Abstract: A system and method for real time updating of process applications includes a first execution engine executing a first process application to control a process device, an update manager receiving an updated software, the update manager being a second software container deployed in the deployment unit; initializing the updated software in a second execution engine; determining an application state of the first process application; instructing a transfer of the application state from the first execution engine to the second execution engine; instructing the second execution engine to execute the updated process application using the received application state; and instructing the first execution engine to stop writing output signals for the process device, and instructing the second execution engine to write output signals for the process device.

Abstract: A method of providing a user with an individualized health platform, includes collecting a user's health and care data, organizing the collected health and care data into a problem oriented health record, drafting health goals and a care plan for the user with the aid of a health coach, vetting the health goals and care plan using a data and analytics system to assure that the health goals and care plan are supported by peer reviewed health and clinical literature, producing individualized guidance options for addressing new acute or chronic issues, managing existing health issues, achieving the health goals, and adhering to the care plan based on the user's problem oriented health record, monitoring the user's achievements with respect to the user's health goals and adherence to the care plan, and providing additional guidance options based on the user's new health and care issues and the user's achievements and adherence.

Abstract: A method for automatic generation of a specification for an IT topology of a control system, the method comprising: creating a system structure from a machine-readable data defining production process requirements and generating specification data of the IT topology based on the extracted system structure; optimizing the generated specification data of the IT topology by utilization of pre-defined rules and generating abstract aggregated IT topology data based on the optimized specification data; and instantiating and mapping the abstract aggregated IT topology data to specific technology instance data.

Abstract: Described herein is an aging process of a solution-heat-treated and quenched 2XXX-series aluminum alloy wrought product, comprising the steps of: (1) aging the product in a first aging step at one or more temperatures within a range of 90° C. to 120° C. for a cumulative period of time of at least 10 hours; and (2) subsequently aging the product in a second aging step at one or more temperatures within a range of 150° C. to 205° C. for a cumulative period of time of at least 4 hours. The wrought aluminum alloy can be processed to various product forms, e.g., sheet, thin plate, thick plate, extruded or forged products.

Abstract: A method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network includes: a) connecting a field device to an industrial system network; c) providing information about the field device, the information including functional information for the field device; d) utilizing the functional information for the field device to retrieve information relating to a role of the field device in an automation application; f) utilizing capability information relating to a field device type of the field device and the information relating to the role of the field device in the automation application to retrieve a parameter set for the field device for operation in the automation application; and g) downloading the parameter set to the field device.

Abstract: A method for managing the transfer of a live containerized stateful process automation application from a source node to a target node of a process control system includes obtaining data relating to execution of the application at the source node and deriving from the data an application execution profile; obtaining an evaluation of available computing resources at the target node; determining feasibility of the transfer by comparing the available computing resources to the application execution profile; and in response to the transfer being determined to be feasible, initiating the transfer of the application from the source node to the target node.

Abstract: An industrial information identification and retrieval system includes: a crawler; a search engine; a result processor; and a web user interface “web UL” The crawler identifies devices and their associated Open Platform Communication Unified Architecture “OPC UA” servers within a network as identified OPC UA servers. The crawler browses the identified OPC UA servers and extracts and stores data items in a database as extracted data items. The search engine searches the extracted data items and provides search results to the result processor. The result processor determines a score for each search result. The web UI presents the search results according to the scores.

Abstract: An edge utility management method includes receiving an application to be deployed on an edge device, wherein the application comprises a plurality of separately-deployable application parts; obtaining application profiles for one or more of the applications parts; obtaining hardware profiles for one or more hardware resources of the edge device; deploying the application parts to selected hardware resources based on the application profiles and the hardware profiles; and facilitating communication between the deployed application parts during execution of the application.

Abstract: A method for visualizing a rule of an industrial process includes providing a topology model of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises at least one sensor and at least one actuator; attributing the topology model with a rule comprising a triple < cause, traversal, effect >, wherein the cause comprises a range of values from the at least one sensor, the effect comprises an action performed by the at least one actuator, and the traversal comprises a relation between the cause and the effect; marking the cause, the traversal and/or the effect; and visualizing the elements of the rule in the topology model.

Abstract: An anomaly detection and recovery system (ADRS) for an open platform communications united architecture (OPC UA)-based industrial automation network that includes OPC UA devices includes an anomaly detector is configured to monitor an OPC UA traffic stream comprising OPC UA messages of the OPC UA devices and analyze the OPC UA traffic stream using OPC UA semantics of the industrial automation network for anomaly detection.

Abstract: A computer-implemented update management method for managing transfer of an application state from a source node to at least one target node of a distributed control system, includes identifying a first part of the application state which can be transferred independently of a second part of the application state; determining that the first part can be transferred from the source node to the at least one target node during one execution cycle of the application; performing a first partial update by transferring the first part of the application state from the source node to the at least one target node during a first execution cycle of the application; and performing a second partial update by transferring the second part of the application state from the source node to the at least one target node during a second, subsequent execution cycle of the application.

Abstract: A method of channel mapping in an industrial process control system includes: a) discovering a plurality of devices within the industrial process control system; b) obtaining at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; c) determining channel mapping by a processing unit acting as a channel mapping agent, the plurality of devices being mapped to a plurality of communication channels, the channel mapping mapping each device to a communication channel for signal transmission, and the determining including utilizing the at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; and d) configuring the devices according to the channel mapping.

Abstract: A system and method for real time updating of process applications includes a first execution engine executing a first process application to control a process device, an update manager receiving an updated software, the update manager being a second software container deployed in the deployment unit; initializing the updated software in a second execution engine; determining an application state of the first process application; instructing a transfer of the application state from the first execution engine to the second execution engine; instructing the second execution engine to execute the updated process application using the received application state; and instructing the first execution engine to stop writing output signals for the process device, and instructing the second execution engine to write output signals for the process device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for joining using friction and current, wherein the friction/current joining apparatus includes a friction device, a forging device, an electrical current source, and a programmable controller, as well as workpiece holders for the workpieces to be joined. The friction/current joining apparatus is controlled such that, in a contacting phase, the workpieces are initially moved along a process axis, and their mutually facing joining surfaces oriented transverse to a common process axis are brought into contact. In a grinding phase, while subjected to contact pressure by mutual relative movement, the joining surfaces, are ground together and made smooth.

Abstract: An industrial field device replacement system includes: an input unit; and a processing unit. The input unit receives an identification of a specific device to be replaced, the specific device being in a network of a plurality of devices, and the input unit providing the identification of the specific device to the processing unit. Prior to replacement of the specific device, the processing unit determines one or more further devices of the plurality of devices that would be affected by replacement of the specific device, the determination including utilization of the identification of the specific device. Prior to replacement of the specific device, the processing unit changes a mode of operation of the one or more further devices from a normal mode into a safe mode such that the one or more further devices will not be affected when the specific device is not available.

Abstract: A control arrangement for a coolant pump of an internal combustion engine includes a control slide which controls a throughflow cross-section of an annular gap arranged between an outlet of a coolant pump impeller and a surrounding delivery duct. A control pump adapts a hydraulic pressure generated in a flow duct. An electromagnetic valve includes a first and second valve seat, a first, second and third flow connection, a closing member and an armature. The first flow connection is fluidically connected to an outlet of the control pump. The second flow connection is fluidically connected to a first pressure chamber of the control slide. The third flow connection is fluidically connected to an inlet of the coolant pump. The first valve seat is arranged between the first flow connection and the second flow connection. The second valve seat is arranged between the second flow connection and the third flow connection.

Abstract: A method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network includes: a) connecting a field device to an industrial system network; c) providing information about the field device, the information including functional information for the field device; d) utilizing the functional information for the field device to retrieve information relating to a role of the field device in an automation application; f) utilizing capability information relating to a field device type of the field device and the information relating to the role of the field device in the automation application to retrieve a parameter set for the field device for operation in the automation application; and g) downloading the parameter set to the field device.

Abstract: A coolant pump includes a conveying channel, a drive shaft, a coolant pump impeller arranged on the drive shaft, a control slide which controls a flow cross-section of an annular gap between an exit of the coolant pump impeller and the conveying channel, a side channel pump which includes a side channel pump impeller arranged on the drive shaft and a side channel having an inlet and an outlet where a pressure can be generated by the side channel pump impeller rotating, a pressure channel having a flow cross section which fluidically connects the outlet to a first pressure chamber of the control slide, a valve which closes the flow cross-section, a second pressure chamber arranged on a side of the control slide facing the coolant pump impeller, and a connection channel arranged from the side channel into the second pressure chamber between the inlet and the outlet.

Abstract: A method of channel mapping in an industrial process control system includes: a) discovering a plurality of devices within the industrial process control system; b) obtaining at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; c) determining channel mapping by a processing unit acting as a channel mapping agent, the plurality of devices being mapped to a plurality of communication channels, the channel mapping mapping each device to a communication channel for signal transmission, and the determining including utilizing the at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; and d) configuring the devices according to the channel mapping.

Abstract: An industrial information identification and retrieval system includes: a crawler; a search engine; a result processor; and a web user interface “web UL” The crawler identifies devices and their associated Open Platform Communication Unified Architecture “OPC UA” servers within a network as identified OPC UA servers. The crawler browses the identified OPC UA servers and extracts and stores data items in a database as extracted data items. The search engine searches the extracted data items and provides search results to the result processor. The result processor determines a score for each search result. The web UI presents the search results according to the scores.