Real Time Industrial Operator Allotment System
Real Time Industrial Operator Allotment System
Real Time Industrial Operator Allotment System
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ABSTRACT
Industries are the biggest workplace all over the world, also there are large number of peoples involves as a worker and most of them are work as a machine operator. There are many systems developed for industrial work place, some of them, monitors machine processes and some do monitoring and control of machine parameters. Such as speed, temperature, production batch count etc. However there is no such system available that provides monitoring of operator during their work is in progress at workplace. This paper proposes the monitoring of the operators and the machines, by Real time OperatoMachine Allocation and monitoring system (Omams). Omams allocates a work machine to worker at entry point itself. It uses automation with RFID and one of the standards of wireless communication method. The system can be industry specific. Through this research paper our approach is to make fair allocation of machine to the operator in industry and reduce hassle for efficiency calculations.
Keywords: Real Time Monitoring, Monitoring System, Machine Allocation, Machine Operator Allotment.
1. INTRODUCTION
The focus of proposed system is real time monitoring of operator in workshop which is necessary for any industrial management. In recent years the focus was on machine parameter monitoring; now we are trying to design a system which is beneficial to the operators and management personnel by providing them information about machine utilization.
(b) RFID
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data, for the purposes of automatically identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. The tags contain electronically stored information. Unlike a bar code, the tag does not necessarily need to be within line of sight of the reader, and may be embedded in the tracked object [1]. The radio frequency identification (RFID) is the technology similar in theory to bar code identification. With RFID, the electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the RF portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is used to transmit signals. An RFID system consists of an antenna and a transceiver, which read the radio frequency and transfer the information to a processing device, and a transponder, or tag, which is an integrated circuit containing the RF circuitry and information to be transmitted. The key differences between RFID and bar code technology are RFID eliminates the need for line-of-sight reading that bar coding depends on. Also, RFID scanning can be done at greater distances than bar code scanning. High frequency RFID systems (850 MHz to 950 MHz and 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz) offer transmission ranges of more than 90 feet, although wavelengths in the 2.4 GHz range are absorbed by water (the human body) and therefore has limitations. RFID is also called dedicated short range communication (DSRC) [2] . An RFID readers function is to interrogate RFID tags. The means of interrogation is wireless and because the distance is relatively short; line of sight between the reader and tags is not necessary. A reader contains an RF module, which acts as both a transmitter and receiver of radio frequency signals [3]. Related Works
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3. PROPOSED MODEL
Our proposed model is an attempt to solve above problems with the help of Real time industrial operator monitoring system. It uses RFID to identify the worker and automation of the system. The system will have three main components: 1. Scan-In unit 2. Central unit 3. Scan- Out unit One of the wireless standards methods can be used for connectivity between Scan-In/ Scan-Out Unit and Central Unit.
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4. METHODOLOGY
Our proposed model is divided in the following sub-module. (A) In. (B) Out. (C) Allocation Procedure. In an attempt with the Industry our proposed Model suggest the use of RFID in the employee card, which contains the code, for example A24564 is operator specific and identify the operator from whom the Code is extracted. A sample of RFID tag image is given in the following Figure 1.
Fig.1: Sample of a RFID on a Card. So the steps in above proceedings in operator view points are:(A) IN The scan in unit serves two purposes in the system; first it will recognize the authenticated workmen for the industry. Second it will deliver a note or machine number for work along with job allocation. Each employee has been given an identity card with a unique RFID.
1. Operator must produce his card at Scan-In unit to check-In. It facilitates faster scanning of employee code and avoids queuing at entry point. 2. Operator places his card in his hand near S c a n - I n u n i t to read RFID to get in. 3. A Scan-In unit reads the RFID over the card of operator and verifies it. 4. After In process the information is sent to the central unit for allotment . (B) OUT 1. Operator goes to the Scan-Out terminal and scans its RFID to get out.
2. A Scan-Out unit reads the RFID over the card of operator and verifies it. 3. After Out process the information sent to the central unit for further process.
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6. BENEFITS
1. This technology will replace the complex shift changing procedure that is often carried by the industry. 2. Induction of this technology will facilitate supervisor to allot vacant m a ch i n e oper a t or s. 3. It will enable operator to update the status of his turning up for the work. 4. After this updating, central unit will come to know about the machine of absent operator and will allot those machine waiting operator informing them by displaying or an SMS. 5. After allotting the machines to all the operators, if some machine still remains vacant then it will be reflected as available machine on the display and it could be allotted to operator which is willing to work for that machine from any of the workshop. 6. It attempts to reserve each and every machine even vacant for an hour. 7. It maintains the transparency in machine allocation and makes the shift changing process fast.
7. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
For experiment and trials, the scan in and scan out units are designed with LPC2148 ARM7TDMI processor, the central processing unit is designed in same manner. In scan and central unit, we used interfacing of GSM SIM900 module for communication between scan unit and central unit. It uses GPRS for data sharing which provides secure data sharing between these units. The scan unit is also using the RFID reader for identifying the operator and scanning operator id. SIM900 is a quad-band GSM/GPRS engine that works on frequencies GSM 850MHz, EGSM 900MHz, DCS 1800MHz and PCS 1900MHz. It gives the GPRS data downlink transfer: max. 85.6 kbps and GPRS data uplink transfer: max. 42.8 kbps speed. For communication between
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Conclusion
This model proposes radical change in industrial operation and operator experience. Scan-in units are provided to workshop supervisor for smooth and faster scanning and verification of operators. RFID is embedded in the cards and this RFID is scanned by scan-in unit and scan-out unit. In RFID, an operator specific code is stored. When scanning unit encodes this c o d e by In process or Out process, it redirects to central unit. In process updates the information of all operators available in the industry and let the central unit to make the machine reserve or vacant. Central unit allot the machines operators and if still some machines remain vacant then reflect them as available across industry from where any op e r a t or willing to work on it a n d can t a k e t h a t m a c h i n e . Apart from this In, Out and allotment process is also provided to the operators. Out process provides the operators to break his work at any situation by Out procedure and at the same time, his vacant machine are provided to a waitlisted operator. These interfaces provide capability to work at any machine within the industry. These technology inclusions in the industry bring transparency and reduce the hassles of workers while shift change.
References
[1] [2] [3] [4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_ identification http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RFID.html http://www.rfidreader.info/
Siva Kumar, Real Time Production Monitoring System, Post Graduate Thesis, faculty of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Technical University, Malaysia.
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AUTHOR
Sachin U. Chavhan received the B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication and M.E. (Pursuing) degrees in VLSI & Embedded System Design from Godavari College of engineering in 2010 and 2013, respectively. He has working experience of 6 months in Industry and is currently working as lecturer in Godavari College of engineering, Jalgaon in Department of Electronics and Telecommunication.
Rahul D. Chavhan received the B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication and M.E. (Pursuing) degrees in VLSI & Embedded System Design from Godavari College of engineering in 2011 and 2013, respectively. He is currently working as lecturer in Godavari College of engineering, Jalgaon in Department of Electronics and Telecommunication.
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