Programming of cyclical machines

US6978190B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Armin Amrhein · Amberg, DE
• Johannes Birzer · Stulln, DE
• Thomas Hennefelder · Markt Bibart, DE
• Martin Kiesel · Baiersdorf, DE
• Raimund Kram · Erlangen, DE
• Regina Schmitt · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2005
• Expiry date: May 31, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/15014
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A configurable running level model of a runtime system for the control tasks of an industrial controller for cyclical machines is created in a simple manner, enabling the programming of the machine sequence to take place in a sequential program. The wait_for_condition command in this case enables a user to wait for any desired conditions and respond with higher priority in the program flow. User programs can be additionally loaded into the user levels of the running level model.