Patent attributes
An industrial batch production system, including at least one industrial automation device, at least one equipment sensor disposed on and operatively coupled to the industrial automation device to obtain on-line data relating to a batch run, an Internet-enabled local controller in electronic communication with the equipment sensors, a cloud link connecting the Internet-enabled local controller with an Internet-based cloud platform, a central server in the cloud platform configured to receive data from the local controller and running a process historian software program having a time series database, and at least one Internet-enabled device configured to receive manually obtained time-stamped offline data relating to the batch run and to transmit the offline data to the central server independently of the Internet-enabled local controller through a VPN or Ethernet. The central server processes the on-line data and off-line data together to provide automatic processing services to optimize and improve batch run production.
