Enhanced IEC 61499 system model for evolution of control applications in distributed Industrial-Process Measurement and Control Systems

Future manufacturing is envisioned to be highly flexible and adaptable. New technologies for efficient engineering of reconfigurable systems and their adaptations are preconditions for this vision. Without such solutions, engineering adaptations of Industrial-Process Measurement and Control Systems (IPMCS) will exceed the costs of engineered systems by far and the reuse of equipment will become inefficient. Especially the evolution of control applications is not sufficiently solved by State-of-the-Art technology. This paper discusses a new approach for the evolution of control applications for downtimeless system evolution of control applications on basis of the IEC 61499 standard.