Design Cloud-Edge Collaborated Batch Control Systems Based on Automatic Mapping IEC 61499 and ISA-88

Manufacturing is entering a new era with Industrial Internet and edge computing. The Industrial Internet cloud platform provides massive computing power and storage spaces for field devices. With more powerful chips available, field devices are also capable of handling multiple complex computational tasks simultaneously. How to collaborate resources from both cloud platforms and edge devices become an important topic for manufacturers. In this paper, a cloud-edge collaborated batch control system is proposed based on the IEC 61499 standard and the ISA-88 standard. The ISA-88 models are implemented as an independent IEC 61499 resource to support low-code development for batch control systems. Also, cloud resources are introduced in the IEC 61499 deployment to enable cloud-edge collaboration. Finally, the design process is verified with a liquid food processing line.