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IMSA (Intelligent Manufacturing System Architecture)

Connections to other Concepts

Short Description

  • Reference architecture model for digitalized production
  • Enables various concepts in Industrie 4.0 to be systematically classified and further developed.
  • All assets in the digital factory can be clearly mapped.

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The IMSA model covers three dimensions: "lifecycle", "system hierarchy" and "intelligent functions".

The "lifecycle" dimension refers to activities in value creation, starting from product prototypes and ending at product recycling and remanufacturing. This dimension is subdivided in the following elements (ordered from the beginning of the product lifecycle towards the end): - Design (research and development activities towards the product) - Manufacture (the product is created) - Logistics (the product is transported to its destination) - Sale (the product is transferred from the manufacturer's enterprise to a client) - Service (activities and results generated during the communication between service providers and clients, e.g. recycling)

The "system hierarchy" dimension represents the organizational structure of the enterprises related with the products. It is subdivided in: - Equipment (realization, perception and actuation with regards to control of the physical process) - Control (information processing, monitoring and control of the physical process) - Workshop (structuring of manufacturing and management in the factory/workshop) - Enterprise (structuring of effective enterprise management) - Cooperation (interconnection and sharing of internal and external information by the enterprise)

The dimension "intelligent functions" focuses on aspects in communication technology. They aim to achieve self-sensing, self-learning, self-decision, self-execution and self-adaptation. This dimension is subdivided in: - Resources Elements (digital process during the manufacturing process) - System Integration (integration of intelligent equipment within the production unit or line, the workshop, factory and/or manufacturing system) - Interconnection (connections between equipment and control systems through communication technologies) - Information Fusion (achieve collaborative information, e.g. with cloud computing, big data) - New Business Pattern (perform value chain integration between enterprises)

Facts and Figures

  • First release Dec 30, 2015

Stakeholders

  • Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
  • China Electronics Standardization Institute

Use Cases

  • Central guidance for intelligent manufacturing
  • Seamless integration of the onsite data

Industry Sectors

  • Manufacturing
  • Automation
  • Energy
  • IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things)

International Distribution

Sources

  • https://www.plattform-i40.de/IP/Redaktion/EN/Downloads/Publikation/hm-2018-manufacturing.html
  • Wei, Sha, et al. "The essential elements of intelligent manufacturing system architecture." 2017 13th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE). IEEE, 2017.