SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATCH CONTROL PROCESSING
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Abstract
A system and method for batch control processing includes at least one controller having instructions and database. The database includes information relating to instruments, control modules, and equipment modules and the instructions pull information from the database to control the system and process, a manufacturing facility is provided that manipulates materials to form products. The facility includes a plurality of components that manipulate or measure the material and at least one controller having instructions and at least one database. The database includes information grouping the plurality of components into task oriented groups, referred to as equipment modules. When the facility requires the completion of tasks, the instructions in the controllers pull information from the database regarding which facility components are required to complete the particular task. For each new task request, the instructions pull information from the database regarding which facility components are required to complete the new task.
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41 Claims
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1-36. -36. (canceled)
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37. A batch process manufacturing facility including:
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a plurality of units containing different materials that when combined form products, a plurality of instruments positioned to measure characteristics of the different materials, each of the plurality of instruments having an instrument identifier, a plurality of control modules positioned to control the manipulation of the materials, each control module having a control module identifier, a plurality of equipment modules having an equipment module identifier, and at least one controller including at least one database and instructions including compiled code, the at least one database including the instrument identifiers, control module identifiers, and equipment module identifiers, and non-complied code, the at least one controller receives a request to manipulate a material, wherein based on the request, the compiled code of the instructions pull from the at least one database non-compiled code and interprets the non-compiled code to manipulate the material. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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