Timing and Performance of Open Architecture Controllers
Yoram Koren, Zbigniew J. Pasek, A. Galip Ulsoy, Paul K. Wright · Dynamic Systems and Control · 1996
Abstract This paper analyzes the effect of control architectures and communication networks on a manufacturing system’s performance in terms of part precision and productivity. The network bandwidth requirement for a distributed control system is also included in the analysis. The objective is to design the system such that the control and communications (both hardware and software) would not be the limiting factors in system performance. For simplicity we analyze the performance of a machining center control system. The base-line for comparison is a conventional computerized numerical controlled (CNC) with a discrete event management/adaptive system.