Increasing flexibility of modular automated material flow systems: A meta model architecture

Aicher, Thomas; Regulin, Daniel; Schütz, Daniel; Lieberoth-Leden, Christian; Spindler, Markus; Günthner, Willibald A.; Vogel‐Heuser, Birgit

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.799

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“…For this, this project proposes a modular laboratory which opens the possibility to replicate different topologies and network features. Modular architectures are also used in other disciplines in product development to increase the versatility and flexibility of the systems [27,28]. Finally, the SWIL is required to have increased realism in the experiments.…”

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Smart Water Infrastructures Laboratory: Reconfigurable Test-Beds for Research in Water Infrastructures Management

Ledesma

Wiśniewski

Kallesøe

2021

Water

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The smart water infrastructures laboratory is a research facility at Aalborg University, Denmark. The laboratory enables experimental research in control and management of water infrastructures in a realistic environment. The laboratory is designed as a modular system that can be configured to adapt the test-bed to the desired network. The water infrastructures recreated in this laboratory are district heating, drinking water supply, and waste water collection systems. This paper focuses on the first two types of infrastructure. In the scaled-down network the researchers can reproduce different scenarios that affect its management and validate new control strategies. This paper presents four study-cases where the laboratory is configured to represent specific water distribution and waste collection networks allowing the researcher to validate new management solutions in a safe environment. Thus, without the risk of affecting the consumers in a real network. The outcome of this research facilitates the sustainable deployment of new technology in real infrastructures.

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Section: Project Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Water Infrastructures Laboratory: Reconfigurable Test-Beds for Research in Water Infrastructures Management

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Wiśniewski

Kallesøe

2021

Water

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“…Metamodels might appear differently, even in a sub‐domain of aPS for the same modelling objective (H3.1). The AutoMFM metamodel [59] is designed to generate the control code of an intralogistics system modules dynamically adaptable to changes with conformance to a software architecture guideline called SAIL to support modularisation of material flow modules. In the context of I4.0, alternative design rationales such as multi‐agent systems are regarded as a suitable approach for a decentralised and flexible control architecture [64].…”

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Analysis of metamodels for model‐based production automation system engineering

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Fischer

2020

IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing

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“…In prior works [6], a meta model was introduced that enables the encapsulated description of software modules. PLCs are currently and, at least for the next 10 years, will be used for automation hardware control [7].…”

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“…At first, the control software is transferred into a model description based on a text-to-model transformation (T2M), to represent the control code in a more formalized way. Hence, the meta model of software modules [6] was extended by the SysML state machine diagram to also represent functional behavior. After that, a model mapping and differencing process is applied to detect all elements that are similar or different in both models, respectively (see Fig.…”

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Analyzing the industrial scalability of backwards compatible intralogistics systems

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The (re-)development of industrial production systems has to deal with high flexibility due to customers' demands as well as constraints such as the dimensions of the manufactory. Therefore, Intralogistics systems, which transport goods or products between machine tools in the production system, must also be flexibly assembled to fit into the given space. This presupposes that parts of the Intralogistics system, such as a belt conveyor, may be modified or exchanged by different ones and with less effort. Additionally, due to the different lifespans of mechanical, electrical and software components, often electrical devices need to be replaced by other ones during operation as a result of lacking availability thanks to shorter life cycles. Nowadays in industry, a manual adaptation of the control software is necessary after the exchange of an electrical/mechanical device with a newer one. In order to ease the software adaptation, in this paper an automatic analysis of the differences between incompatible software and an adaptation approach focusing on the functional behavior of the software is introduced. After identifying seven interaction points of the control software that need to be adapted, the approach is evaluated with an industrial case study and feedback from industrial experts to prove industrial scalability.

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Increasing flexibility of modular automated material flow systems: A meta model architecture

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Smart Water Infrastructures Laboratory: Reconfigurable Test-Beds for Research in Water Infrastructures Management

Smart Water Infrastructures Laboratory: Reconfigurable Test-Beds for Research in Water Infrastructures Management

Analysis of metamodels for model‐based production automation system engineering

Analyzing the industrial scalability of backwards compatible intralogistics systems

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