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Hierarchical Interface-based Supervisory Control of a Bottling Plant

Authors:Wenck Florian, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
Richter Jan H., Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany
Topic:1.3 Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems
Session:Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems
Keywords: Discrete-event systems, supervisory control, implementation, manufacturing, large-scale systems, programmable logic controllers, evaluation, remote control

Abstract

In this paper, the application of the Hierarchical Interface-based Supervisory Control method to controlling a large scale manufacturing example is presented adopting a layered organizational hierarchy of a factory. The generic and easily maintainable implementation using programmable logic controllers, a personal computer and TCP/IP over Ethernet for communication is explained in detail. To assess the controlled plant performance, business parameters are estimated using a throughput diagram and utilized to derive directions for further improvement.