According to certain aspect of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method may be used for manufacturing monitoring using internet connected devices. The method may include receiving time series data from one or more sensors located at a manufacturing location and receiving environmental data from the one or more sensors located at a manufacturing location. Additionally, the method may include receiving quality data of one or more components produced at the manufacturing location and receiving production data of the one or more components produced at the manufacturing location. Additionally, the method may include associating the time series data and the environmental data with the quality data and production data of the one or more components produced at the manufacturing location; and displaying the associated time series data, environmental data, quality data and production data on a user device.

Systems and methods for generating an SOP object and executing the SOP object is described herein. The SOP object may include (a) a first element corresponding to a description for performing one or more steps of an SOP when monitoring or controlling a process plant, (b) a second element corresponding to a link to process control data associated with a first process control element included in an operating environment of the process plant to receive real-time data corresponding to a process being controlled in the process plant; and (c) a layout defining a visual representation of the first element and the second element.

An abnormality in a process is grasped and a clue for determining a cause is obtained quickly. A process management device includes: a monitoring data acquisition means, a process capability index calculation means, a process capability index transition curve calculation means, a separation determination means, a change information acquisition means, and a target change information output means. The process capability index transition curve calculation means calculates a process capability index transition curve. The separation determination means calculates a separation between a process capability index and the process capability index transition curve, and determines that the separation is abnormal when the separation is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold. The change information acquisition means acquires, when the separation is abnormal, change information representing a change regarding a process in a period from a time when an abnormality is detected to a predetermined time before the time.

In a method for simulation of operation/component states of a plant, process data of the plant components are measured and recorded, including associated uncertainties of the process data. Subsequently, the process data including the associated uncertainties are subjected to a validation to produce validated process data. Based on the validated process data, component characteristics with uncertainty values in accordance with the validated process data are determined. The method can be used in a power plant.

A distributed automation control system includes a network for connecting members of the system to a central server for communication between the members and the central server. The members can include a device controlled by a microcontroller in communication with the network, a mobile object digitized to communicate with the central server via the network, and a facility component in communication with the central server. A member can be assigned to one or more groups of members for group learning and for generating a group heartbeat. Each member defines a safety volume which is monitored by the central server. When the safety volume of one member overlaps the safety volume of another member, the central server initiates a responsive action which can include ceasing the operation of at least one of the members.

A system for estimating an abnormality includes an industrial device that controls one or more jigs such that the one or more jigs press an object to perform a work process, and processing circuitry that acquires operation data that is related to an operation of the industrial device and is measured at multiple time points after the object is pressed by the one or more jigs, and perform an estimation estimating an abnormality based on the operation data acquired.

A method and computer program product for monitoring one or more processes occurring during a first portion of a multi-portion recipe being executed on a processing device to obtain data concerning at least of portion of the one or more processes. At least a portion of the data is stored. The availability of the at least a portion of the data is enabled to one or more processes occurring during a second portion of the multi-portion recipe.

Apparatus, systems, and/or methods are disclosed relating to welding systems that monitor welds performed by an operator. In some examples, the welding system monitors one or more welds performed using a welding tool, evaluates characteristics of the one or more welds in comparison to certain predetermined criteria, and determines a performance score for the operator based on the evaluation. In some examples, the characteristics of the one or more welds include the location of each of the one or more welds and/or the order in which the one or more welds are executed. In such an example, the predetermined criteria may include target locations for each of the one or more welds and/or a target order of execution. In some examples, the welding system may respond to deviations from the target locations and/or target order, such as by reducing a performance score, disabling weld operations, providing guidance to the operator.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method and device of detecting fault in production, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: determining whether a plurality of production paths in a production line are faultless in one or more production batches, based on production record data; and determining at least one of the plurality of production paths to be faulty, at least partially based on whether the plurality of production paths are faultless in the one or more production batches.

A system for controlling at least one machine which is assigned an individual machine language including defined command variables, the machine undergoing a change of state in the course of the control, having a control module which is designed to transform command variables of an interaction language into corresponding command variables of an individual machine language depending of the type of machine and/or the machine language assigned thereto.