Development of an Ethernet-based equipment integration framework for factory automation

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 369-383

  Hung, Min Hsiung ^a   Tsai, Johnny ^b   Cheng, Fan Tien ^b   Yang, Haw Ching ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Equipment integration framework; Ethernet; Factory automation; Real time data communication; Synchronous control network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COSTS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); INTERNET; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SUPERVISORY AND EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

EQUIPMENT INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK; ETHERNET; REAL-TIME DATA COMMUNICATION; SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL NETWORKS;

FACTORY AUTOMATION;

EID: 3242679584     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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