The Industry 4.0 paradigm, since its initial conception in Germany in 2011, has extended its scope and adoption to a broader set of technologies. It is being considered as the most vital mechanism in the production systems lifecycle. It is the key element in the digital transformation of manufacturing industry all over the world. This scenario imposes a set of major unprecedented challenges which require to be overcome. In order to enable integration in horizontal, vertical, and end-to-end formats, one of the most critical aspects of this digital transformation process consists of effectively coupling digital integrated service/products business models with additive manufacturing processes. This integration is based upon advanced AI-based tools for decentralized decision-making and for secure and trusted data sharing in the global value. This paper presents the FASTEN IIoT Platform, which targets to provide a flexible, configurable, and open solution. The platform acts as an interface between the shop floor and the industry 4.0 advanced applications and solutions. Examples of these efforts comprise management, forecasting, optimization, and simulation, by harmonizing the heterogeneous characteristics of the data sources involved while meeting real-time requirements.

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一个开放的实时平台，用于垂直，水平和端到端集成

自2011年在德国首次提出以来，“工业4.0”范式已将其范围和采用范围扩展到更广泛的技术领域。它被认为是生产系统生命周期中最重要的机制。它是全球制造业数字化转型的关键要素。这种情况带来了一系列重大的前所未有的挑战，需要克服。为了实现水平，垂直和端到端格式的集成，此数字转换过程的最关键方面之一是有效地将数字集成服务/产品业务模型与增材制造过程耦合在一起。这种集成基于先进的基于AI的工具，用于分散决策和全球价值的安全可靠的数据共享。本文介绍了FASTEN IIoT平台，该平台旨在提供灵活，可配置和开放的解决方案。该平台充当车间与工业4.0高级应用程序和解决方案之间的接口。这些工作的示例包括通过在满足实时需求的同时协调所涉及数据源的异构特性来进行管理，预测，优化和模拟。