INDUSTRY 4.0: A REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATION AND DIGITALIZATION IN AN INDUSTRY

Abstract

This study aims to design an automated system in an industry which minimize the manual error, customer complaints,
and quality and productivity issues and also for designing a paperless environment by reducing deforestation. Nearly 4 billion
tress were cut each year for making papers. The industry nearly uses around 300 papers a day to record data as documents. To
improve the quality and increase the productivity and make an eco-friendly environment, the industries are looking for
advancement in technology. This brings a giant leap to industry 4.0 which includes automation and digitalization. The
production lines may face manual error and customer complaints. Itcan be rectified by introducing automatic packaging system.
Another issue in automation is that the time is increased which affects the production of products. Itcan be solved by
implementing cycle time reduction that increases the productivity and reduces the production time. These are done by using
programmable logic controller (PLC)Rexroth L40, RS 232 cable for communication and sensors. The machines are periodically
monitored by various verification sheets and are documentedto ensure the quality. In digitalization, the documents are
replaced by applications using SQL database, Visual Studio 2010 in ASP.NET platform.