Deliverable 7.1 is focused on the definition and analysis of the specifications for Factory-Ecomation developments related to control systems innovation for the two end-users industrial reference scenarios. Four main lines of activities have been previously selected, during the activities of WP2, and correspondingly this documents has been divided into 4 main section: - Section-3 will present a detail explanation of the Virtual Commissioning platform to be developed during the project, together with an analysis of the most challenging criticalities to be faced. The platform, besides being an element of innovation in itself because of the way it aims at changing the approach to development of automation systems, will also serve as validation tool for the other researches and developments on control systems. They will in fact leverage on the virtual representations of the equipment considered in Factory-Ecomation to test and optimize the new orchestration algorithms. - Section-4 is focused on discrete manufacturing systems, and proposes a framework for the optimal design of the supervisor for automation tasks. A justification of the approach is proposed with reference to the actual industrial practice, posing the basis for the definition of the reference scenario and formalization of the control problem to be solved. Direct examples are done with reference to the woodworking sector, leveraging on the availability of corresponding test-beds offered by IKEA and SCM partners. - Complementary to section-4, section-5 is centred on continuous industrial manufacturing, taking Brembo iron casting example to lay the foundation for an MPC framework for the control of multi-variable, non-linear industrial systems. The overall adaptive control system is being studied with the array of induction furnaces as concrete test-bed, and as such its low-level characteristics are deeply analysed. Moreover, the general approach to the development of such a control architecture is exposed, paving the way for the application to other domains. - Finally, section-6 directly proposes an example of re-application of the concept exposed in section-5 to another domain of particular interest for Factory-Ecomation objectives: the performance improvement for emissions filtering equipment. In order to pose the basis for the zero-emissions factory envisioned by the project, equipment innovation must be sustained by equivalent efforts in the development of more advanced control systems. The section analyses therefore the fundamental physical aspects linked to the emissions filtering problem, identifies the limits of the actual implementation of the control systems, and identifies the specifications for the adaptive control system of new conception that will be developed in the coming tasks of WP7. The activities here reported have prepared the ground for the effective developments that will continue throughout the tasks of WP7, leading to the concrete implementation of the algorithms and control frameworks whose requirements and specification have been here explained.
D7.1 Report on Automation platform objectives and tasks
2013
Abstract
Deliverable 7.1 is focused on the definition and analysis of the specifications for Factory-Ecomation developments related to control systems innovation for the two end-users industrial reference scenarios. Four main lines of activities have been previously selected, during the activities of WP2, and correspondingly this documents has been divided into 4 main section: - Section-3 will present a detail explanation of the Virtual Commissioning platform to be developed during the project, together with an analysis of the most challenging criticalities to be faced. The platform, besides being an element of innovation in itself because of the way it aims at changing the approach to development of automation systems, will also serve as validation tool for the other researches and developments on control systems. They will in fact leverage on the virtual representations of the equipment considered in Factory-Ecomation to test and optimize the new orchestration algorithms. - Section-4 is focused on discrete manufacturing systems, and proposes a framework for the optimal design of the supervisor for automation tasks. A justification of the approach is proposed with reference to the actual industrial practice, posing the basis for the definition of the reference scenario and formalization of the control problem to be solved. Direct examples are done with reference to the woodworking sector, leveraging on the availability of corresponding test-beds offered by IKEA and SCM partners. - Complementary to section-4, section-5 is centred on continuous industrial manufacturing, taking Brembo iron casting example to lay the foundation for an MPC framework for the control of multi-variable, non-linear industrial systems. The overall adaptive control system is being studied with the array of induction furnaces as concrete test-bed, and as such its low-level characteristics are deeply analysed. Moreover, the general approach to the development of such a control architecture is exposed, paving the way for the application to other domains. - Finally, section-6 directly proposes an example of re-application of the concept exposed in section-5 to another domain of particular interest for Factory-Ecomation objectives: the performance improvement for emissions filtering equipment. In order to pose the basis for the zero-emissions factory envisioned by the project, equipment innovation must be sustained by equivalent efforts in the development of more advanced control systems. The section analyses therefore the fundamental physical aspects linked to the emissions filtering problem, identifies the limits of the actual implementation of the control systems, and identifies the specifications for the adaptive control system of new conception that will be developed in the coming tasks of WP7. The activities here reported have prepared the ground for the effective developments that will continue throughout the tasks of WP7, leading to the concrete implementation of the algorithms and control frameworks whose requirements and specification have been here explained.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
