Th. Antonakopoulos, N. Kanopoulos, D. Antoniou and V. Makios:

A Distributed Information Network for Quality Control in a Factory Environment of Production and Distribution of Sensitive Products

The Fourth International Conference on Advanced Factory Automation - Factory 2000, ΙΕΕ, York, UK, October 1994, pp. 586-592.

Abstract: This paper presents the design and implementation of a distributed network for intelligent monitoring and control of units storing sensitive products in a factory environment. The network is used by the Quality Control Department (QCD) of a high-technology factory for real time acquisition of the parameters that define the status of various store-rooms for sensitive products and for collecting data during the products distribution process. The network uses the factory power grid as the communication medium and follows the Reference Model for Open System Interconnection (OSI-RM) for communication reliability and expandability. The network topology is dynamically modified based on the products distribution policy and it is automatically detectable by the QCD. The paper describes the functionality of the network node is also described emphasizing the process of collecting and storing the acquired data.

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