applications of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the technologies that underpin it, and the primary benefits and features of IIoT in manufacturing are discussed in detail.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
A Cyber-Physical Systems architecture for Industry 4.0-based manufacturing systems
TL;DR: A unified 5-level architecture is proposed as a guideline for implementation of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), within which information from all related perspectives is closely monitored and synchronized between the physical factory floor and the cyber computational space.
Journal ArticleDOI
Metal oxide gas sensors: Sensitivity and influencing factors
TL;DR: A brief review of changes of sensitivity of conductometric semiconducting metal oxide gas sensors due to the five factors: chemical components, surface-modification and microstructures of sensing layers, temperature and humidity.
Journal ArticleDOI
Intelligent Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Review
TL;DR: This paper provides a comprehensive review of associated topics such as intelligent manufacturing, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled manufacturing, and cloud manufacturing and describes worldwide movements in intelligent manufacturing.
Journal ArticleDOI
Humidity Sensors: A Review of Materials and Mechanisms
TL;DR: In this article, the electrical properties of humidity sensors such as sensitivity, response time, and stability have been described in details for various materials and a considerable part of the review is focused on the sensing mechanisms.
Journal ArticleDOI
Towards smart factory for industry 4.0
TL;DR: A smart factory framework that incorporates industrial network, cloud, and supervisory control terminals with smart shop-floor objects such as machines, conveyers, and products is presented and an intelligent negotiation mechanism for agents to cooperate with each other is proposed.