Omron updates its i-BELT Data Management Platform

Source: OMRON. Collage of images representing data and manufacturing sites.
Source: OMRON. The i-DMP processes and analyses data from production sites.

OMRON has upgraded its i-BELT Data Management Platform (DMP), which comes with the i-BELT  manufacturing site data management service. The refreshed platform provides manufacturers with quicker access to the i-BELT service and the ability to introduce new capabilities.

The i-BELT service addresses gaps in using field data to improve productivity and product quality, for instance with attaining carbon neutrality. According to OMRON, many manufacturers have said: “We’ve visualised the energy data, but we don’t know where to start to seek solutions. We
also find it difficult to connect data-gathering software and devices to existing systems.”

The i-DMP now allows manufacturers can now integrate energy data and productivity data to produce an indicator for energy productivity.

OMRON is making use of the i-DMP at OMRON Kyoto Taiyo Company, where it is deployed at a factory that employs persons with disabilities. The i-DMP gathers data on manual labour as well
as equipment data to monitor the status of each worker in real time. This has led to productivity increases of 11%. The new i-DMP also takes an eighth* of the time that its predecessor used to build a system.

I-DMP features include:

Interoperability

Connects to diverse networks, relational databases, and factory automation devices. Gathers data from across the manufacturing floor, including from existing systems and programmable logic controllers (PLCs), at the edge, in real time. 

- Supported communication protocols: OPC-UA, Ethernet/IP, PROFINET, Edgecross**

- Relational databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server

- Control devices: A diverse range of code readers, industrial cameras, and particle sensors 

Helps to visualise manufacturing floors in real time

When used in combination with more than 50 titles of management software and their connected components, which incorporate knowledge OMRON has garnered on-site, the i-DMP visualises data gathered from the edge to monitor changes in on-site conditions with respect to parameters such as product/process, standard/actual human-hours, and variances in human work. The system may be used to improve a worker’s flow, action, and/or operations, for example. 

Identifies gaps in automation 

Over 250 artificial intelligence-driven applications have been created for the i-DMP in line with OMRON’s innovation goals, enabling the i-DMP to identify areas that need automation. It also sends feedback to controllers.

The i-DMP is currently offered as an add-on to the i-BELT service, but will soon be available from OMRON's partner businesses.

*One-eighth as calculated by OMRON from data gathered at OMRON Kyoto Taiyo Company. Internal evaluation results as of June 2021.

**Edgecross is an open software platform for edge computing that integrates factory automation and IT to create an open Internet of Things.

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