KAPPS: A knowledge-based CPPS Architecture for the Circular Factory

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Main Authors: Hoffmann, Etienne, Klein, Jan-Felix, Weindel, Sören, Goebels, Max, Behrendt, Sebastian, Hernández, Daniel, Thapa, Ratan Bahadur, Fleischer, Jürgen, Furmans, Kai, Staab, Steffen
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author Hoffmann, Etienne
Klein, Jan-Felix
Weindel, Sören
Goebels, Max
Behrendt, Sebastian
Hernández, Daniel
Thapa, Ratan Bahadur
Fleischer, Jürgen
Furmans, Kai
Staab, Steffen
author_facet Hoffmann, Etienne
Klein, Jan-Felix
Weindel, Sören
Goebels, Max
Behrendt, Sebastian
Hernández, Daniel
Thapa, Ratan Bahadur
Fleischer, Jürgen
Furmans, Kai
Staab, Steffen
contents While linear manufacturing relies on homogeneous materials and predefined process sequences, circular manufacturing reintroduces used products with heterogeneous and uncertain conditions. This shift demands manufacturing systems capable of handling variable product states, dynamically reconfigurable processes, and the integration of human and machine knowledge. Conventional manufacturing IT architectures, designed for stable structures and deterministic execution, are unable to meet these requirements, as they cannot adequately represent and manage the uniqueness of individual components at runtime. Following a design science methodology for developing a Cyber Physical Production System for circular manufacturing, we derive 14 requirements from five complementary perspectives. Based on these requirements, we design KAPPS, a knowledge-based architecture that uses an ontology-grounded knowledge graph as a unifying data backbone, combined with a semantic interface layer to enable consistent data and information integration, reasoning, and communication across heterogeneous systems and services, turning the knowledge graph from an integration layer into the factories authoritative write-time state. KAPPS incorporates modules for constraint enforcement and event-driven planning, enabling incremental adaptation of execution plans under uncertainty and human-machine knowledge exchange. The applicability of KAPPS is demonstrated through two implemented use cases: (i) Anomaly detection and learning through knowledge graph mediated services and (ii) runtime constraint enforcement in a modular conveyor system. Subsequently, the architecture is evaluated against the 14 requirements (ed. abstract shortened)
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spellingShingle KAPPS: A knowledge-based CPPS Architecture for the Circular Factory
Hoffmann, Etienne
Klein, Jan-Felix
Weindel, Sören
Goebels, Max
Behrendt, Sebastian
Hernández, Daniel
Thapa, Ratan Bahadur
Fleischer, Jürgen
Furmans, Kai
Staab, Steffen
Artificial Intelligence
Systems and Control
While linear manufacturing relies on homogeneous materials and predefined process sequences, circular manufacturing reintroduces used products with heterogeneous and uncertain conditions. This shift demands manufacturing systems capable of handling variable product states, dynamically reconfigurable processes, and the integration of human and machine knowledge. Conventional manufacturing IT architectures, designed for stable structures and deterministic execution, are unable to meet these requirements, as they cannot adequately represent and manage the uniqueness of individual components at runtime. Following a design science methodology for developing a Cyber Physical Production System for circular manufacturing, we derive 14 requirements from five complementary perspectives. Based on these requirements, we design KAPPS, a knowledge-based architecture that uses an ontology-grounded knowledge graph as a unifying data backbone, combined with a semantic interface layer to enable consistent data and information integration, reasoning, and communication across heterogeneous systems and services, turning the knowledge graph from an integration layer into the factories authoritative write-time state. KAPPS incorporates modules for constraint enforcement and event-driven planning, enabling incremental adaptation of execution plans under uncertainty and human-machine knowledge exchange. The applicability of KAPPS is demonstrated through two implemented use cases: (i) Anomaly detection and learning through knowledge graph mediated services and (ii) runtime constraint enforcement in a modular conveyor system. Subsequently, the architecture is evaluated against the 14 requirements (ed. abstract shortened)
title KAPPS: A knowledge-based CPPS Architecture for the Circular Factory
topic Artificial Intelligence
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22457