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Automation technology—on the way to an open system architecture

✍ Scribed by G. Pritschow


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
614 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
0736-5845

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✦ Synopsis


TO AN OPEN SYSTEM This contribution describes some basic rules for the construction of complex automation systems. It structures the factory from a control-technological view into functional blocks which are related to a 7-layer model of manufacturing technology. Thus, it becomes clear that the present MMS protocols end in the cell control layer in the functional unit of machine control. This unit, however, consists of functional blocks which, for flexible adaptation of future control tasks, should also be configurable and open. The function and communication structure of a factory are shown with a cube model.