公开(公告)号：US20220415158A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17894728

申请日：2022-08-24

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark ,  Dirk Schulz

IPC: G08B23/00 ,  G08B21/18 ,  G05B19/418

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining an operational state of an industrial plant includes acquiring alarms raised within the plant and adding them to a pool of important alarms, determining whether a physical state of the plant indicated by a first alarm causes a second alarm or meets a predetermined state-dependent condition and, if so, moving the first alarm to a pool of informative alarms; and determining the operational state of the plant and/or a corrective action for improving this operational state based on the alarms in the pool of important alarms.

公开(公告)号：US20210397163A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17353834

申请日：2021-06-22

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Katharina Stark ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: An engineering system for orchestration of an industrial plant includes: a modular plant to be orchestrated including at least one processor from a topology having: a process orchestration layer, and a plurality of modules. A portion of the the plurality of modules are formed as at least one combined module. Each combined module of the at least one combined module has at least two different modules of the portion of the plurality of modules. The process orchestration layer controls the plurality of modules. The control by the process orchestration layer includes in-direct control of the portion of the plurality of modules via control of the at least one combined module.

公开(公告)号：US12235628B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US17535724

申请日：2021-11-26

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Marcel Dix ,  Katharina Stark ,  Roland Braun ,  Michael Vach ,  Sten Gruener ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Nicolai Schoch

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A computer-implemented resource management method for modular plants may include: receiving data identifying a required module type to be assembled into the modular plant as part of a module pipeline including one or more modules; and executing an optimization algorithm to select, from a plurality of modules having the required module type, a module for inclusion in the module pipeline on the basis of one or more predetermined optimization criteria.

公开(公告)号：US12140936B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17520738

申请日：2021-11-08

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark ,  Roland Braun ,  Michael Vach ,  Sten Gruener ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Marcel Dix

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method for configuring a modular industrial plant using an engineering tool includes using a plant engineering facility of the tool to create a representation of the modular industrial plant identifying modules to be orchestrated in the modular industrial plant. The modules include at least one function module that includes control software for the modular industrial plant. The method further includes using a module engineering facility of the tool to configure the function module for use in the modular industrial plant by editing a placeholder configuration file created by the tool for defining the configuration of the function module. Editing the configuration file causes a representation of the function module in the plant engineering facility to be automatically updated to reflect adaptations made to the function module using the module engineering facility. The method includes instructing the tool to assign the function modules so configured to the modular industrial plant.

公开(公告)号：US20240330725A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18618057

申请日：2024-03-27

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Sten Gruener ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Nafise Eskandani ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G06N5/04

CPC classification number: G06N5/04

Abstract: A method for generating an enriched alarm message associated to an initial alarm message of a concerned component of a plant includes providing a plurality of information model rules related to alarm messages for respective interrelations of components of the plant; applying the plurality of information model rules related to the alarm messages to respective components of a topology of the plant, for generating a system of information model rules related to the respective alarm messages of the plant; inferring logical consequences for the system of information model rules, which are related to the initial alarm message originated by the concerned component; and generating the enriched alarm message by combining the information model rules related to the initial alarm message of the concerned component, based on the inferred logical consequences.

公开(公告)号：US12025976B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17267154

申请日：2019-08-06

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  G05B13/02

CPC classification number: G05B19/41885 ,  G05B13/0265 ,  G05B2219/32128 ,  G05B2219/34295

Abstract: The disclosure describes a method associated with a simulation model of a process module configured to execute at least one module service. The process module is interlinkable or interlinked with further process modules to carry out a technical process in a cascade of module services, and includes Providing a process logic specification of the technical process, a control logic specification of the process module, a state engine of the process module from a configuration of the at least one service, and a process connection information of the technical process; Generating at least a part of the simulation model from a combination thereof, and Linking at least a part of the generated simulation model to a module type package for the process module, or extending a module type package for the process module by at least a part of the generated simulation model.

公开(公告)号：US12025966B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17169567

申请日：2021-02-08

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G05B19/05

CPC classification number: G05B19/058 ,  G05B19/054 ,  G05B19/056

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a process control system; at least one process module; and a process module logic entity associated with the at least one process module. The process control system communicates with the at least one process module via a process module interface. The process module logic entity provides a control logic of the at least one process module.

公开(公告)号：US20240152125A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18417732

申请日：2024-01-19

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Santonu Sarkar ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41845 ,  G05B19/41885 ,  G05B2219/32177

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for validating a component specification defining at least one component of an industrial automation system, wherein the component specification is arranged in an object-oriented data format, includes obtaining an invariant specification specifying one or more invariants that must be satisfied for the component specification to be deemed fit for use in conjunction with the industrial automation system; and validating the component specification using the invariants specified in the invariant specification.

公开(公告)号：US20240103471A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18473480

申请日：2023-09-25

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Sten Gruener ,  Katharina Stark ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Nafise Eskandani

IPC: G05B19/042

CPC classification number: G05B19/042

Abstract: A method of providing a software configuration for a modular plant, the method comprising providing a first function module as a parent object, wherein the first function module comprises a function information of the first function module; generating at least a second function module, wherein the second function module is a derived child object of the first function module that inherits the function information of the first function module.

公开(公告)号：US20230050508A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-16

申请号：US17884023

申请日：2022-08-09

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G05B19/042 ,  G05B19/04

Abstract: A modular automation support system for modular plants includes an engineering support system comprising a control and execution engine configured to: receive data from a monitoring infrastructure of a modular plant and convert that data into semantic data which conforms to a semantic data model; use one or more semantic rules or mechanisms relating the semantic data received from the monitoring infrastructure to services provided by modules of a pipeline of the modular plant to control the pipeline in executing a process.