Author(s): Mendonça, Leonardo ; Funchal, Gustavo Silva ; Fagundes, Frederico ; Leitão, Paulo
Date: 2025
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/36506
Origin: Biblioteca Digital da UPB
Project/scholarship: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP/05757/2020/PT; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/LA/P/0007/2020/PT;
In the 4th Industrial Revolution era, automation processes operate in a more modular, flexible, and reconfigurable manner, leveraging decentralized decision-making and distributed control. The IEC-61499 Function Block (FB) technology offers a suitable approach to implementing distributed automation control systems. This paper describes the development of a dynamic and on-the-fly reconfiguration control system based on the IEC-61499 standard, applied in a conveyor transfer system case study to automatically adapt its operation to face changes in the number and position of the conveyor modules. The developed control system considers a Python-based FB network using the DINASORE framework. The experimental tests showed promising results regarding the ability of the system to adapt to condition changes automatically and on-the-fly, as well as scalability and robustness.
