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    PLC FUNCTION BLOCK CREATION FOR MINIMIZING DATA LINK LIMITATION ON CC-LINK-BASED CONVEYOR HANDLING SYSTEM
    (2022-07-01)
    Pongswatd, Sawai
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    Niyomtamarat, Patipak
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    Kummool, Sart
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    Thepmanee, Teerawat
    In order to solve a facing network capacity problem when improving an existing conveyor handling system controlled by programmable logic controllers (PLCs) on master-slave control and communication link (CC-Link) network at a wooden pallet manufacturer, this article presents a software technique for short-term solution. For new requirements to upgrade a pallet sortation to be automated by installing new robotic handling unit, a slave PLC using an interface module modeled FX2N-32CCL (or slave PLC1) cannot receive all specified data of pallet production models from an existing master PLC using intelligent module modeled QJ61BT11N in one communication cycle due to limited data links. To overcome this limitation, a PLC function block creation based on data sorting approach is proposed. Two new function blocks named FB SEND and FB RECEIVE are created based on IEC61131-3 standard for adding to the existing ladder diagrams, which execute on the master PLC central processing unit (CPU) and slave PLC1 CPU, respectively. Experimental results verify that the created function blocks can provide data transfers correctly between the specified sources and destinations. The data received at the slave PLC1 CPU are similar to the data sent from the master PLC CPU. With the proposed solution, the desired conveyor handling system can be upgraded according to user’s requirements.
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    AVAILABILITY THROUGH FIELD DEVICE DIAGNOSIS IN FEEDFORWARD CONTROL: A CASE STUDY OF FOUNDATION FIELDBUS-BASED TEMPERATURE CONTROL
    (2022-02-01)
    Kummool, Sart
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    Suwanmanee, Ittimon
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    Weerathaweemas, Songchai
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    Julsereewong, Amphawan
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    Sittigorn, Jirasak
    For endusers, requiring an action to enable a fieldbus-based process control that is not hazardous to continue its operation in the event of transmitter failures, it is essential to understand how diagnostic capability of field instruments is helpful in availability enhancement. In order to effectively implement a feedforward control strategy with increased availability, this article presents a control configuration method when utilizing a Foundation Fieldbus (FF)-based temperature feedforward control as an illustrative case study. Four function block assignment options for configuring the studied control strategy during engineering phase are described. The ‘Uncertain’ measurement status provided by temperature transmitters is treated as ‘Good’ measurement status in all control configuration options for availability goal by reducing process downtime. In addition, based on experimental results, a simplified Petri net model for logical behavior representation of the interested FF-based feedforward is also proposed.
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    Process safety enhancement of feedforward control using foundation fieldbus
    (2020-04-01)
    Julsereewong, Amphawan
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    Kummool, Sart
    This paper presents a practical technique in engineering phase for enhancing safety of Foundation Fieldbus (FF)-based feedforward control through propagation of measurement validity and status information in the loop using function block language to prevent hazards in the presence of a transmitter failure. The proposed technique is based on fault diagnosis of FF devices to increase the safety beyond that found in basic control loops using traditional technologies. For hybrid architecture by assigning basic and advanced function blocks to execute in H1 field instruments and H1 interface module, respectively, all possible cases for configuring parameter options not only to shut the loop down when the failure occurs but also to resume the loop to normal when the failure disappears are described. The feedforward on temperature control of H1 segment configured and operated on the DeltaV integrated host is used for experimentally testing the correctness of the defined parameter options to provide function block interlocks and failsafe actions as well as fault recovery mechanisms. In addition, the Petri net model to represent the control loop behaviors for comparing the process safety enhancement in different scenarios from five cases of parameter configurations is also included.