Sustainable visualization solutions in industrial automation with Movisa — A case study

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Hennig ◽  
Annerose Braune
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Automation

scholarly journals Supporting feature-oriented evolution in industrial automation product lines

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hinterreiter ◽  
Lukas Linsbauer ◽  
Kevin Feichtinger ◽  
Herbert Prähofer ◽  
Paul Grünbacher
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Product Lines ◽  
Industrial Automation ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Case System ◽  
Software Product ◽  
Pick And Place ◽  
Functional Correctness ◽  
Development And Evolution

In the domain of industrial automation companies nowadays need to serve a mass market while at the same time customers demand highly customized solutions. To tackle this problem, companies frequently define software product lines (SPLs), which allow to automatically derive and further customize individual solutions based on a common platform. SPLs rely on defining common and variable platform features together with mappings, which define how the features are realized in implementation artifacts. In concurrent engineering such a feature-oriented process is challenged by the evolution of features, the complexity of feature-to-artifact mappings, and the diversity of the implementation artifacts. To address these challenges this paper introduces an approach supporting feature-oriented development and evolution in industrial SPLs. We outline the key elements and operations of our approach, including an implementation in a development environment. We report results of evaluating our approach regarding functional correctness, usefulness, and scalability based on a case study of a Pick-and-Place Unit (PPU) and an industrial case system.

Optimization of User and System Knowledge

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 399-403
Author(s):  
Ann G. Hammer ◽  
Gerald G. Birdwell ◽  
Harry L. Snyder ◽  
R. H. Bogle
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Software Environment ◽  
Industrial Automation ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
System Components ◽  
Integrated Software ◽  
System Effectiveness ◽  
System Knowledge

This paper presents the perspective of a user system knowledge continuum which recasts traditional user system components (user interface, context-sensitive help, completion aids, manuals, training) as interrelated knowledge components tasked with appropriately distributing required knowledge between user and system. It suggests that maximizing user system effectiveness is best viewed as optimization of a set of such knowledge components. The paper relies upon a case study showing this perspective at work in the development of APT - Applications Productivity Tool™, an integrated software environment for industrial automation applications.

scholarly journals SDN4CoRE: A Simulation Model for Software-Defined Networking for Communication over Real-Time Ethernet

10.29007/w71t ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Häckel ◽  
Philipp Meyer ◽  
Franz Korf ◽  
Thomas Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Complex Networks ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Software Defined Networking ◽  
Software Defined Network ◽  
Simulation Environment ◽  
Industrial Automation ◽  
Future Networks ◽  
Initial Results

Ethernet has become the next standard for automotive and industrial automation net- works. Standard extensions such as IEEE 802.1Q Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) have been proven to meet the real-time and robustness requirements of these environments. Augmenting the TSN switching by Software-Defined Networking functions promises additional benefits: A programming option for TSN devices can add much value to the resilience, security, and adaptivity of the environment. Network simulation allows to model highly complex networks before assembly and is an essential process for the design and validation of future networks. Still, a simulation environment that supports programmable real-time networks is missing.This paper fills the gap by sharing our simulation model for Software-Defined Network- ing for Communication over Real-Time Ethernet (SDN4CoRE) and present initial results in modeling programmable real-time networks. In a case study, we show that SDN4CoRE can simulate complex programmable real-time networks and allows for testing and verifying the programming of real-time devices.

Ladder Logic Diagram Development for Programmable Logic Controllers via S-Method

2012 ◽  
Vol 229-231 ◽  
pp. 2399-2403
Author(s):  
Lim Chin Yong ◽  
Nordin Saad ◽  
Adrien Muhammad Idris ◽  
Ahmad Hazwan Syahmi
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Programmable Logic ◽  
Industrial Automation ◽  
Logic Diagram ◽  
Pick And Place ◽  
Ladder Logic

This paper proposes a method of developing ladder logic diagram for PLCs via S-method (a structured method of programming routines). From flexible manufacturing industry point of view, engineers can easily understand the operation of the complicated system and have better control on industrial automation system by applying S-method. By practicing this, highly dependent on vendor for operating the system also can be eliminated. This paper describes detailed steps of the method that converts from description of the system to a ladder logic diagram involving a series of systematic steps. A case study on pick and place section, the KUKA system which is implementing the S-method is discussed in paper.

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