Measuring force of a deep drawing process is not a new procedure in labs. But in the shop floor this is challenging because of many aspects such as the costs of instruments and the harsh environment for it. But after industry 4.0 begins the necessity of measuring process and acquiring data is more and more needed. This article shows how to design a low-cost sensor affordable to make this force acquisition on any tool or press equipment in shop floor using edge computing.
Tiburi et al. (Sun,) studied this question.