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    5 ways that IEC 61499 standard unleashes the potential of industrial automation

    • Last Update: 2022-03-15
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    【Star Enterprise of Chemical Machinery Equipment Network ] At present, the industrial field is undergoing an earth-shaking change.
    Industrial enterprises within the scope have turned their attention to artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud, edge architecture and other* technologies, in order to grasp the direction and achieve prosperity in the increasingly complex digital world.

     
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    But in this process, one problem has always existed.

     

    The current industrial automation system architecture has indeed successfully promoted the development of the industry to today's level, but the closed proprietary technology model makes it difficult for industrial enterprises to quickly and efficiently absorb *technology.

     

    No matter from which point of view, industrial enterprises will suffer heavy losses due to the inability to apply open industrial automation standards.
    Nowadays, many automation vendors are talking about "open", but in fact, portable code and functions have not been widely adopted and implemented.
    End users not only have to pay for non-essential engineering design expenses, but also bear the risk of delayed delivery of innovative manufacturing plant designs, which may miss business opportunities.

     

    In fact, such problems can be completely avoided.

     

    Industrial automation based on the IEC 61499 standard can give more free space to engineering design, and facilitate end users to better manage various complex problems that appear on the market.
    It ushered in a new era of industrialization and helped realize the infinite possibilities of Industry 4.
    0.

     

      What is IEC 61499?
     

      The IEC 61499 standard is a high-level system design language that defines distributed information and control systems.
    The IEC 61499 standard optimizes the creation and management of modern data-driven automation systems in the following five ways:
     

      Black box software components: Event-driven function blocks are the basic elements of IEC 61499, which support automation applications using software components.
    Application developers can use the programming language of their choice to package and sell intellectual property in the form of black box components;
     

      Portability of application code: By proposing an application model independent of the underlying system equipment, the IEC 61499 standard realizes the portability of application code across multi-vendor platforms and engineering design tools.
    Automated applications can run on systems from multiple vendors.
    This approach helps protect users’ investment in the field of software intellectual property rights and makes this investment a future-oriented approach.
    This point has special significance in the future, because the actual problems of the future Industry 4.
    0 will be realized through innovative software rather than hardware;
     

      Event-driven: The event-driven feature of the IEC 61499 standard is very suitable for interacting with transactional IT systems.
    Nowadays, developers can simultaneously implement real-time OT functions and "just-in-time" IT functions in one application.
    For example, the pump control block can create maintenance work orders based on built-in predictive analysis functions;
     

      Information distribution and control: The IEC 61499 standard proposes a system and equipment model for distributing automation applications on heterogeneous equipment.
    These equipment can be field-installed instruments, actuators, and controllers, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
    Powerful edge computers required for computing-intensive applications.
    In this process, no engineering design is required;
     

      Plug and play: The combination of the above functions can form a "plug and play" method suitable for the field of automation.
    This method can combine proven software components with real-time and timely functions to build process industry and discrete industrial applications.
    This method can gradually shorten the engineering design time, promote the realization of complex use cases, simplify the debugging and maintenance process, and extend the uptime of the equipment.

     

      Original title: 5 ways that the IEC 61499 standard unleashes the potential of industrial automation
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