Today companies have to produce their products highly automated under compliance of high quality standards. Thereby different products must be able to be produced flexible, while the production flow is configurable over different production steps and thereby a complete quality control and traceability of data is guaranteed. The analysis of the machine monitoring is thereby the basis for a high efficiency and availability of the production equipment.

VPC-MES - a Software- Framework for production control

The Manufacturing Execution System VPC-MES provides therefore all functions for a comfortable, scaleable production control. An innovative Software- Framework is the basis for the communication and integration of extensive available functional software modules of MES. By the modular structure are client- specific functional increments possible at any time.

Die Module des MES:

Production Visualization
Order Management
Production Control
Traceability/ Tracking
Trending Reporting
Recipe Management
Machine Data
Alarm Management
SPC (Statistical Process Control)
APC (Advanced Process Control), option of extension
Maintenance Management
Expert System
Logbook/ Machine log

Technical advantages

VPC is realised as Client- Server architecture and is based on the object-oriented automation platform VAC NT/32 with its extensive automation functions.

VPC is modular in the functions, horizontal and vertical scaleable for different production structures and –measurements and configurable.

VPC has open interfaces for adaptation of foreign software.

VPC uses standard databases (e.g. ORACLE ®)

VPC offers many already prepared function analysis/reporting and the possibilities for project-specific extension.The process stations can be connected over different interfaces to the MES. For it act the available interface objects (Profibus, CAN-Bus, Industrial Ethernet, RS 232, u.a.) of the control system VAC NT/32.

The process stations can be connected over different interfaces to the MES. For it act the available interface objects (Profibus, CAN-Bus, Industrial Ethernet, RS 232, u.a.) of the control system VAC NT/32.

For the integration of project-specific functions all objects and functions of VAC NT/32 are available, whereby an effective extension of functions and integration possibilities is secured.

VPC-MES Support

Ad-hoc information:
The AIS is becoming part of
the Roth & Rau concern

PVSEC
1. - 4. September 2008 in Valencia (Spain)

PSE
16. - 17. September 2008 in Garmisch-Patenkirchen

Innotrans
23. - 26. September 2008 in Berlin

SEMICON Europe
7. - 9. October 2008 in Stuttgart

SPS/IPC DRIVES
25. - 27. November 2008 in Nuremberg

SEMICON WEST
15. - 17. July 2008 in San Francisco (USA)

AUTOMATICA
10. - 13. June 2008 in Munich

AIS Automation
Dresden GmbH