Digital Transformation in Practice : Learning from IIC Deployments
Business : Smart mold is an AI platform service that helps molding businesses reduce their defect costs and improve productivity . The service includes several machines and IIoT devices connected to the architecture , based on domestic and international standards . The platform contributes to digital transformation by impacting the molding business , customers , and the business model .
Technology : The data standards of various injection machine companies , OPC UA and IoT devices are used in the test drive . It also largely follows IIC ’ s “ Industrial Internet Analytics Framework ”, 8 which facilitates easier evaluation , and systematic and effective resolution of stakeholder concerns . The test drive has its own solution to validate the quality of the data .
Trustworthiness : Only trusted enterprises can join the smart mold platform . All injection machine data is stored in the data center and internal servers located at the service provider . To ensure that the data is trustworthy , the test drive tests the validity of the data by checking the completeness and uniqueness of the primary variables . If and only if the quality of the data meets the standard , AI service is provided .
Data center / edge : All AI solutions including predictive machine learning models and deep learning models are operated at the data center . This enables users to train and test the models quickly . Users can check the status of the developed AI services through the edge computer installed at the factory .
Data security : Inter X has its own physical servers where user ’ s data is securely stored . The company also partners with several local computer antivirus software companies such as V3 .
AI & analytics : The test drive has its own AI library where the library contains various machine learning and deep learning models that could be easily tested .
Human-machine interface : Since the AI models can make mistakes , the test drive has a tablet PC near the injection machine where the user can update the model if the suggested result is not correct . By updating the model , the accuracy of the overall AI will increase .
Data sharing : The test drive prohibits data sharing among platform users for data security purposes , but it does allow transferring learning within the factory . A developed AI model on an injection machine could be transferred to other injection machine . This is useful when the amount of the training data from new injection machine is not enough to make the model .
IIoT : Smart mold included four temperature sensors and two pressure sensors .
November 2021