TY - GEN
T1 - A feasibility study regarding the implementation and application of a two-layer architecture for automated material flow systems
AU - Aicher, Thomas
AU - Dotsch, Dominique
AU - Spindler, Markus
AU - Fottner, Johannes
AU - Vogel-Heuser, Birgit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/15
Y1 - 2017/12/15
N2 - Today's industry increasingly requires flexibility and adaptability in the development of automation control software, especially for automated production systems (aPS) including an automated material flow system (aMFS). To meet these demands, the development of the automation control software and the modification during the operation of the aMFS has to become as easy as possible without taking a lot of time. Using a proven approach from computer science that describes the separation of the control software in different layers in order to meet high-level and low-level requirements individually, the results of a feasibility study regarding the implementation of this approach for aMFS are shown. Moreover, to deal with the complexity of developing the control software, a model-based development approach is applied. In order to model aMFS, the modeling language has to cover different aspects such as logistics functions, different interfaces and abstractions of control levels compliant to international standards. Furthermore, a feasibility study how to implement such model-based two-layer architectures considering the commissioning of an industrial aMFS is shown.
AB - Today's industry increasingly requires flexibility and adaptability in the development of automation control software, especially for automated production systems (aPS) including an automated material flow system (aMFS). To meet these demands, the development of the automation control software and the modification during the operation of the aMFS has to become as easy as possible without taking a lot of time. Using a proven approach from computer science that describes the separation of the control software in different layers in order to meet high-level and low-level requirements individually, the results of a feasibility study regarding the implementation of this approach for aMFS are shown. Moreover, to deal with the complexity of developing the control software, a model-based development approach is applied. In order to model aMFS, the modeling language has to cover different aspects such as logistics functions, different interfaces and abstractions of control levels compliant to international standards. Furthermore, a feasibility study how to implement such model-based two-layer architectures considering the commissioning of an industrial aMFS is shown.
KW - IEC61131-3
KW - Logistics
KW - PLC
KW - control
KW - material flow system
KW - model-based engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034455086&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IECON.2017.8216476
DO - 10.1109/IECON.2017.8216476
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85034455086
T3 - Proceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
SP - 2821
EP - 2827
BT - Proceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2017
Y2 - 29 October 2017 through 1 November 2017
ER -