The de-manufacturing line is characterized by a modular flexible structure, based on transport modules which aims consists of moving pallets among different operating cells. The control software development process of such transport line will start with the analysis of the current manufacturing equipment, its potential reconfigurations and the production policies so to identifying the objectives of the automation system and the control tasks. This information will be then utilized to develop the control system architecture whose main feature will be: modularity in order to ensure reusable and pluggable solutions; extensibility and reconfigurability so to automatically accomplishing any production change; and, finally, platform independency for enabling the running of Gecko in multiple devices. In particular, the control objectives will consider the maximization of resource efficiency (such as the reduction of idles, energy consumption and quality of service over time) and the executing conditions (i.e. manual-, automatic-, degraded-, maintenance-modes. In this deliverable firstly the mechanical structure of the transport modules is analyzed in order to allow the identification of the passive behaviour of the transport device. Secondly the automation system hardware devices (controllers and sensors / actuators) are studied in order to describe their impact on the mechanical structure of the transport system. These two aspects joined together allow getting knowledge about the mechatronic architecture that characterizes the de-manufacturing transport line to be managed.
D4.1 - Gecko Hw and Sw control architecture and functional specifications
2013
Abstract
The de-manufacturing line is characterized by a modular flexible structure, based on transport modules which aims consists of moving pallets among different operating cells. The control software development process of such transport line will start with the analysis of the current manufacturing equipment, its potential reconfigurations and the production policies so to identifying the objectives of the automation system and the control tasks. This information will be then utilized to develop the control system architecture whose main feature will be: modularity in order to ensure reusable and pluggable solutions; extensibility and reconfigurability so to automatically accomplishing any production change; and, finally, platform independency for enabling the running of Gecko in multiple devices. In particular, the control objectives will consider the maximization of resource efficiency (such as the reduction of idles, energy consumption and quality of service over time) and the executing conditions (i.e. manual-, automatic-, degraded-, maintenance-modes. In this deliverable firstly the mechanical structure of the transport modules is analyzed in order to allow the identification of the passive behaviour of the transport device. Secondly the automation system hardware devices (controllers and sensors / actuators) are studied in order to describe their impact on the mechanical structure of the transport system. These two aspects joined together allow getting knowledge about the mechatronic architecture that characterizes the de-manufacturing transport line to be managed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
