The problems of information integration of design and technological preparation of production are considered. A technique for constructing 3D models of parts based on the use of unified and standard structural and technological elements with the account of their structural levels and directed formation of each part model, is described. Application of the proposed methodology facilitates the possibility of transforming models when solving technological problems, including for construction of operational blanks models, calculating technological dimensions, and developing control programs for equipment with numerical control. The described method is most effective when introducing multi-operational digital technological processes into production.

A review of modern intelligent automation approaches used at various stages of technological preparation for polymer products production by injection molding is presented. Based on the literature review, a scheme of technological preparation using the considered methods is proposed, which is aimed at increasing its efficiency.

Well-trained engineers are needed to plan, design, develop and maintain cyber physical systems (CPS) that form the core of modern digitized industrial infrastructures. The development of such systems is challenging, however, according to industry representatives, the graduates are not adequately prepared for professional practice. In particular, there is a lack of transferable skills. To be employable and successful in their careers, students must have the opportunity to gain experience developing such systems during their studies and practice both technical and transferable skills in realistic environments. This paper aims to provide a retrospective view of the outcomes of two courses in industrial CPS engineering within the master’s program at ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, conducted in the winter semesters of 2016/17 and 2017/18. For this purpose, graduates who participated in these courses were interviewed in 2022. The respondents reflected on the benefits of these courses for their work. The graduates reported that participation was highly relevant to both their professional and personal development. They indicated that they especially valued programming skills and collaboration and communication skills that they acquired in the courses.

A method for constructing industrial agents using technological adapters for integrating physical objects into a production cyber-physical system is proposed. The possibilities of using and implementing the connection of an object are considered using the example of a muffle electric furnace. An analysis of the current state of the object under study is carried out and a variant of the technological adapter composition is described. The process of building an industrial agent - a modular cell "Melting Cell" is shown. The agent provides the ability to perform the heat treatment, melting and sintering operations on demand as a service application of the experimental Smart Factory.

The problems and development trends of the project design process are considered. A review of modern requirements to production systems design is presented. The stages of development of models of organization of modern production systems are analyzed, and the need to develop new architectural models of such systems using technologies of industrial cyber-physical systems is indicated. An architectural model of a service-oriented production system based on the RAMI reference model is proposed. An example of implementation of the proposed architectural model based on a pilot factory for the production of magnetic composite materials is given.

A new method of operational control of a rotary cutting tool with the use of non-contact tools setters is proposed, and main difficulties of rotary cutting tools control in a manufacturing plant are considered. The developed technique makes it possible to increase the level of automation of technological preparation of production through the use of recommended database of the tool technical parameters and improvement of the algorithm for processing the measurement results obtained by non-contact tool setting sensors. Control performed in accordance with the new method increases the efficiency of the production of sections where CNC machines are located and ensures the specified quality of parts manufacturing. The advantages of the technique are the cost-effectiveness of the solution due to the use of only standard sensors of CNC machines, as well as the exclusion of manual processing of measurement results. The relevance of the work is due to the prevalence of the use of rotary milling tools in the technology of modern instrument-making and machine-building enterprises.

Technological features of manufacturing piezoelectric vibration sensors, most often used to measure mechanical vibrations, are considered. Design of a piezoelectric vibration sensor is presented and its key characteristics are determined, the requirements for surface roughness and tolerance of flatness and parallelism are described. An analysis of studies on the technological issues of manufacturing piezoelectric vibration sensors is carried out. The necessity of development of a technique for determining rational technological modes of finishing operation is demonstrated.

The possibility of using the magnetic induction method with the differential inclusion of two inductors for recording the motion parameters of the impactor during dynamic indentation is considered. Based on analysis of the literature on non-destructive testing of the mechanical characteristics of materials, the use of the dynamic indentation method as a promising direction in this area is substantiated. A prototype of the primary transducer of the dynamic indentation sensor is developed, the distinctive feature of the prototype is the use of two differentially connected inductors in it. To demonstrate the primary converter operability, a computer 3D model is developed for registering the impactor movement during the flight in the Comsol Myltiphysics finite-element analysis program, with the help of which the effect of variation of geometric parameters of differentially connected inductors on the change in EMF with time is analyzed. Results of experimental testing of the dynamic indentation sensor prototype are presented. The proposed scheme for implementing the magnetic induction method makes it possible to significantly reduce the dependence of the obtained EMF signal on the relative position of the magnet and inductors, which, in turn, ensures the possibility to increase the accuracy of recording the indenter motion parameters.