Typical automation functions and their distribution in automation systems

Author

Eckert, Karin ; Frank, Timo ; Hadlich, Thomas ; Fay, Alexander ; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit ; Diedrich, Christian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Helmut Schmidt Univ., Hamburg, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

5-9 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The reutilization of proven automation solutions for automation systems is an essential approach to increase the profitability of engineering services. Additionally, distributed systems are increasingly important in automation systems. For this reason, this paper focuses on the aspect of distributed systems combined with the reutilization of automation tasks and solutions in the domains of process and production automation. To address this purpose the research project “Functional application design of Distributed Automation systems” (FAVA) was launched. This paper presents the objective of this research project, identifies deficits of the state-of-the-art and describes automation systems which have been analyzed in the FAVA project to identify automation tasks and their variants regarding to the distribution.

Keywords

distributed processing; manufacturing systems; production engineering computing; automation function; automation system; distributed system; engineering service profitability; functional application design of distributed automation systems; process automation; production automation; Automation; Belts; Control systems; Design methodology; Liquids; Valves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2011 IEEE 16th Conference on

Conference_Location

Toulouse

ISSN

1946-0740

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0017-0

Electronic_ISBN

1946-0740

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.2011.6059123

Filename

6059123