OMAC (organization)

Organization for Machine Automation and Control
Abbreviation OMAC
Formation 1994
Chair Sid Venkatesh
Parent organization Automation Federation
Website http://omac.org/
Former name Open Modular Architecture Controls

The Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC) is a global organization that supports the machine automation and operational needs of manufacturing.[1] OMAC, has in conjunction with ISA, created the PackML industry standard for describing the state and transitions of packaging machines.[2][3][4][5][6] OMAC was formed by General Motors in the 1980s under the name Open Modular Architecture Controls to address the problem of each machine having different controls and/or software implementations.[7] In the late 1990s OMAC expanded into the packaging automation industry.[7]

References

  1. ^ "About OMAC". OMAC. http://omac.org/content/about-omac. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Packaging automation: OMAC packaging workgroup announces PackML Implementation Guide". Packaging Digest. http://www.packagingdigest.com/article/510928-Packaging_automation_OMAC_packaging_workgroup_announces_PackML_Implementation_Guide.php. 
  3. ^ Wright, Shelton. "OMAC’s Effort to Standardize Packaging". University of Florida – Packaging Science Program. http://www.iopp.org/files/public/WrightSheltonUFlaOMACStandardization.pdf. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "OMAC Packaging Workgroup Announces Newly Developed PackML Implementation Guide". Automation Federation. http://www.automationfederation.org/AFTemplate.cfm?Section=Press_Room5&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=79549. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "OMAC Packaging Guidelines". Packaging Automation. http://www.packagingautomation.net/topics/omac_packaging_guidelines/. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  6. ^ The World Batch Forum (13 January 2011). Applying ISA-88 In Discrete and Continuous Manufacturing (1 ed.). Momentum Press. ISBN 978-1606502006. 
  7. ^ a b Derby, Stephen J. (27 October 2004). Design of Automatic Machinery (1 ed.). CRC Press. pp. 300–304. ISBN 0824753690.