INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY TO ACCESS THE MANUFACTURING PLANT VIA REMOTE ACCESS SYSTEM - A PART OF INDUSTRY 4.0

Abstract

During Covid-19 many manufacturing industries had to stop production operations and close the plant for someday as there was a lockdown and people were not allowed to go out. Meanwhile, the IT sector and some other industries are growing very fast. The reason is that they have the facility of Work from Home. Why shouldn't the manufacturing industry have such a system through which production operations can be monitored and controlled from home? Remote Access System is such technology through which manufacturing operations can be monitored and controlled remotely from any part of the world. This is formed by integrating the existing technology such as SCADA, microcontroller, OPC server, Internet, Sensor, and Actuator. The simulation model of the Remote Access System is designed on Proteus and Wonderware Intouch to demonstrate its possibility and how it will work. The SCADA model of the manufacturing plant which is designed in Intouch successfully communicated with the Arduino model of Proteus. Operators with Desktop remote connection software get access to HMI and control the operation which is designed in the simulation model. The simulation model shows a latency of 326 milliseconds which shows the requirement of a fast data transmission network with proper protocol for the industrial device. From this study, we conclude that the Remote Access system is possible but it will not be effective until the infrastructure of IIoT is developed. Remote Access System is a part of Industry 4.0 as in this model of the industry every device is connected with the central controlling unit which can monitor and control them. Much research is carried out under Industry 4.0 which will develop infrastructure for IIoT and make the Remote Access system effective.