The future of machine-building is mechatronics

The scope of work in machine manufacturing has become more and more integrated, which requires an open multi-interactive interface strategy. For the application of the machine, the automation technology room of Austrian B&R Industrial Electronics Co., Ltd. links the existing professional tools through a transparent and straight-through interface and the interactive interface of R&D tools. The automation technology room becomes an integrated one. R & D platform, the platform has all the functions required for the design of the automation program, such as control program systems, the formation of the design of the image, linked to the various drive components, security technology systems and other equipment; at the same time, the establishment of expert tools, For example, Eplan Electric P8 for electronic planning is connected through a transparent interactive interface.

B&R Industrial Electronics Co., Ltd.'s Eplan Electric P8 is linked seamlessly with the automation technology room so that research and development can be performed in parallel. The user of the expert tool Eplan Electric P8 stated that through the simple configuration of the hardware device and the reception of the I/O plotting device, data input can be avoided and lengthy R&D work steps can be saved. Therefore, the automation technology room of B&R Industrial Electronics Co., Ltd. can be shortened. R & D time and reduce research and development costs.

Before the tools are connected to make it easier to function, engineers must manually configure the device configuration of the hardware to realize the automation environment. These device configurations already exist in the E-CAD-Tool. When working in the automation room and the Eplan Electric P8, hardware configuration can be realized with the push of a button, and a hardware tree including an I/O drawing device can be generated at the same time.

The corresponding process variable parameters are directly compared and summarized with the existing variable parameters of the automation technology room. This integrated comparison mechanism can provide an overview of which hardware tree components are involved in the design in the automation technology room and also shows which B&R Industrial Electronics Co., Ltd. automation components are used in the Eplan Electric P8. The R&D staff can simply compare the design options with just a few mouse clicks. The integrated input and output mechanisms allow designers to use multiple tools in their daily R&D work, thus greatly simplifying R&D and design work. The R&D of B&R Industrial Electronics Co., Ltd. and Eplan Electric P8 continues to advance one step further by using RoundTrip Engineering to synchronize E design and automation design projects. The corresponding mechanism keeps both projects on a horizontal line.

This advantage for the user is self-evident: By implementing automated support for data exchange, mistakes in engineering-principles exchanges can be avoided, thereby improving the quality of the designed products; at the same time, these products are reduced in the maintenance phase. Subsequent use costs. In addition, in this way of design, since the equipment files and system software are updated and synchronized with each other, the design changes can be implemented quickly and simply, and at the same time, the cost can be saved.

The scope of knowledge of machinery, electrical and software is clearly blended in order to optimize the benefits of research and development. This requires people to change their thinking about designing R&D tools. In the past, each tool was independent, and most of them were connected with other tools through a simple import/export mechanism. In the future, an open, transparent, integrated, and interactive interface will play a leading role. .

In this way, the machine manufacturing industry can benefit from the integration of various principles, which can greatly shorten the development time of new products and greatly reduce the cost of research and development. B&R Industrial Electronics Co., Ltd. and expert tool Eplan showed people that various design tools can be successfully linked in the area of ​​electronic design and automation of machines and equipment.

The integration of the various components Mechatronics should be described as a mechanical system, an electrical system, an information system, and software that are integrated into one another and used as an alternative to the overall system of multiple types of mechatronics. The task of the mechatronic system is to convert energy, materials (raw materials) and/or components of the sensing part, the program part, the action part of the mechanical part and the principle element, the electronic part and the information part, and the relevant technical parts of other functions required. Information, and transport and/or storage. Multiple mechatronic systems can be distributed into different functional groups. Most of these functional groups form a single adjustment zone. These adjustment zones consist of different components, such as mechanical, electrical, magnetic, machine and optical structural components, and Sensors for detecting system status measurements, action parts for adjustment and control, and programs and information for information processing.