3 Fundamentals of press design

Press control systems
Other approaches exist in the form of programming through the use
of status graphs, application (“object”) oriented programming and user
language. In this case, reusable modules with any degree of complexity
can be generated and stored in a user-specific macro library. The prepared
objects in the library are in parametric form and can be grouped
with a minimum of complication to cover a large number of the press
or machine functions. All that is necessary to then join the interfaces
for data exchange.
Information technology is being integrated to an ever greater degree
into the plants or machines themselves.
As internationally stable “information highways” become available,
new forms of fault diagnostics and maintenance back-up will naturally
develop, allowing possible faults and operating errors to be ascertained
and mechanical faults to be traced using video technology or microphones,
so realizing a system of temporary or continuous on-line monitoring.
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