Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Richard Birkelandsvei 2B, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalto University, Otakaari 4 (K1), 02150 Espoo, Finland.
Sensors (Basel). 2018 Oct 4;18(10):3328. doi: 10.3390/s18103328.
The subject of this study was the product development project creating a new innovative proof-of-concept (POC) prototype device that could control a connected industrial overhead crane in order to perform automatic or semi-automatic high precision lifts within a limited time frame. The development work focused on innovating a new measuring concept, which was parallel to finding suitable sensors for the application. Furthermore, the project resulted in a closed loop control system with Industrial Internet connected sensors and a user interface for factory workers. The prototyping journey is depicted to illustrate the decisions made during the product development project to contribute to both the pragmatic and the process discussion in the field of Industrial Internet. The purpose of this research was to explore and generate hypotheses for how new applications should be developed for heavy industry connected devices. The research question is: what are the implications of applying agile product development methods, such as Wayfaring, to heavy industrial machinery and Industrial Internet -based problems? The methodologies used in this paper, in addition to developing the device, are case study research and hypotheses generated from case studies. The hypotheses generated include that it is also possible to prototype large size connected machinery with low-cost and in a short time, and investment decisions for heavy Industrial Internet products become easier with concrete data from proof-of-concept prototypes by creating knowledge about the investment risk and the value proposition.
本研究的主题是产品开发项目，旨在创建一个新的创新概念验证 (POC) 原型设备，该设备能够控制连接的工业架空起重机，以便在有限的时间内执行自动或半自动高精度提升。开发工作的重点是创新一种新的测量概念，同时寻找适用于该应用的合适传感器。此外，该项目还开发了一个带有工业互联网连接传感器和工厂工人用户界面的闭环控制系统。展示了原型制作的过程，以说明在产品开发项目中所做的决策，这些决策有助于在工业互联网领域进行实践和过程讨论。本研究的目的是探索和提出假设，即应该如何为连接重型工业设备的新应用开发新应用。研究问题是：将 Wayfaring 等敏捷产品开发方法应用于重工业机械和基于工业互联网的问题有哪些影响？本文采用的方法除了开发设备外，还包括案例研究和从案例研究中生成的假设。生成的假设包括，使用低成本和短时间也可以对大型连接机械进行原型设计，并且通过创建关于投资风险和价值主张的知识，从概念验证原型中获得具体数据，使重工业互联网产品的投资决策变得更加容易。
