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Guilherme L. V. Pereira
Laboratório de Controle e Automação - Coord. de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, PR
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Willian R. B. M. Nunes
Laboratório de Controle e Automação - Coord. de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, PR
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Rodrigo P. Caun
Laboratório de Controle e Automação - Coord. de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, PR
Keywords:
Virtual factory, industrial network, digital control, manufacturing automation, virtual laboratory
Abstract
Among the pillars of Industry 4.0 stand out the simulation and virtual reality strategies, bringing the real world closer to the virtual one and generating optimization of resources and economy with the improvement in machine configurations before the actual implementation system connected via an OPC server. This work presents a proposal of automation of a virtual factory, whose process consists of filling stages with level control of a tank, palletizing station and stock of products. The Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) program is organized into program organization units in the LADDER, Structured Text (ST) and Sequential Flow Chart (SFC), as per IEC 61131-3. An identification test and controller tuning for the filling system was carried out with the PLC and the virtual factory. Results from the simulation demonstrate the operation of the virtual plant processes through a single PLC via OPC communication.
