Method for planning the manufacture of a product and production module having self-description information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11003174-B2
Application number	US-201415526258-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2014
Priority date	Nov 13, 2014
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

A production module for performing a production function on a product, production system, production planning device, and method for planning the production of the product, wherein a plurality of production modules are intercoupled, where a self-description information set is stored within each production module as a database, e.g., NoSQL, OWL, ontology, SPARQL, which comprises properties of the production module, where if a production information set comprising the production steps required to produce the product is present, then the production information set and the self-description information sets or parts thereof are transmitted to a production planning device to plan production of the product and a production procedure plan for a product to be processed is determined, and where the production procedure plan comprises an information set about a sequence of production modules of the production system, which sequence a product should pass through to produce an intermediate product or end product.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A production module for performing a production function on a product, the production module being configured to couple to a second production module which is configured to perform a second production function on the product, the production module comprising:
a memory device which stores a piece of self-description information regarding properties of the production module comprising a piece of port information regarding the coupling to the second production module;
wherein the production module is configured to transmit the piece of self-description information or portions of the piece of self-description information to a further device; and
wherein the piece of self-description information is stored or storable as a NoSQL database or a non-relational database.

2. The production module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the piece of self-description information comprises:
at least one of:
(i) a piece of service information regarding the production function,
(ii) a piece of configuration information regarding at least one of (i) a situation and (ii) an embodiment of the production module,
(iii) a piece of capability information regarding available functions and services of the production module, said piece of capability information comprising a piece of information about the production function,
(iv) a piece of instruction information regarding instructions executable by the production module and adjustable parameters, and
(v) a piece of state information regarding a work state of the production module.

3. The production module as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second production module couplable or coupled to the production module comprises a second piece of self-description information regarding properties of the second production module; and
wherein the production module configured to transmit the piece of self-description information or portions of the piece of self-description information to the second production module and to receive the second piece of self-description information or portions of the second piece of self-description information from the second production module.

4. The production module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second production module couplable or coupled to the production module comprises a second piece of self-description information regarding properties of the second production module; and
wherein the production module configured to transmit the piece of self-description information or portions of the piece of self-description information to the second production module and to receive the second piece of self-description information or portions of the second piece of self-description information from the second production module.

5. The production module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the piece of port information regarding the coupling to the second production module comprises information regarding properties of further production modules at least one of (i) directly and (ii) indirectly connected to the second production module.

6. The production module as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the information regarding properties of further production modules comprises production functions of the production modules at least one of (i) directly and (ii) indirectly connected to the second production module.

7. The production module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the production module is configured to communicate with a product data processing device associated with a product to be conditioned and to receive a piece of production information regarding manufacture of an intermediate product or end product.

8. The production module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the production module is configured to store a piece of module planning information and is additionally configured to output a piece of information regarding the piece of module planning information.

9. The production module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the piece of self-description information is stored or storable as at least one of (i) an OWL or RDF database and (ii) a database using SPARQL as a query language.

10. The production module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the production module additionally includes a production planning device.

11. A production system for manufacturing an intermediate product or end product, comprising:
a plurality of production modules coupled among one another, each of the plurality of production modules including a memory device which stores a piece of self-description information regarding properties of a production module comprising a piece of port information regarding the coupling to a second production module of the plurality of production modules, each of the plurality of production modules being configured to transmit the piece of self-description information or portions of the piece of self-description information to a further device, the piece of self-description information being stored or storable as a NoSQL database or a nonrelational database.

12. A production planning device for planning manufacture of an intermediate product or end product via a production system as claimed in claim 11 ,
wherein the production planning device is configured to store a piece of production information, the piece of production information comprising production steps required for manufacturing the intermediate product or end product;
wherein the production planning device is configured to at least one of (i) receive and (ii) store at least portions of the self-description information of a selection of production modules of the production system; and
wherein the production planning device is configured to ascertain a production flowchart for a product to be conditioned, the production flowchart comprising a piece of information about an order of production modules of the production system through which a product is intended to or does pass for the manufacture of the intermediate product or end product.

13. The production planning device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the production planning system additionally has access to a term transfer module, the term transfer module being configured to associate elements of the piece of production information regarding the manufacture of the intermediate product or end product and elements of the piece of self-description information of the production modules.

14. The production planning device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the term transfer module comprises a database comprising elements of the piece of production information regarding the manufacture of the intermediate product or end product and elements of the piece of self-description information of the production modules; wherein each of these elements having at least one of (i) associated association information and (ii) other elements from the elements.

15. A production control device for at least one of (i) configuring and (ii) controlling manufacture of an intermediate product or end product via the production system as claimed in claim 11 ;
wherein the production control device is configure to store a production flowchart for a product to be conditioned, the production flowchart comprising a piece of information about an order of production modules of the production system through which a product is intended to or does pass for the manufacture of the intermediate product or end product; and
wherein the production control device is further configured to communicate with at least one selection of production modules in orders of production modules, and is additionally configured to ascertain a timing with which the conditioning of the products by the production modu

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Lamparter Steffen
• Lawitzky Gisbert
• Pirker Michael
• Wurm Kai
• Zahorcak Vladimir

Classifications

• G05B19/41885

  characterised by modeling, simulation of the manufacturing system · CPC title

• G05B19/4188 Primary

  characterised by CIM planning or realisation · CPC title

• G05B19/4187

  by tool management · CPC title

• G05B19/4183

  characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification · CPC title

• G05B19/41815 Primary

  characterised by the cooperation between machine tools, manipulators and conveyor or other workpiece supply system, workcell · CPC title