Blockchain-based Secure and Reliable Manufacturing System

Abstract

The manufacturing paradigm with the incorporation of modern emerging technologies such as cloud computing, IoT, cyber-physical systems (CPS), industrial automation as well as the service-oriented manufacturing process has paved the way to build a world where the smart industry or Industry 4.0 is a reality. However, these technological revolutions aren't ready for existing manufacturing platforms that suffer from security and reliability issues mainly because of its dependency on the trust of the central controller. Therefore the main purpose of this study is to orchestrate the development of a distributed decentralized peer to peer connected system architecture that will improve the reliability of the manufacturing process by providing a secure and immutable control information exchange platform. In that regard, we adopt blockchain, the core technology behind the development of cryptocurrencies because of its salient properties which include security, immutability, auditability, anonymity, and decentralization. In this paper, we present a blockchain-based system architecture with the help of clustering and authentication mechanisms to facilitate the development of a decentralized and highly secured system for advanced manufacturing. To evaluate the performance of the proposed system, we conducted a numerical analysis that shows that our proposed methodologies can bring more advantages to advanced manufacturing beyond security and reliability.