Industry 4.0 in Italy: IEC61499 as cornerstone for the “Fabbrica Diffusa®” regional initiative

In line with its mission of incubator of the best available innovation and of technology transfer to the territory, the ambitious project promoted by ComoNExT – Innovation Hub foresees the realization of the first factory model spread across Europe. (read more ...)

An Engineering Support System (ESS) based on the IEC61499 Standard For Distributed Automation at FAI2017

A recent study on the design of an Engineering Support System (ESS) based on the IEC61499 standard for distributed automation – considered as a technological reference for the development of automation logic for the new generation of production systems (CPS) – has been presented at FAIM2017. (read more ...)

Application domain: SMART GRIDS

Smart Grids are a potential application domain for the application of IEC 61499 technologies.

Here is an extract from 'The IEC 61499 Function Block Standard: Launch and Takeoff', by Thomas Strasser et al.

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Application domain: SMART CONVEYORS

Airport Baggage Handling Systems could be considered a potential application domain for the application of IEC 61499 technologies.

Here is an extract from 'The IEC 61499 Function Block Standard: Launch and Takeoff', by Thomas Strasser et al.

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Application domain: SMART BUILDINGS

Building Automation could be considered a potential application domain for the application of IEC 61499 technologies.

Here is an extract from 'The IEC 61499 Function Block Standard: Launch and Takeoff', by Thomas Strasser et al.

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Application domain: SMART FACTORIES

Here is an extract from 'The IEC 61499 Function Block Standard: Launch and Takeoff', by Thomas Strasser et al.

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