Manufacturing Information and Control
The Manufacturing Information and Control thrust area is dedicated to developing solutions, strategies and best practices for factory-wide manufacturing control solutions. Focus areas include software and hardware control frameworks, control logic approaches, networks for control diagnostics and safety, and virtual and real environment fusion.
Recent & Upcoming Events
May 1, 2008
Network Performance Workshop
March 5, 2008
TAC Meeting
September 28, 2007
TAC Meeting
Further information:
Research Projects
Control, Diagnostics and Safety Networking: Analyzing network performance and developing networked control systems solutions and best practices, focusing on industrial Ethernet and wireless
Enterprise Consolidated Control: Developing solutions for enterprise wide verifiable control consolidated across software and hardware resources
Process Control Simulation, Emulation and Pre-Validation: Expanding simulation capabilities and uses on the factory floor, including developing pre-validation techniques and real + simulation environment fusion solutions
Process Quality Control and Optimization: Developing diagnostics, modeling and adaptive control solutions to improve product quality without added expense of additional inspection.
Reconfigurable Factory Testbed: Providing for the consolidation, demonstration and transfer of Manufacturing Information and Control results; this fully functional manufacturing testbed utilizes industrial quality hardware and software components to deliver capabilities in networks, consolidated controls, quality control and real + virtual environment fusion.
Industrial Partnership Projects
| Title | Industrial Partner |
| Industrial Ethernet Testing (project completed in 2006) | General Motors |
| Shared Versus Dedicated Networks for Safety and Control Networking | Pilz Automation USA |
| Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation for Verification and Validation of Logic Control | General Motors |
| Manufacturing Network Time Synchronization Best Practices | NIST |
| Development, Application and Transfer of a Network ROI Cost Calculator | Daimler-Chrysler & Pilz Automation |
| Reducing Unscheduled Downtime Through Automated Event-Based Control | Daimler-Chrysler |
| Improving Quality While Reducing Cost Through Virtual Inspection and Process Control | Intel Corp. |
| Wireless Network Performance Testing Cordless Phone Interference Testing | Ford & Siemens |
Literature
- Brochure: Ethernet as a Control Network
- Brochure: Reconfigurable Factory Testbed
- Brochure: Wireless for Manufacturing Control
- Brochure: TA-2 Project Summary Booklet
- Brochure: TA-2 Project Presentations
- TA-2 Publications
- TA-2 Publications by Research Area
Contacts
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Dawn Tilbury: Thrust Area Director
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James Moyne: Thrust Area Manager
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