Organization for Machine Automation and Control

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]

Organization for Machine Automation and Control
AbbreviationOMAC
Formation1994
Chair
Sid Venkatesh
Parent organization
Automation Federation
Websiteomac.org
Formerly called
Open Modular Architecture Controls

References

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  1. ^ "About OMAC". OMAC. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Packaging automation: OMAC packaging workgroup announces PackML Implementation Guide". Packaging Digest.
  3. ^ Wright, Shelton. "OMAC's Effort to Standardize Packaging" (PDF). University of Florida – Packaging Science Program. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. ^ "OMAC Packaging Workgroup Announces Newly Developed PackML Implementation Guide". Automation Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  5. ^ "OMAC Packaging Guidelines". Packaging Automation. 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 978-1-60650-200-6.
  7. ^ a b Derby, Stephen J. (27 October 2004). Design of Automatic Machinery (1 ed.). CRC Press. pp. 300–304. ISBN 0-8247-5369-0.