New technological trends supporting CIE integrated control systems

摘要

The paradigm for manufacturing operations in factories is undergoing major changes. It has become highly important for enterprises to ensure optimal production systems through an organic combination of either facilities or operating organizationsin their factories. Beyond the target factories, enterprises are also required to create good relations with their marketing and logistic organizations which connect them directly and closely with their customers, as well as with the headquarters andother concerned factories in order to realize harmony of the enterprise's overall activities with the systems in their environment.Against this background, new features are required for control systems that serve as the core of the manufacturing system in a factory; namely, safe and robust operations, and timely and flexible applications from the plant data and operating information. For this purpose, new measurement, control, and plant information technologies are rapidly being developed and applied to control systems.This paper outlines these new technological trends, using examples in Toshiba's computer, instrumentation and electrical(CIE) integrated control system, CIEMAC{sub}(tm).