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Main Authors: Ahmed, Bestoun S., Azzalin, Tommaso, Kassler, Andreas, Thore, Andreas, Lindback, Hans
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17632
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author Ahmed, Bestoun S.
Azzalin, Tommaso
Kassler, Andreas
Thore, Andreas
Lindback, Hans
author_facet Ahmed, Bestoun S.
Azzalin, Tommaso
Kassler, Andreas
Thore, Andreas
Lindback, Hans
contents We explore a Digital Twin-Based Approach for Smart Manufacturing to improve Sustainability, Efficiency, and Cost-Effectiveness for a steel production plant. Our system is based on a micro-service edge-compute platform that ingests real-time sensor data from the process into a digital twin over a converged network infrastructure. We implement agile machine learning-based control loops in the digital twin to optimize induction furnace heating, enhance operational quality, and reduce process waste. Key to our approach is a Deep Reinforcement learning-based agent used in our machine learning operation (MLOps) driven system to autonomously correlate the system state with its digital twin to identify correction actions that aim to optimize power settings for the plant. We present the theoretical basis, architectural details, and practical implications of our approach to reduce manufacturing waste and increase production quality. We design the system for flexibility so that our scalable event-driven architecture can be adapted to various industrial applications. With this research, we propose a pivotal step towards the transformation of traditional processes into intelligent systems, aligning with sustainability goals and emphasizing the role of MLOps in shaping the future of data-driven manufacturing.
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spellingShingle Smart Manufacturing: MLOps-Enabled Event-Driven Architecture for Enhanced Control in Steel Production
Ahmed, Bestoun S.
Azzalin, Tommaso
Kassler, Andreas
Thore, Andreas
Lindback, Hans
Machine Learning
We explore a Digital Twin-Based Approach for Smart Manufacturing to improve Sustainability, Efficiency, and Cost-Effectiveness for a steel production plant. Our system is based on a micro-service edge-compute platform that ingests real-time sensor data from the process into a digital twin over a converged network infrastructure. We implement agile machine learning-based control loops in the digital twin to optimize induction furnace heating, enhance operational quality, and reduce process waste. Key to our approach is a Deep Reinforcement learning-based agent used in our machine learning operation (MLOps) driven system to autonomously correlate the system state with its digital twin to identify correction actions that aim to optimize power settings for the plant. We present the theoretical basis, architectural details, and practical implications of our approach to reduce manufacturing waste and increase production quality. We design the system for flexibility so that our scalable event-driven architecture can be adapted to various industrial applications. With this research, we propose a pivotal step towards the transformation of traditional processes into intelligent systems, aligning with sustainability goals and emphasizing the role of MLOps in shaping the future of data-driven manufacturing.
title Smart Manufacturing: MLOps-Enabled Event-Driven Architecture for Enhanced Control in Steel Production
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17632