Configuring modular industrial plants

US12140936B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

• Mario Hoernicke · Landau, DE
• Katharina Stark · Erlangen, DE
• Roland Braun · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Michael Vach · Wilhelmsfeld, DE
• Sten Gruener · Laudenbach, DE
• Nicolai Schoch · Heidelberg, DE
• Marcel Dix · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 8, 2021
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for configuring a modular industrial plant using an engineering tool includes using a plant engineering facility of the tool to create a representation of the modular industrial plant identifying modules to be orchestrated in the modular industrial plant. The modules include at least one function module that includes control software for the modular industrial plant. The method further includes using a module engineering facility of the tool to configure the function module for use in the modular industrial plant by editing a placeholder configuration file created by the tool for defining the configuration of the function module. Editing the configuration file causes a representation of the function module in the plant engineering facility to be automatically updated to reflect adaptations made to the function module using the module engineering facility. The method includes instructing the tool to assign the function modules so configured to the modular industrial plant.