Module Type Package in Manufacturing Automation

Part 1: Fundamentals and need for action

Authors

  • Pascal Habiger Hochschule Pforzheim
  • Gary Hildebrandt Hochschule Pforzheim
  • Rainer Drath Hochschule Pforzheim
  • Alexander Fay Helmut-Schmidt-Universität / Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17560/atp.v65i9.2681

Keywords:

modular automation, Module Type Package, factory automation, engineering

Abstract

The Module Type Package (MTP) promises rapid and flexible integration and orchestration of production modules into a plant network by providing standardised information about the modules. The MTP was developed for process automation, but promises potential for other domains as well. In this contribution, the authors investigate whether and how the MTP and its concepts can be transferred to manufacturing automation. In this first part, the authors derive the necessary adaptions. Characteristics of manufacturing automation are pres­ented, requirements for the MTP concepts are identified, and the need for action is determined. In a subsequent second part of the article an implementation will be presented.

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Published

2023-10-04

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