A distributed field message controller for intelligent conveyor systems

Author

Moore, Philip R.

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

22-25 Oct 1995

Firstpage

109

Abstract

In this paper, a new distributed and flexible field message control system (FMCS) is presented. The FMCS utilizes the Intel bitbus implementation of fieldbus to provide a user friendly and object based methodology for the definition and control of intelligent conveyor systems. The FMCS is easily integrated with other system components/machines by providing an additional control messaging scheme, which allows better communication between devices. A case study is presented where the FMCS works cooperatively with a colour Petri-net based cell controller for the real-time control of an experimental flexible assembly system

Keywords

assembling; conveyors; distributed control; field buses; intelligent control; message passing; object-oriented methods; real-time systems; Intel bitbus; cell controller; colour Petri-net; distributed field message controller; flexible assembly system; intelligent conveyor systems; object oriented method; real-time control; Assembly systems; Communication system control; Control systems; Distributed control; Field buses; Flexible manufacturing systems; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent systems; Object oriented modeling; Programmable control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2559-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1995.537742

Filename

537742