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System and method for automation system configuration

US10409248B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

Mario Hoernicke · Landau, DE
Chaojun Xu · Weinheim, DE
Axel Haller · Gorxheimertal, DE
Rainer Drath · Weinheim, DE
Ralf Jeske · Petershagen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2015
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 2, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/15009
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A configuration system and method for process automation configured to access structural process diagrams representing process components. Each process component includes interconnections between process components. Each interconnection represents a physical connection. The system has at least one processor configured to generate corresponding process object instances for process components wherein a particular component type defines at least an interlock property and/or an operating condition.

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