Product Design Improvement Through Knowledge Feedback of Cyber-physical Systems

In context of automation the concept of cyber-physical systems creates a consistent data interchange via open and global information networks with bidirectional flow of information. However, in order to generate potential benefits, relevant process data has to be identified and transferred to usable knowledge.In this paper we propose an approach for using the information feedback, provided through cyber-physical systems within production facilities, for the enhancement of the product design process. Due to the integration of knowledge bases, the data gathered in production is transformed to knowledge for improvement, which is structured for re-utilization with the use of ontologies.