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News Release from: ISA:Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society | Subject: SP88 committee
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Batch Standards committee extends ISA 88
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The ISA-SP88 committee has announced it is beginning work on Part 5 of the widely used ISA 88 series of standards, "Modular Concepts for Automated Control Systems"
The ISA-SP88 committee has announced it is beginning work on Part 5 of the widely used ISA 88 series of standards The Part 5 standard, to be entitled "Modular Concepts for Automated Control Systems," will define methods for developing a library of automation control components that can be supported by automation vendors for all types of manufacturing
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 8 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The components that we want to specify will provide a base of commonly used automation functions that encourage modularity and define common methods for component interaction in batch, continuous, and discrete manufacturing," said ISA-SP88 chair Dennis Brandl, President of BR and L Consulting.
"Our goal is to provide standard terminology, command and control functionality, a way to describe and identify each modular component, a method for exchanging component definitions, and a method for intercommunications between components," said Dave Chappell of Procter and Gamble, who will serve as the Part 5 Working Group chair.
Proposed tasks for the Part 5 Working Group include.
* Refining the ISA 88 models for automation across all types of manufacturing.
This will encourage and support a layered and hieratical architecture that provides modularity and common methods for the automation modules to interact with one another.
This model will encompass the control module, equipment module and unit layers in the ISA 88 physical model.
* Refining the definitions in ISA 88 Part 1 that relate to coordination control, recipe procedural control, equipment procedural control, and basic control.
* Developing method/approach that will guide the development of a library of automation components which can be supported by all automation vendors to provide a common base of functionality.
* Developing physical models that support the concepts of this standard and can be used to clearly communicate the concepts and approaches for batch, continuous and packaging.
* Refining the definitions of modes to support use across all of manufacturing, and identifying the use of a "Mode-Matrix" as many types of manufacturing use that description.
* Inclusion of any PackML guidelines which are consistent with ISA 88 Part 5.
The Working Group is currently recruiting volunteers.
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