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.
Past Events:
November 4, 2009:
May 13, 2009:
- Morning – TAC Meeting Agenda
- Afternoon – Network Performance Workshop Information and Presentations.
January 14, 2009:
May 1, 2008:
September 28, 2007:
April 1, 2007:
Research Projects:
- Prediction of Unscheduled Factory Downtime – Datasheet
- Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation –Datasheet
- Factory-Wide Time Synchronization for Diagnostics, Control and Safety – Datasheet
- Virtual Fusion: The Complete Integration of Simulation for Reduced Ramp-up and Reconfiguration Cost – Datasheet
- Fault Diagnosis Through Automatic Model Generation for Large-Scale Systems – Datasheet
- Reconfigurable Factory Testbed: Providing for the consolidation, demonstration and transfer of industrial quality hardware and software components to deliver capabilities in networks, consolidated controls, quality control, and real + virtual environment fusion. –
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Industrial Partnership Projects:
| Title | Industrial Partner |
| Reducing Unscheduled Downtime Through Automated Event-Based Control | Chrysler LLC. |
| Wireless Network Performance Testing | USCAR |
| Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation for Verification and Validation of Logic Control | General Motors |
| Manufacturing Network Time Synchronization Best Practices | NIST & Meinberg |
| Development, Application and Transfer of a Network ROI Cost Calculator (Completed in 2007) | Chrysler LLC. & Pilz Automation |
| Improving Quality While Reducing Cost Through Virtual Inspection and Process Control (Completed in 2007) | Intel Corp. |
| Industrial Ethernet Testing (Completed in 2006) | General Motors |
| Shared Versus Dedicated Networks for Safety and Control Networking (Completed in 2006) | Pilz Automation USA |
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Primary Contacts:
 | Dawn Tilbury: Thrust Area Director
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 | James Moyne: Thrust Area Manager
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