Experimental performance evaluation of Profibus-FMS in the manufacturing automation systems

Author

Hong, Seung Ho ; Park, Tae Jin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Hanyang Univ., Ansan, South Korea

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1433

Abstract

The fieldbus provides real-time communication among field devices in the manufacturing automation and process control systems. In this study, an experimental model of the Profibus-based manufacturing automation system is developed. The experimental model consists of two robots, two conveyor belts, NC machine, PLC, sensors and operator station. These machines are interconnected into the Profibus network and exchange their data through the services provided by FMS (Fieldbus Message Specification). The experimental model is used to measure the network-induced delay of variable and file data transmitted through FMS services. This study analyzes the network-induced delays at each sublayer of the Profibus protocol stack. The experimental results obtained from this study promote understanding the delay characteristics of the Profibus FMS

Keywords

data communication; field buses; process control; protocols; Fieldbus Message Specification; NC machine; PLC; Profibus network; Profibus protocol stack; Profibus-FMS; conveyor belts; data exchange; file data; manufacturing automation systems; network-induced delay; operator station; process control systems; real-time communication; robots; sensors; Belts; Computer numerical control; Field buses; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing automation; Process control; Programmable control; Real time systems; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 1999. ISIE '99. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Bled

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5662-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.1999.796926

Filename

796926