Unified architecture of execution level hardware and software for discrete machinery manufacturing control systems

The paper describes an original architecture of a control system for the execution level of discrete machinery manufacturing. The architecture combines traditional approach that uses a SCADA system to monitor the condition of the production equipment and a system for production tasks execution based on Forth virtual machines for every automated work station. The proposed architecture will make it possible to successfully combine operations with different degrees of automation into a single manufacturing process, and also to substitute manual operations with automated ones without changing the technical documentation. Conducted experiments prove the applicability of this approach and the potential for further researches in this field.