Abstract
Currently, Industry 4.0 is word of mouth, and its implementation has gained increased attention from industrial and academic researchers, entrepreneurs, and service providers all over the world. With Industry 4.0, the integration of facilities and products enables real-time data exchange, and the overall production system becomes self-reliant and intelligent to predict and maintain its operational performance. In this research, the lab-scale implementation of Industry 4.0 is implemented for an automatic yogurt filling production system. A mathematical model for the process optimization of Industry 4.0 was also developed. A real-life problem was solved optimally using linear programming techniques with the objective of maximizing the speed of the conveyor belt. Moreover, the sequencing of processing orders using single-dimensional rules was performed. The effects of changes in the feed rate of the yogurt valve and length of the conveyor belt on the feed rate of the flavor valve, speed of conveyor belt, waiting time, processing times, and the different performance measures were investigated at the end.
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This was an interesting study as a team of researchers of the Department of Industrial Engineering were working on the yogurt filling machine directly, and it was a convenient sample for data collection and finding the results of the model developed
The speed of the conveyor belt, the feed rate of the flavor valve, the waiting and processing times, and all three performance measures depend on the feed rate of the yogurt valve
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Industry 4.0 focuses on replacing or improving the existing structure of industries with advanced digital equipment so that all the components can exchange data with each other and coordinate with other devices uninterruptedly. By keeping this in view, Industry 4.0 can be interpreted as the digital integration of machines, work pieces, systems, and complete infrastructure through which intelligent networks could be developed along the entire value chain. Considering the core concepts of Industry 4.0, this research took place at the Laboratory of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Industrial
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