Publikation
An Approach for Modular Production from Mechanics to Decentralized Control, Realized in the SmartFactoryKL
Stefan Hodek; Florian Flörchinger (Hrsg.)
IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA-2009), September 22-25, Mallorca, Spain, IEEE, 2009.
Zusammenfassung
In the leading industry countries a high automation
degree is necessary to stay competitive. Cost-efficiency
and quality are the main factors to achieve. In contrast
to big lot sizes, it is difficult to build up a cheap and
highly automated production line for small lot sizes. To
overcome these drawbacks a more flexible design of
production lines is essential.
In this paper a modular architecture of production
facilities is presented. To realize a modular
architecture, interfaces in three domains have to be
defined. In the first one the geometric dimensions and
the mechanic hand-over points have to be fixed. In the
second one information transfer and power supply
have to be standardized. Finally, one of the most
crucial points is the control architecture of the
modular production lines.