Investigating alternatives for system architectures to enhance discrete manufacturing

This article investigates the possibility of advancing discrete manufacturing using system architectures that are developed for Collaborative Process Automation Systems. Collaborative Process Automation System is a technology that has the potential to achieve production excellence for process indust...

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Main Authors: Sara Afshar, Fereidon Koroorian, Mohammad Ashjaei, Anna Granlund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-08-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147719868668
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Summary:This article investigates the possibility of advancing discrete manufacturing using system architectures that are developed for Collaborative Process Automation Systems. Collaborative Process Automation System is a technology that has the potential to achieve production excellence for process industry. However, not much attention has been paid on using the architectures based on Collaborative Process Automation Systems for discrete manufacturing domains. In this article, we propose a base architecture consisting of three layers, and we discuss various alternatives to make the communications among the layers. We consider legacy components in the proposal, in contrast to most of the related works. In order to show the practicality of the proposed alternatives, we present an example that has been implemented in an ongoing project at ABB Robotics in Sweden.
ISSN:1550-1477