METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION IN PRODUCTION LINE WITH FUTURE STATUS PREDICTION AND LOAD BALANCING
Methods and systems for data collection in production lines with future status prediction and load balancing are disclosed. A monitoring system can include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values; a data analysis circuit structured to analyze a subset of the plurality of detection values to determine a future status of a component or the production process of the production line, wherein the future status includes at least one of: a future state of the at least one of the plurality of components, a future condition of the at least one of the plurality of components, or a future stage of the production process, and an analysis response circuit structured to perform an action in response to the determination of the future status, wherein the action includes rebalancing process loads.
1 . A monitoring system for data collection in an industrial production line, the system comprising:
a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to input received from a detection package, the detection package comprising at least one of a plurality of input sensors, wherein each of the plurality of input sensors is operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of components or a production process of the industrial production line;
a data analysis circuit structured to analyze a subset of the plurality of detection values to determine a future status of at least one of the plurality of components or the production process of the industrial production line, wherein the future status of the at least one of the plurality of components or the production process comprises at least one of: a future state of the at least one of the plurality of components, a future condition of the at least one of the plurality of components, or a future stage of the production process; and
an analysis response circuit structured to perform an action in response to the determination of the future status, wherein the action comprises rebalancing process loads.
2 . The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein rebalancing process loads further comprises rebalancing process loads between at least some of the plurality of components to achieve at least one of: extending a life of one of the plurality of components and facilitating maintenance on one of the plurality of components.
3 . The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the action further comprises facilitating maintenance on at least one of the plurality of components.
4 . The monitoring system of claim 3 , wherein facilitating maintenance comprises facilitating maintenance to achieve at least one of:
extending a maintenance interval of one of the plurality of components;
synchronizing a first maintenance interval of a first one of the plurality of components with a second maintenance interval of a second one of the plurality of components;
differentiating a first maintenance interval of a first one of the plurality of components from a second maintenance interval of a second one of the plurality of components; and
aligning a maintenance interval of one of the plurality of components with an external reference time.
5 . The monitoring system of claim 4 , wherein the external reference time includes at least one of: a planned shutdown time for the production process of the industrial production line, a time that is past an expected completion time of the production process of the industrial production line, and a scheduled maintenance time for the one of the plurality of components.
6 . The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the future status is a future state of the at least one component, and the future state of the at least one component is based on a time parameter.
7 . The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the future status is a future state of the at least one component, and the future state of the at least one component is based on a state of the production process.
8 . The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the future status is a future state of the at least one component, and the future state of the at least one component is based on a predetermined predicted value.
9 . A monitoring system for data collection in an industrial production line, the system comprising:
a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein the data collector collects data from the plurality of input channels based on a selected data collection routine, wherein each input channel is connected to a monitoring point from which data is collected, wherein the collected data provides a plurality of detection values including detection values for a component of a plurality of components associated with a production process of the industrial production line;
a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data that corresponds to the plurality of input channels, wherein the plurality of collector routes each comprise a different data collection routine;
a data acquisition and analysis circuit structured to interpret the plurality of detection values from the collected data and structured to determine a future status of the component or the production process of the industrial production line, wherein the future status of the component or the production process comprises at least one of: a future state of the component, a future condition of the component, or a future stage of the production process; and
an analysis response circuit structured to perform an action in response to the determination of the future status, wherein the action comprises rebalancing loads of the plurality of components associated with the production process.
10 . The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein rebalancing loads of the plurality of components associated with the production process further comprises rebalancing to achieve at least one of: extending a life of at least one of the plurality of components and facilitating maintenance on at least one of the plurality of components.
11 . The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein the action further comprises facilitating maintenance on at least one of the plurality of components.
12 . The monitoring system of claim 11 , wherein facilitating maintenance comprises facilitating maintenance to achieve at least one of:
extending a maintenance interval of one of the plurality of components;
synchronizing a first maintenance interval of a first one of the plurality of components with a second maintenance interval of a second one of the plurality of components;
differentiating a first maintenance interval of a first one of the plurality of components from a second maintenance interval of a second one of the plurality of components; and
aligning a maintenance interval of one of the plurality of components with an external reference time.
13 . The monitoring system of claim 12 , wherein the external reference time includes at least one of: a planned shutdown time for the production process of the industrial production line, a time that is past an expected completion time of the production process, and a scheduled maintenance time for one of the plurality of components.
14 . The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein the future status is a future state of the component, and the future state of the component is based on a time parameter.
15 . The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein the future status is a future state of the component, and the future state of the component is based on a state of the production process.
16 . The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein the future status is a future state of the component, and the future state of the component is based on a predetermined predicted value.
17 . A computer-implemented method for data collection in an industrial production line, the method comprising:
collecting data from a plurality of input channels communicatively coupled to a data collector based on a data collection routine, wherein each input channel is connected to a monitoring point from which data is collected, wherein the collected data provides a plurality of detection values including detection values for at least one of a plurality of components or a production process of the industrial production line;
analyzing the plurality of detection values from the collected data to determine a future status of at least one of the plurality of components or the production process of the industrial production line, wherein the future status of the at least one of the plurality of components or the production process comprises at least one of: a future state of the at least one of the plurality of components, a future condition of the at least one of the plurality of components, and a future stage of the production process; and
performing an action in response to the determination of the future status, wherein the action comprises rebalancing process loads.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein performing an action further comprises rebalancing the process loads between at least some of the plurality of components to achieve at least one of: extending a life of one of the plurality of components and facilitating maintenance on one of the plurality of components.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein facilitating maintenance comprises facilitating maintenance to achieve at least one of:
extending a maintenance interval of one of the plurality of components;
synchronizing a first maintenance interval of a first one of the plurality of components with a second maintenance interval of a second one of the plurality of components;
differentiating a first maintenance interval of a first one of the plurality of components from a second maintenance interval of a second one of the plurality of components; and
aligning a maintenance interval of one of the plurality of components with an external reference time.
20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the future status is a future state of the at least one component, and the future state of the at least one component is based on at least one of a time parameter, a state of the production process, or a predetermined predicted value.