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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Pavel Vrba, Vejprnice, CZ;
Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, OH (US);
Petr Kadera, Prague, CZ;
Vladimir Marik, Prague, CZ;
Marek Obitko, Kladno, CZ;
Miloslav Radakovic, Ruzomberok, SK;
Pavel Vrba, Vejprnice, CZ;
Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, OH (US);
Petr Kadera, Prague, CZ;
Vladimir Marik, Prague, CZ;
Marek Obitko, Kladno, CZ;
Miloslav Radakovic, Ruzomberok, SK;
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An industrial control system and method of controlling an industrial process are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the control system includes an order system configured to receive an order from an external source and process the order to generate an order instance in accordance with an order ontology, at least one database storing a plurality of selectable generalized production plans and information identifying capabilities of a plurality of control entities, and a product agent in at least indirect communication with the order system, the at least one database and the control entities. The product agent receives at least one portion of the order instance, selects at least one of the generalized production plans, and communicates with the control entities so as to determine a production plan instance suitable for governing at least one aspect of an industrial process in order to satisfy at least one portion of the received order corresponding to the at least one portion of the order instance.