SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROBUST REAL-TIME CONTROL OF REGULAR AUTOMATED PRODUCTION

摘要

A method includes initializing (405), at a first controller (104a-104b, 304a-304b), at least one process step of a control recipe from a master recipe associated with a batch process in response to detection of an event associated with the batch process. The method also includes executing (407), at the first controller, the at least one process step of the control recipe. The method further includes initializing (407), at the first controller, at least one second process step of the control recipe while executing the at least one process step of the control recipe. Initializing the at least one process step of the control recipe from the master recipe may include copying only a portion of the master recipe into the control recipe that is needed to begin execution of the control recipe.