Industrial System Models Using SmartObjects and Capability Templates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Industrial system modeling is complicated by the amalgamation of different control types, automated and manual processes, and vendor-specific application specifications, leading to awkward system foundations that constrain end-users in configuring and implementing their industrial systems.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an object-based system model using SmartObjects, which allows for the representation of industrial assets with internal intelligence, enabling the propagation of changes and supporting multiple capabilities while enforcing relationship rules, thereby allowing end-users greater influence over modeling their industrial systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional system modeling approaches are used to represent industrial systems with multiple vendors and control types, then the system model can cover diverse industrial assets, but the system model becomes awkward and complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system model into distinct capability modules, where each capability represents a specific function or process. This segmentation allows diverse industrial assets to be represented through standardized capability interfaces rather than monolithic complex structures, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universal capability templates that can represent multiple types of industrial assets and control types through a common framework. This universality allows the system model to accommodate diverse vendors and control types without increasing structural complexity, as the same capability framework applies across different asset types.
2Reliability
If the system model includes various combinations of control types and processes from different vendors, then the model can reflect real-world industrial systems, but it constrains end-users in configuring and implementing the system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the system model from a rigid structure to a flexible parameter-based configuration system. By defining capabilities through configurable parameters and relationships rather than fixed structures, the model maintains accurate representation of real-world systems while enabling easy user configuration and implementation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces capability templates as intermediary elements between the diverse industrial assets and the system model. These templates act as mediators that standardize the representation of different vendors and control types, maintaining accuracy while simplifying user interaction and system configuration.
3Ease of manufacture
If the system model uses fixed structures to represent industrial assets, then the model is easier to implement, but it cannot support customization for different end-user needs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic capability definitions that allow the system model to adapt its structure based on end-user needs. Rather than fixed structures, capabilities are defined through configurable relationships and parameters that can be customized while maintaining a consistent implementation framework, resolving the contradiction between ease of implementation and adaptability.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for modeling capabilities within system models of industrial systems. One system includes an electronic processor configured to receive a request for a system model of an industrial system associated with a set of components. The electronic processor is also configured to access system data associated with the industrial system. The electronic processor is also configured to generate, based on at least the system data, a system model such that the system model includes a set of capabilities associated with the industrial system, wherein each capability included in the set of capabilities is associated with a function of the industrial system. The electronic processor is also configured to enable transmission of the system model for display.