TY - GEN
T1 - Modularized control algorithm for automated material handling systems
AU - Spindler, Markus
AU - Aicher, Thomas
AU - Schütz, Daniel
AU - Vogel-Heuser, Birgit
AU - Günthner, Willibald A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/12/22
Y1 - 2016/12/22
N2 - Automated material handling systems are widely used in industry due to high throughputs and good process quality. In order to fully utilize their potential, these systems have to be custom-built, requiring individually created control software. The engineering process of the control software includes extensive manual programming, because a modular structure of the control algorithm with predefined modules is often not available. We describe one such modular control algorithm, based upon a two-layer architecture that separates the hardware control from the material flow control. Our modular control algorithm allows predefined modules for both the conveyor hardware and material flow elements to be created and then assembled in the needed configuration. As a result, the control software for a custom-built material handling system can be created by arranging predefined modules and setting their parameters, thus without manual programming. The proper functionality of our control algorithm is demonstrated by a simulation example using emulated hardware.
AB - Automated material handling systems are widely used in industry due to high throughputs and good process quality. In order to fully utilize their potential, these systems have to be custom-built, requiring individually created control software. The engineering process of the control software includes extensive manual programming, because a modular structure of the control algorithm with predefined modules is often not available. We describe one such modular control algorithm, based upon a two-layer architecture that separates the hardware control from the material flow control. Our modular control algorithm allows predefined modules for both the conveyor hardware and material flow elements to be created and then assembled in the needed configuration. As a result, the control software for a custom-built material handling system can be created by arranging predefined modules and setting their parameters, thus without manual programming. The proper functionality of our control algorithm is demonstrated by a simulation example using emulated hardware.
KW - Automation
KW - Code generation
KW - Intralogistics
KW - Material handling systems
KW - Model driven engineering (MDE)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85010070013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ITSC.2016.7795981
DO - 10.1109/ITSC.2016.7795981
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010070013
T3 - IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC
SP - 2644
EP - 2650
BT - 2016 IEEE 19th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 19th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2016
Y2 - 1 November 2016 through 4 November 2016
ER -