CICER: Implementation of the intelligent control system

CICER: Smart control of the final size on ceramic tiles. Controlling the production process of ceramic tiles is an arduous task. Due to the physical particularities of the elements involved in the manufacture, each manufactured piece has its own characteristics. The process involves external non-controllable physical factors such as atmospheric pressure and humidity, and others controllable as the pressure that is used in the hydraulic press or the moisture that is injected into the raw material in the filling process. The final size of each piece produced will depend on all these factors, so it is necessary to develop a process that is capable of measuring at each production step the parameters of each piece and change controllable factors to obtain the desired final size. A very important part to carry out the process control in the production environment is the availability of a tracking system, which allows uniquely identifying each piece that enters and leaves the manufacturing system, including all of its manufacturing information at each production stage. CICER is a project funded by by the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). This document (Deliverable E5.2. Task 5.1 of the project package 5. 2015) describes the software developed during this project and its use during the different parts of the ceramic tile production process. The proposed Monitor application is responsible for displaying in real time the relevant process values of each piece in the production process in an individualized way. In this way, the workers in charge of the different machines (production process) will be able to react in order to minimize pieces out of control. The Emulator application is responsible of receiving the data in real time and also allows the emulation of the production process by using text files with real data obtained from a production plant or a testing laboratory.CICER. Project funded by the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), within the public grant program adressed to Technological Institutes of the Valencian Community for 2015. File number: IMDECA/2015/3