Method for operating an automated assembly for industrial process and/or production automation

• Main Authors: KLEEGREWE, CHRISTIAN, GERDES, CHRISTOPH, MERK, STEPHAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.11.2010
• Subjects: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

The method involves enabling interaction of a set of control units (C1-C8) with a set of sensors and actuators of automation modules e.g. tools (2, 4, 8) and conveyor belts (1, 3, 5-7) of an automation system for industrial process-and/or manufacturing automation. A control application is executed by the control units for controlling the automation system. A set of applications (AP1-AP3) of the control application is executed based on a distributed computing process i.e. grid computing process, where the applications are distributed to the control units during computing process. An independent claim is also included for an automation system for industrial process- and/or manufacturing automation, comprising a set of control units interacting with sensors and actuators. Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Betrieb einer automatisierten Anlage zur industriellen Prozess- und/oder Fertigungsautomatisierung, umfassend eine Vielzahl von Steuereinheiten (C, C1 ..., C6), welche mit einer Vielzahl von Sensoren (S) und Aktoren (A) wechselwirken. Durch die Steuereinheiten (C, C1, ..., C6) werden Applikationen (AP1, AP2, AP3) umfassend Steuerungsapplikationen zur Steuerung des Anlage durchgeführt, wobei eine oder mehrere der Applikationen (AP1, AP2, AP3) basierend auf einem verteilten Rechenverfahren ausgeführt werden, bei dem Rechenprozesse des oder der Applikationen (AP1, AP2, AP3) auf mehrere Steuereinheiten (C, C1, ..., C6) verteilt werden.