topic of IT security is becoming increasingly relevant in modern automated industrial plants. Modern automation systems provide high levels of inter-connectivity. Implementations are based on commercial IT platforms , many of which are known to be vulnerable to electronic attacks. This article is part 1 of a three part tutorial on IT security for industrial systems. Security objectives are expl...

This paper describes successful industrial research and development in the area of underground coal mining equipment automation. A brief background to underground coal mining is given, and the process of longwall mining is detailed. Some of the major limitations and issues impacting on the productivity and safety of the longwall mining process are highlighted, which serve to motivate the automa...

In this work, we propose a general reference model for the automation applications, which execute functions of planning and production factors management. Then, such model is applied for proposing a model that will support the SCDIA reference model as shown in [1]. Key-Words: Industrial Automation, Multiagent Systems, Planning and Production Factors

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Master of Science Degree Programme in Machine Automation MINOR, JOHANNES: Bridging OPC UA and DPWS for Industrial SOA Master of Science Thesis, 80 pages, 9 Appendix pages. February 2012 Major: Factory Automation. Examiner: Prof. José Luis Martínez Lastra.

According to the requirements of the Russian standards, the automation schemes are necessary practically in each project of renovation of industrial buildings and facilities, in which any technological processes are realized. The model representations of the automation schemes in CAD-system TechnoCAD GlassX are described. The models follow a principle"to exclude a repeated input operations"

Safety is what drives our automation innovations. There is an inherent safety hazard associated with personnel handling pressurized lances during the cleaning process. Getting employees out of the line of fire, and on the other side of the safety barricade were the objectives behind the creation of automated tooling. With automation, we are able to reduce crew size, effectively eliminating expo...

Designing, operating and maintaining industrial plants require extensive and complex engineering processes. An integrated engineering process considering all different aspects, data and workflow of plant automation design as well as interoperability to other systems is the key to more efficiency and lower costs of engineering tasks in the plant life cycle. There exists no comprehensive and sati...

Service-oriented Multi-Agent Systems (SoMAS) is an approach to combine the fundamental characteristics of service-oriented and multi-agent methods into a new platform for industrial automation. Several research works already targeted the connection of these technologies, presenting different perspectives in how and why to join them. This research focuses on available efforts and solutions in th...

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s (RAS) Ontologies for Robotics and Automation Working Group is dedicated to developing a methodology for knowledge repre­ sentation and reasoning in robotics and automation. As part of this working group, the Industrial Robots sub-group is tasked with studying industrial applications of the knowledge represen­ tation. One of the first areas of interest ...

It is a well known fact that laboratory work has big importance to prepare automation students for difficulties of industrial world. With this purpose, in this study, local control of OPC (OLE for Process Control) based SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) system of which prototype constructed in laboratory environment is realized for educational purposes using Siemens CPU 224. The ...