Distributed automation control using broadcasting networks

Author

Löbl, I. ; Morel, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microeng., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Sep 1994

Firstpage

1211

Abstract

Assembly stations, also known as cells, is a generalised term denoting the place where one of the operations is carried out in the sequence needed to assemble a product. As each station is in general dedicated to a specific operation for a specific product, it is uncommon to find two instances of the same station. Stations are custom designed and expensive. The authors have developed standard modular assembly station components that one just has to “plug together to operate”. The authors present in this paper an original solution using the LAN system from LonWorks. This solution is at present operational on real production and test cells

Keywords

assembling; distributed control; local area networks; process control; LAN system; LonWorks; assembly stations; broadcasting networks; distributed automation control; standard modular assembly station components; Assembly; Automatic control; Automation; Broadcasting; Distributed control; Field buses; Laboratories; Local area networks; Production; Standards development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1994. IECON '94., 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bologna

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1328-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1994.397965

Filename

397965