Patent ID: 6772033
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
A manufacturing network system comprising:at least one master computer; at least one network computer interconnected between said master computer and a plurality of local control devices for the purpose of network management; each of said plurality of local control devices located proximate one of an assembly line and a work station and connected with field devices, said field devices selected from the group consisting of initiators, actuators, and screw control modules; a plurality of work devices connected to said field devices for being controlled or actuated thereby; said network computer being provided with a plurality of software modules, including at least a first software module interconnected with other software modules in the manufacturing network system for the purpose of at least one of the functions selected from the group consisting of data acquisition, data management, and data evaluation, wherein said software modules are interconnected with each other for data exchange and for gueries at a number of points in the network system; said first software module being also present in at least a plurality of said local control devices; wherein said number of points for said queries including at least plurality of said local control devices.