Homogeneous distributed control systems: a model of code generation
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The function block model in embedded control and automation from IEC61131 to IEC61499
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Automatic iron cutting device using IEC61499 FBs editor
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Some considerations on inventory-based capacity scalability policies in RMSs
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Increasing marketing competition with globalization force companies to expand diversity of the production lines which in turn improve the ability of choosing customizable products, improve the flexibility of system design and maintenance costs lead to a strong trend towards automation and distributed control systems. The plant is constantly adapted to the differences of products to achieve the highest production quality in a shortest possible time and so the automatic control have to be adapted, developed and upgraded based on changes in the plant conditions. Traditional production has typically relied upon a PLC as a Centralized hierarchy of Programmable Logic Controllers which is usually fixed or "hard-wired". For developing the system it should be shut-down and completely rewired which leads to a high cost and time consumption may last at least several weeks in often cases in production process. A new design methodology with open architecture for modeling industrial control systems has been developed. New international standard "IEC 61499", defines event driven functional modules called function blocks which can be distributed to field devices and interconnected across multiple controllers. It used for intelligent and agile control with more Portability, interoperability and configurability adds the system flexibility by adaption and reconfiguration basing on environment changes. It can be used for reducing the cost and complexity of industrial automation process. In this approach IEC61499 Function Blocks concept, Function Block Development Kit (FBDK), Function Block Run Time Environment (FBRT), Netmaster and Automatic Iron Cutting Device using IEC61499 FBs Editor will be discussed.