The Java Based Programmable Logic Controller. New Techniques in Control and Supervision of a Flexible Manufacturing Cell.
Ramn Piedrafita, Jos Luis · InTech eBooks · 2010
In this paper, we have proposed a control architecture and a development environment based on Petri Nets, SFCs and the Java language. The architecture is related with the coordination and the local control layers of flexible manufacturing systems. A centralized approach permits the easy development and debugging of new control techniques. One of the mains contributions of this paper is that the proposed architecture allows the verification of the real time constraints of control systems and the use of formal tools as PNs and SFCs.