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：US20230280710A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18315585

申请日：2023-05-11

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Roland Braun ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G05B19/042

CPC classification number: G05B19/0423 ,  G05B19/0428

Abstract: A system and method for connecting a process controller to one or more peer devices includes providing a process controller interface for bidirectional communication; using a peer device interface for bidirectional OPC UA communication with the peer devices; and providing a logic unit that determines one or more to-be-performed actions from the one or more inputs according to a predetermined logic; determines, according to the predetermined logic, one or more outputs which, when supplied to the process controller, and/or to the peer devices, cause the to-be-performed actions to be performed; and supply these outputs to the process controller, and/or to the one or more peer devices.

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230019073A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17867909

申请日：2022-07-19

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Katharina Stark ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Nicolai Schoch

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method of generating control code for an industrial plant comprises: defining control logic for controlling the industrial plant by editing a cause-and-effect matrix provided by an engineering tool, wherein the defining comprises defining both instrument-based control logic and service-based control logic using the same cause-and-effect matrix; and generating the control code for controlling the industrial plant on the basis of the defined control logic.

公开(公告)号：US20220197253A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17559014

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schultz ,  Katharina Stark ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G05B19/4155

Abstract: A method for custom logic engineering in an industrial modular plant executing a production process includes receiving process data for the production process using at least one physical process module; determining a custom process topology by selecting, based on the received process data, at least one module type package, MTP; correlating to the at least one respective physical process module from a database, wherein the module type package is a digital representation of the respective physical process module; selecting at least one extender unit from the database based on the received process data; representing a logical function of the production process; determining connections between the extender unit(s) and the at least one MTP; setting properties of the extender unit(s) based on the received process data; and determining an extended control scheme for controlling dynamic behavior of the production process using the determined custom process topology.

公开(公告)号：US20210349454A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17382397

申请日：2021-07-22

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark ,  Dirk Schulz ,  Raoul Jetley

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  E04H5/02

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a construction plan for a modular plant that is to execute a given industrial process includes: providing a flow chart of the industrial process, the flow chart including a sequence of actions, each action having at least one input for an educt to be processed by the action and at least one output for a product produced by the action, at least one product of one action being an educt for another action; providing at least one catalogue of module descriptions, each module description characterizing at least the educt inputs and the product outputs of at least one physical process module, and physical actions performed within the physical process module; and decomposing the flow chart into functional units with at least one educt input, at least one product output, and one or more actions leading from the one or more educts.

公开(公告)号：US10409248B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15772447

申请日：2015-11-02

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Chaojun Xu ,  Axel Haller ,  Rainer Drath ,  Ralf Jeske

IPC: G05B19/042

Abstract: A configuration system and method for process automation configured to access structural process diagrams representing process components. Each process component includes interconnections between process components. Each interconnection represents a physical connection. The system has at least one processor configured to generate corresponding process object instances for process components wherein a particular component type defines at least an interlock property and/or an operating condition.

公开(公告)号：US12298728B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

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.

公开(公告)号：US12261913B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US17940481

申请日：2022-09-08

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Roland Braun ,  Thomas Gamer ,  Ralf Jeske ,  Anders Trosten ,  Jeff Harding ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Sten Gruener

IPC: H04L12/70 ,  G06F12/10 ,  H04L67/125

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at a façade server. The façade server provides a configurable façade having a configurable address space and serving as an interface for a client and to provide a mapping between the configurable address space of the façade and a data space and/or an address space of an external server.