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A Design Pattern for Model Based Software Development for Automatic Machinery
Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, Volume # 13 | Part# 1
Authors
Fantuzzi, Cesare; Bonfe, Marcello; Secchi, Cristian
Identifier
10.3182/20090603-3-RU-2001.00238
Index Terms
Formalisms and Modeling Techniques; Holonic Manufacturing Systems; Discrete Event Controller
Abstract
The paper presents the results of the application of object-oriented modeling techniques to the control software design of complex manufacturing systems, with particular focus on automatic machineries for production and packaging of food stuff, as milk, snacks, etc. In this application fields there are some peculiar problems to tackle in order to develop effective software control solutions, as for example the exception handling caused by product or packaging material jam, the Human Machine Interface, the recipe production management etc. The goal of this paper is to introduce design patterns developed in the framework of UML applied to the development of automatic machineries software, aiming to define a set of predefined modeling solutions to some class of recurrent design problems.
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A Design Pattern for Model Based Software Development for Automatic Machinery Cesare Fantuzzi e Cristian Secchi Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, DISMI, Via Amendola, 2, 42100 Reggio Emilia - Italy, E-mail: cesare.fantuzzi@unimore.it. Marcello Bonfe Universita di Ferrara, Dip. Ingegneria, Via Saragat 1, 40100 Ferrara - Italy. E-mail: marcello.bonfe@unife.it Abstract: The paper presents the results of the application of object-oriented modeling techniques to the control software design of complex manufacturing systems, with particular focus on automatic machineries for production and packaging of food stu , as milk, snacks, etc. In this application elds there are some peculiar problems to tackle in order to develop e ective software control solutions, as for example the exception handling caused by product or packaging material jam, the Human Machine Interface, the recipe production management etc. The goal of this paper is to introduce design patterns developed in the framework of UML applied to the development of automatic machineries software, aiming to de ne a set of prede ned modeling solutions to some class of recurrent design problems. Keywords: Industrial control, PLC, UML, Object-oriented