| 摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a method for the engineering of a discrete manufacturing line, especially a robot-based production line. The method comprises: a) preparing a modular hierachical organized system of reusable components (1, 2, 3), wherein the first and lowest level components are process components (e.g. robots, machinery or transportation units), called P-Comps (1), each realized by a collection of process hardware (e.g. motors, cylinders, valves and sensors), and components of software and hardware for at least control, alarm handling, local diagnosis and documentation purposes, the second system level contains at least one production cell (2), each cell (2) containing a working closely together group of P-Comps (1), a cell controller, which co-ordinates the P-Comps (1), and software modules for higher level functions, the third system level is defined as having at least one safety zone (3), each containing at least one cell (2), as a top level the manufacturing line contains at least one safety zone (3), and all software components and modules are adaptable, and b) designing and engineering of a specific manufacturing line by composing of prepared system components (1, 2, 3) by the following steps: selection of P-Comps (1) needed, installation of P-Comp hardware on customers site, installation of additional reusable cell hardware (e.g. cell controllers) on customers site, installation, connection and configuration of software components on customers site, and doing commissioning and system test.</p> |
