IoT Architectures for Textile Industry Environment

IoT is extremely beneficial for industries as it is equipped with artificial intelligence with objects recognizable on their own and enhanced intelligence. It also facilitates the interactions between the real or physical world with the virtual or digital world. Indian garment industry is a multimillion dollar industry. More than 6 million people work in one lakh production units in this industry. Automated machineries have been adopted in most of the important sections. Textile is one among major industries that have shifted towards adoption of IoT. The E-garments, which are recent innovations in textile are embedded with various sensors to make the cloth suitable for the manufactured purpose. These products will enhance brand goodwill and the profitability of the companies. One of the challenges is the performance of workers and fabric quality depend on Physical environment. Sensors and IoT can be of immense help to overcome such challenges. IoT in digital printing has lowered the cost of production and increased operational efficiency. Industrial IoT architecture is a framework for specifying the physical components, functional organization and configuration of a network, operational principles and procedures as well as data formats used in operation.