A self-configurable fault detection system for Industrial Ethernet networks

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In this paper, a self-configurable fault detection system for automated production systems with Industrial Ethernet is proposed. The scope of the proposed fault detection system are process variables, i.e. the observed actuator and sensor signals. Self-configuration of the fault detection system is enabled by recording and analyzing the link connection of the Ethernet network during system start. In a subsequent training phase, a knowledge base is automatically built from the observed process variables. Knowledge-based fault detection is accomplished once the knowledge base is established. Fault detection has been evaluated for a glue production process. In this application case, the knowledge-based fault detection method yielded a balanced accuracy of 99.81%, while a model-based method, which has been used as reference, produced a balanced accuracy of 93.11%.

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