{"title":"Efficient geometrical simulation and virtual commissioning performed in stamping","authors":"N. K. Nia, F. Danielsson, B. Lennartson","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489592","url":null,"abstract":"In order to perform efficient geometrical simulation and virtual commissioning in stamping, three fields are investigated namely: simulation building time, collision detection time and optimization time. Hence, reducing time is the main theme of this paper. To reduce simulation building time and optimization time, an efficient stamping simulation model is built and tested. Collision detection time is examined by a relative motion method based on 3D to 2D geometrical collision detection. The presented results mean that simulation and virtual commissioning can be performed at least ten times faster compared to standard approaches.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125541171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Target-sensitive systems: Analysis and implementation issues","authors":"G. Buttazzo, Carmelo Di Franco, Mauro Marinoni","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489570","url":null,"abstract":"Several real-time applications include tasks in which the output must be produced at precise time instants, rather than “within” a deadline, and the overall system performance significantly degrades when the task is executed too late or too early with respect to the desired time. This paper illustrates one of such applications and takes it as a reference case study to propose a general approach to show how to derive the timing constraints from the application requirements, how to implement the application on top of a realtime kernel, identifying the operating system features necessary to enforce such constraints, and how to analyze the schedulability of the task set. A set of experimental results are also presented to validate the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129791436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Ribas-Xirgo, Antonio Miro-Vicente, Ismael F. Chaile, A. J. Velasco-González
{"title":"Multi-agent model of a sample transport system for modular in-vitro diagnostics laboratories","authors":"L. Ribas-Xirgo, Antonio Miro-Vicente, Ismael F. Chaile, A. J. Velasco-González","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489591","url":null,"abstract":"Thousands of sample measurements for clinical analyses in large hospitals are made every day, which requires laboratories with modular analyzer systems that can operate with reliability and adaptability. In this paper we propose to transform a conventional, centrally controlled laboratory facility to a multi-agent system in order to distribute the control and make it more adaptable to priority samples and other unexpected events. The conversion requires replacing passive sample transport systems of laboratories by colonies of robots, which become the transportation agents. These multi-agent systems are completed by agents for the analyzers and the ones related to management software of laboratories. Result systems are compatible with the conventional ones so laboratories could be transformed in a straightforward way.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129709271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integration of existing IEC 61131-3 systems in an IEC 61499 distributed solution","authors":"Stefano Campanelli, P. Foglia, C. Prete","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489671","url":null,"abstract":"The IEC 61499 standard allows to model and design new generation control systems, providing innovative concepts of software engineering (such as abstraction, encapsulation, reuse) to the world of control engineering. The industrial reception of the standard, however, is still in an early stage, also because its introduction results in the adoption of a programming paradigm profoundly different than the widespread IEC 61131-3. This paper presents a method for the integration of the two standards, that allows to exploit the benefits of both. The proposed architecture is based on the parallel execution of both environments that interact with each other through some specific interfaces. A test implementation of the architecture is also presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed solution.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129727864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A distributed intrusion detection system for industrial automation networks","authors":"Franka Schuster, A. Paul","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489703","url":null,"abstract":"Modern automation is measured in terms of interoperability and easy administration. Introducing technology focussing on these criteria, however, induce new security risks to existing and future automation installations. Current security approaches in automation do not keep pace with the rising security challenges. Prevalent in automation is the use of access control to protect the system from malicious activity, such as extern attacks. Means to inspect the automation traffic to identify attacks that already have overcome access control or are initiated from inside the automation system are not available, yet. For filling this gap, we investigate in the application of intrusion detection techniques on industrial automation. In this paper, we present the current state of an intrusion detection system tailored to the analysis of operation down to traffic between automation devices on field layer.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129478319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IGBT fault detection for three phase motor drives using neural networks","authors":"M. Alavi, Ming Luo, Danwei W. Wang, Haonan Bai","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489593","url":null,"abstract":"Motor drives are widely used in industry for controlling the speed of three phase AC motors. Faults in motor drives degrade motor performance and can cause catastrophic failures. IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) switch faults are one of the main roots of electrical faults in inverters and motor drives. In this paper, a method based on neural network is implemented to detect and isolate switch faults in a three phase voltage source inverter. Only the output signals of the inverter are monitored. The entropy of the phase current and voltage is selected as the switch fault feature. Single and multiple short and open circuit switch faults are isolable with this method.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129632414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrian Köhlein, B. Böhm, J. Elger, N. Gewald, F. Stallinger, R. Neumann, Reinhold Plösch, P. Hehenberger
{"title":"Potentials of mechatronic objects for improving mechatronic engineering: Results and insights from an online survey","authors":"Adrian Köhlein, B. Böhm, J. Elger, N. Gewald, F. Stallinger, R. Neumann, Reinhold Plösch, P. Hehenberger","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489666","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial engineering is inherently of mechatronic character. The integration of all involved disciplines across the entire engineering life cycle is considered as a key element for improvements but requires appropriate conceptual support. Mechatronic objects provide such an approach. A criteria catalog for an assessment-based qualitative evaluation of respective engineering artifacts was developed, which aims to support characterizing, comparing, and improving mechatronic objects. In addition, it allows identifying directions for engineering improvements. In order to align future research efforts with industry needs, we conducted a survey among practitioners and researchers on their estimations regarding the potential of the mechatronic object concept and the implementation of selected criteria. This paper provides the results and insights from this survey and suggests a roadmap in order to improve mechatronic engineering.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126649892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stefan Matzler, R. Lehmann, S. Theurich, Alexander Dennert, M. Wollschlaeger
{"title":"Virtual industrial Ethernet devices for testing purposes","authors":"Stefan Matzler, R. Lehmann, S. Theurich, Alexander Dennert, M. Wollschlaeger","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489698","url":null,"abstract":"In this article an approach towards a modular generic field device, running on standard PC-hardware is presented. The work focusses on generating large numbers of software devices to be employed in stress test scenarios. The concept is based upon open source operating systems and virtualization. The design decisions regarding platform and device structure are discussed in detail. Furthermore a forecast on future real time capabilities of the approach is presented.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127044877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nico Laum, C. Lerche, F. Golatowski, D. Timmermann
{"title":"A Web service-based communication architecture for smartphone/WPAN sensor ensembles","authors":"Nico Laum, C. Lerche, F. Golatowski, D. Timmermann","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489792","url":null,"abstract":"There are many applications that use low power wireless sensors to monitor people's vital signs or the environment around people. For mobile applications, smartphones with Internet access have become a commonly used tool to make this data remotely accessible. However, the yet presented architectures are quite complex and lack flexibility. Our aim was to investigate how existing communication architectures for smartphone/WPAN sensor ensembles can be simplified and to provide a transparent solution where the smartphone doesn't require knowledge about sensors for which it serves as an Internet gateway. We therefore present an IP-based communication architecture, that allows applications to easily integrate remote sensor data of mobile users based on existing Internet standards. In particular, our solution provides simple Web service-based APIs and does not require the smartphone to process sensor data. Instead, the smartphone becomes a transparent gateway as it only forwards IP packets.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126363337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Packet-based time-critical medium access for a process-oriented deterministic bus system","authors":"K. Kirchner, A. Fink, M. Voss, H. Beikirch","doi":"10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489699","url":null,"abstract":"A novel approach for a very flexible and robust field area network (FAN) was developed. To fulfill the particular timing constraints given by the communication of the highly dynamic processes at lower FAN levels, the packet-based approach uses discrete multitone for parallel access to many devices. This paper gives a description of the packet based approach. Several aspects of the medium access organization, like carrier management, individual bandwidth allocation and gain control, are described. The suitability of this novel concept is proved with a prototype system implementation.","PeriodicalId":222799,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132293651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}