Modeling of Foundry Processes in the Era of Industry 4.0

The paper presents main areas of Industry 4.0 concept with regard to specificity and complexity of foundry processes. Data mining tools are discussed in terms of the possibilities and limitations of their application in Smart Factories. Data acquisition methods are described and the potential areas of restrictions in Internet implementation of things are identified on the example of foundry processes. The methodology of data preparation is also presented, including key tasks and actions to be taken, so that the collected production data are valuable from the point of view of Data Mining tools. As a result, the concept of CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems)/CPPS (Cyber-Physical Production Systems) tool allowing effective implementation of Data Mining tools in complex production processes is presented.