Intelligent manufacturing logic control systems development-a case study

To properly deal with the increasing complexity of industrial distributed and agile manufacturing control systems, the use of methods and tools that support the designer in the definition, verification and implementation of intelligent logic control software is more and more necessary. Nowadays, many different concepts, methodologies, standards and computer aided design tools are available to face the considered problem in a structured and systematic way. In the present work a methodological approach to the structured design and simulation based verification of manufacturing plants logic control systems is discussed. The methods and tools used during the different phases of the design are illustrated with reference to an application example in the shoe manufacturing sector.