System for Decentralized Material Flow Control
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGeorg Baier, Konstantin Keutner
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Abstract
A component of a material flow system for transporting goods has a mechatronics arrangement with transport elements, sensors and actuators for transporting the goods, a control device for controlling the mechatronics arrangement, interfaces to adjacent components and the surroundings, and an internal simulator for determining the future state of the component. The internal simulator co-operates with internal simulators of other components of the material flow system, for determining a prognosis of the future state of the installation of the material flow system. The decentralised internal simulators can be synchronously or asynchronously activated.
Claims20
A material flow system for transporting goods, comprising components for carrying out a transportation task, wherein a component comprises:
- a) a mechanical element for transporting the goods;
- b) a sensory system for detecting states of at least one of the mechanical element, of the transported goods and of the surroundings;
- c) an actuator system for mechanically influencing at least one of the mechanical element and the transported goods;
- d) a control component for controlling the mechanical element and the actuator system, based on the data supplied by the sensory system, to current installation state data of the material flow system and to control parameters of the control component;
- e) interfaces with adjacent components and with the surroundings, and
- f) an internal simulator for determining a future state of the particular component, wherein from the respective future states of the particular component, a prediction of the future state of the installation of the material flow system can be determined.
A component of a material flow system for transporting goods, comprising:
- a) a mechatronics system with transport elements, sensors and actuators for the transport of the goods;
- b) a control device for controlling the mechatronics,
- c) interfaces with adjacent components and with the surroundings,
- d) an internal simulator for determining the future state of the particular component, wherein the internal simulator cooperates with internal simulators of other components of the material flow system, in order to determine the future installation state of the material flow system.
A component for a material flow system for transporting goods, comprising
- a) a mechanical element for transporting the goods;
- b) a sensory system for detecting states of at least one of the mechanical element, of the transported goods, and of the surroundings;
- c) an actuator system for mechanically influencing at least one of the mechanical element and the transported goods;
- d) a control component for controlling the mechanical element and the actuator system, based on the data supplied by the sensory system, to current installation state data of the material flow system and to control parameters of the control component;
- e) interfaces with adjacent components and with the surroundings, and
- f) an internal simulator for determining a future state of the particular component, wherein from the respective future states of the particular component, a prediction of the future state of the installation of the material flow system can be determined.
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