Diseño e implementación de un sistema de control y mantenimiento preventivo remoto para un sistema de producción.

Abstract

The design and implementation of a remote preventive maintenance and control system was developed, applied to an industrial production line, which consists of a mixing, dosing and transport process to the EWON FLEXY gateway, 1 Schneider Modicon M241CE40R Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and 2 Schneider Modicon M221CE16T PLCs were connected, in which the automation and maintenance of the aforementioned processes was programmed. A human-machine interface (HMI) was created in the Lookout software from National Instruments, for control and monitoring in real time, with the help of the eCatcher software, users were created and linked to the cloud, this in turn was connected to the gateway to take control of the processes, allowing remote users to access the Internet from anywhere. The EWON FLEXY 205 gateway, due to its robustness and security in data transmission, allowed the preventive maintenance tasks programmed in the PLCs to be sent via email alerts, facilitating in the same way the control and planning of the activities of equipment maintenance, to avoid unforeseen line stoppages. The results of the tests carried out based on the developed and implemented system, allowed to control, and monitor production processes remotely in real time, therefore, this technology could be used in manufacturing industries, as alternatives for the automation of their facilities.