Production equipment control

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Production equipment control involves production equipment that resides in the shop floor of a manufacturing company and its purpose is to produce goods of a wanted quality when provided with of a required quality. In modern production lines the production equipment is fully automated using and involves limited unskilled labour participation. Modern production equipment consists of mechatronic modules that are integrated according to a . The most widely known architectures involve hierarchy, polyarchy, and hybrid. The methods for achieving a are described by , which may or may not utilize formal methods in their design.