ABSTRACT
This paper shows a simple and effective approach to the design and implementation of automated Industrial manufacturing Systems oriented to control the characteristics of each individual product manufactured in a production line and also their manufacturing conditions. The particular products considered in this work are steel sheets that under go the galvanizing processes. However, the approach can be modified to be applicable in other industries, like paper, textile, aluminum, etc. The system makes use of sensor nodes placed at different places to monitor and control various parameters of interest to guarantee and improve the quality of the products manufactured in many industries. The proposed system uses CAN bus to send and receive the data to and from the nodes to the central controller which provides many advantages over the currently used distributed control system.
Keywords: Galvanizing processes, CAN bus, Sensor nodes, Multi-master, Microcontroller, Electro magnetic interference (EMI), Noise immunity, Distributed control systems (DCS).
