A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines

There is a growing pressure on many manufacturing oganisations to produce products in small volumes. However, to date, most automation projects have centred on high volume production. The major impediment to the application of programmable automation lies in the high cost of engineering solutions. A...

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Main Authors:	Richard H. Weston, A.H. Booth, Philip R. Moore, P.R. Harrison, Keith Case
Format:	Default Conference proceeding
Published:	1990
Subjects:	Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified untagged Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/14248
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spelling	rr-article-95576931990-01-01T00:00:00Z A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines Richard H. Weston (7204655) A.H. Booth (7210379) Philip R. Moore (7203293) P.R. Harrison (7209896) Keith Case (1250121) Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified untagged Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified There is a growing pressure on many manufacturing oganisations to produce products in small volumes. However, to date, most automation projects have centred on high volume production. The major impediment to the application of programmable automation lies in the high cost of engineering solutions. Already a range of control system components are available to produce flexible automation schemes but as yet the selection and use of those components is a highly specialised exercise which is generally not well understood. This paper describes the need for an open control architecture for programmable machines and outlines findings of a proof of concept research project aimed at formalising the design of control systems. The work has resulted in a “motion control shell' which can much reduce the cost and time involved when building machine controllers. 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/14248 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/A_machine_control_shell_for_next_generation_manufacturing_machines/9557693 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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topic	Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified untagged Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified
spellingShingle	Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified untagged Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified Richard H. Weston A.H. Booth Philip R. Moore P.R. Harrison Keith Case A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines
description	There is a growing pressure on many manufacturing oganisations to produce products in small volumes. However, to date, most automation projects have centred on high volume production. The major impediment to the application of programmable automation lies in the high cost of engineering solutions. Already a range of control system components are available to produce flexible automation schemes but as yet the selection and use of those components is a highly specialised exercise which is generally not well understood. This paper describes the need for an open control architecture for programmable machines and outlines findings of a proof of concept research project aimed at formalising the design of control systems. The work has resulted in a “motion control shell' which can much reduce the cost and time involved when building machine controllers.
format	Default Conference proceeding
author	Richard H. Weston A.H. Booth Philip R. Moore P.R. Harrison Keith Case
author_facet	Richard H. Weston A.H. Booth Philip R. Moore P.R. Harrison Keith Case
author_sort	Richard H. Weston (7204655)
title	A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines
title_short	A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines
title_full	A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines
title_fullStr	A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines
title_full_unstemmed	A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines
title_sort	machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines
publishDate	1990
url	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/14248
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A machine control shell for next generation manufacturing machines

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