Automation of a Valve Manufacturing Process with 7 Mechatronic Stations and a Robotic Arm through a Network of Profibus DP Industrial Protocol with Master-Slave Configuration

Abstract

This paper consists of providing an industrial approach to a valve manufacturing system that covers 7 mechatronic stations and a robotic arm, whose connections between each station are conventional point-to-point (PPI) transmissions. To obtain reliable digital and analog data in real-time both at the field and cell level it is essential to use industrial protocols backed by the IEC 61158 standard. For this reason, the Profibus DP (Decentralized Periphery) protocol is optimal for this application as it can transmit data at a greater distance than another communication protocol and high transmission speed, therefore this protocol is still used in most industrial plants in the world. On this occasion, a bus-type topology with master-slave configuration is used for the realization of this document.