Title :
Integration of manufacturing computer networks and real-time communication nodes
Author :
Marino, Perfecto ; Poza, Francisco ; Nogueira, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Technol., Vigo Univ.
Abstract :
Shop floor communications networks are evolving towards the increased use of open connecting equipment, that meets standard protocols, under a client/server architecture. An implementation of such a communications server, based in a low cost PC with multiport and field bus cards, is presented. The first prototype has been designed as a black box transparent to flexible manufacturing plants, connecting up to sixteen SCARA robots and thirty programmable logic controllers
Keywords :
client-server systems; computer integrated manufacturing; field buses; flexible manufacturing systems; local area networks; microcomputer applications; multiport networks; protocols; real-time systems; PLC; SCARA robots; client/server architecture; field bus card; low-cost PC; manufacturing computer network integration; multiport card; open connecting equipment; programmable logic controllers; real-time communication nodes; shop-floor communications networks; standard protocols; Communication networks; Communication standards; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer architecture; Computer integrated manufacturing; Computer networks; Costs; Joining processes; Network servers; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Engineering Systems, 1997. INES '97. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3627-5
DOI :
10.1109/INES.1997.632467
