This chapter describes the application of the RAP/AOR methodology proposed by Taveter and Wagner (2005, 2006) to the modeling and simulation of a real ceramics factory. The chapter addresses the modeling of the ceramics factory from the interaction, information, and behavior aspects of the methodology. The chapter also discusses the simulation of the manufacturing processes of the ceramics fact...

Emerging technologies related to sugar factory operations are reviewed in the context of the potential impact of new factory technology. Increased productivity is the key goal and is a more complex issue than factory output alone. It is related to the efficient use of resources, including energy, equipment design and reliability and performance optimization. New technology is divided in this di...

The variety of components and the complexity of technical solutions in factory automation push information management based on relational databases to it’s limits in terms of maintenance complexity and usage flexibility. Semantic Technologies account for maintainable, comprehensible and rich schema descriptions as well as state-of-the-art reasoning and SPARQL engines claim to deliver compelling...

Manufacturing automation systems are widespread and becoming more common across the world. Therefore, fieldbuses of automation systems in a factory plant becomes distant and dissimilar technologies from one another. Realtime interconnection between these fieldbuses is essential for the sustainability of automation. This study designs a system that provides a realtime, remote communication among...