Plug–and–Produce Integration in Industrial Cyber–Physical Systems based on IEC 61499 and the Module Type Package

With the digital transformation of industrial automation systems, engineers must manage the increasing system size and complexity due to the operation and information technology convergence. To achieve massive customizations, functions provided by various field devices must be integrated flexibly with controllers. This paper proposes a plug-and-produce method for integrating field device functions with edge controllers using the IEC 61499 function block network as the process orchestration layer and the Module Type Package (MTP) as the standardized exchange file format. This seamless integration between IEC 61499 and the MTP standard significantly reduces reconfiguration time by 80% and improves the efficiency of developing industrial cyber-physical systems by up to 50%.