changeableness

The demands on production companies increasingly vary due to unpre-dictable changes. This results in batch production of varying products and shorter life cycles of products and leads to difficulties in controlling the production sequences. In order to maintain optimal production processes the machining systems, including the controllers, must be adapted, when changes get too drastic. Thus autarkic modules with standardised interfaces for mechanical connection, energy, and information are required. As the adaptation process must be manageable und executable in a short time, self-adapting control systems, which adapt themselves depending on the changed machine structure, are needed.