Vernetzte Systeme für die Automatisierung 4.0

Intelligent Connected Production Systems - a Compact Introduction. The networking of devices, machines, and systems plays a key role in automation, which is increasingly gaining importance through Industry 4.0. This textbook imparts fundamental knowledge necessary for the successful application of intelligent connected production systems. It is aimed at students from the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, as well as process and environmental engineering, but is also suitable for practitioners involved in the digitalization of production.

Part A focuses on the fundamentals of networking and bus systems:

• Methods, techniques, and structures of local networks
• Hardware and software components of embedded systems
• Characteristics of selected fieldbus systems
• Open communication of connected systems based on OPC

Part B deals with Industrial Ethernet and mobile communication:

• Network technology and internet technologies
• Ethernet-based real-time bus systems
• Basics of wireless transmission
• Wireless local area networks and wide area networks (including mobile communication)

Part C addresses the networking of Cyber-Physical Systems, which form the basis for Industry 4.0 solutions:

• Architectures and services for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
• Communication infrastructures and protocols for Industry 4.0 production systems
• Networking in the digital factory: OPC UA over TSN, DDS and TSN, 5G and TSN

Numerous case studies from practical applications illustrate the fundamentals of connected systems. More than 80 exercises provide the opportunity to review and deepen the acquired knowledge. Over 240 references to videos and other further knowledge sources complement the content.