TY - GEN
T1 - Increasing adaptability of automation control software for automated material flow systems via software modularization
AU - Prieler, Julia
AU - Aicher, Thomas
AU - Vogel-Heuser, Birgit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/15
Y1 - 2017/12/15
N2 - Shorter innovation cycles along with the demand for individualized, high-quality products pose high challenges on today's automated material flow systems. These systems, suitable for producing bulk goods, but inflexible in case of product changes, need to react flexibly to unplanned configurations. Especially in the software domain retroactive adaptations are tedious work and prone to errors. By deploying object-oriented programming methods in IEC 61131-3, the modularity already existing in the hardware domain of automated material flow systems could be transferred into the software domain. To meet the demands of automated material flow systems, the modular software remains centralized and executable on programmable logic controllers. In this paper a concept is introduced which facilitates the retroactive addition or removal of sensors or actuators in automated material flow systems based on object-oriented programming methods.
AB - Shorter innovation cycles along with the demand for individualized, high-quality products pose high challenges on today's automated material flow systems. These systems, suitable for producing bulk goods, but inflexible in case of product changes, need to react flexibly to unplanned configurations. Especially in the software domain retroactive adaptations are tedious work and prone to errors. By deploying object-oriented programming methods in IEC 61131-3, the modularity already existing in the hardware domain of automated material flow systems could be transferred into the software domain. To meet the demands of automated material flow systems, the modular software remains centralized and executable on programmable logic controllers. In this paper a concept is introduced which facilitates the retroactive addition or removal of sensors or actuators in automated material flow systems based on object-oriented programming methods.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046653918&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IECON.2017.8216676
DO - 10.1109/IECON.2017.8216676
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85046653918
T3 - Proceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
SP - 3951
EP - 3956
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 -