Abstract: Systems and methods for field device interaction monitoring may include an analysis compute device having circuitry configured to obtain user interaction data produced by one or more field devices used in an industrial process of an industrial plant. The user interaction data may be indicative of interactions made by one or more users through a human machine interface of a corresponding field device. The circuitry may be additionally configured to analyze the user interaction data to determine a responsive action to increase an efficiency of the industrial process at the industrial plant and perform the responsive action.

Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing factory scheduling, layout or both which represent active factory elements (human and machine) as computational objects and simulate factory operation to optimize a solution. This enables the efficient assembly of customized products, accommodates variable demand, and mitigates unplanned events (floor blockages, machines/IMRs/workcell/workers downtime, variable quantity, location, and destination of supply parts).

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to a multiplicity of grid elements and devices for supply and/or load curtailment as supply, each of which having a supply equivalence value associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption and/or supply, and wherein messaging is managed through a network by a coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements and devices, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.

Abstract: There is provided a method of controlling an industrial gas plant complex comprising a plurality of industrial gas plants powered by one or more renewable power sources, the method being executed by at least one hardware processor, the method comprising receiving time-dependent predicted power data for a pre-determined future time period from the one or more renewable power sources; receiving time-dependent predicted operational characteristic data for each industrial gas plant; utilizing the predicted power data and predicted characteristic data in an optimization model to generate a set of state variables for the plurality of industrial gas plants; utilizing the generated state variables to generate a set of control set points for the plurality of industrial gas plants; and sending the control set points to a control system to control the industrial gas plant complex by adjusting one or more control set points of the industrial gas plants.

Abstract: Operation of an NC device can be restricted during the time until processing requested by a transmitting side is completed by a receiving side. An information processing device communicatively connected to a controller of an industrial machine including a processing request transmission unit that transmits a processing request to the controller; a processing completion notification management unit that detects a processing completion notification, transmitted from the controller, which notifies of completion of processing according to the processing request; and an operation restriction control unit that restricts processing request operation of the controller for a next operation until the processing completion notification is detected by the processing completion notification management unit.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus comprises a support structure comprising a base and a patient support surface to support a patient. An actuator system facilitates movement of the patient support surface relative to a floor surface. One or more sensors are responsive to changes in position of the patient support surface caused by the actuator system. A controller is operably coupled to the one or more sensors and the actuator system. The controller is configured to operate the actuator system to move the patient support surface and to monitor the movement of the patient support surface by sensing positions of the patient support surface over time. The controller is further configured to identify a frictional load event on the actuator system during movement in a present cycle and associate the frictional load event with a sensed position of the patient support surface in the present cycle.

Abstract: Methods for volume manufacturing of a plurality of unique items are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes: (a) initiating a predefined fabrication processing time period, (b) retrieving a fabrication data package containing manufacturing data, (c) verifying the fabrication data package for accuracy and completeness of the manufacturing data contained therein, and (d) performing at least one fabrication process in accordance with the manufacturing data contained in the fabrication data package. If the predefined fabrication time period has not expired, the method can include repeating (b) through (d). If the predefined fabrication time period has expired, the method can include generating a status report.

Abstract: A method for automated part probing using a physical machine defining a physical working volume, the method including: generating a virtual model based on a virtual part design received from a user account, the virtual model comprising a virtual part model, based on the virtual part design, virtually fixed to a virtual fixture plate arranged within a virtual working volume representative of the physical working volume; generating a probing routine based on the virtual model; sending the probing routine to the machine; receiving probe outputs from the machine; and validating the virtual model based on the probe outputs.

Abstract: A manufacturing defect factor searching method includes: classifying manufacturing monitoring data into a set of non-defective products having an inspection result indicating a non-defective product and a set of defective products having the inspection result indicating a defective product, in accordance with a correspondence relationship between the manufacturing monitoring data and product inspection data indicating the inspection result of the product manufactured in the manufacturing line, the manufacturing monitoring data being collected from a manufacturing line of a product and being multivariate; estimating, for each item of the manufacturing monitoring data, a mixture distribution function approximating to a statistical distribution of each of the set of non-defective products and the set of defective products; resolving the mixture distribution function into components; and generating a list of items including a resolved component having a correlation with a manufacturing quality defect from among i

Abstract: Examples relate to adjusting load power consumption based on a power option agreement. A computing system may receive power option data that is based on a power option agreement and specify minimum power thresholds associated with time intervals. The computing system may determine a performance strategy for a load (e.g., set of computing systems) based on a combination of the power option data and one or more monitored conditions. The performance strategy may specify a power consumption target for the load for each time interval such that each power consumption target is equal to or greater than the minimum power threshold associated with each time interval. The computing system may provide instructions the set of computing systems to perform one or more computational operations based on the performance strategy.

Abstract: A PLC system construction support program for creating a system configuration diagram depicting a configuration of a PLC system constructed causes a computing terminal to function as: an image acquisition section that acquires image data of an image of the PLC system; a system configuration recognition section that creates system configuration information including arrangement information and selected unit information; a system configuration diagram generation section that creates a system configuration diagram based on the system configuration information; and a system configuration diagram editor section that performs display processing for displaying the system configuration diagram on a display section.

Abstract: A downhole closed loop method for controlling a curvature of a subterranean wellbore while drilling includes controlling a direction of drilling such that the drilling attitude is substantially equal to a setpoint attitude. A setpoint rate of penetration is processed in combination with a setpoint dogleg severity to compute a setpoint attitude increment. The setpoint attitude may be adjusted by the setpoint attitude increment. The setpoint attitude may be incremented at some interval to control the curvature of the wellbore while drilling.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for adjusting a process control prediction model, and a process controller. In an embodiment, the method includes: determining, based on controlled variable data in process control data obtained through real-time monitoring, whether a prediction performance of the process control prediction model is lower than a reference performance; and when the prediction performance is determined to be lower than the reference performance, using manipulated variable data in the process control data monitored to adjust the process control prediction model. By way of the method, a re-test does not need to be executed to re-identify a model so as to eliminate a mismatch of the process control prediction model, thereby eliminating an influence of fluctuation introduced by addition of an excitation signal during the re-testing.

Abstract: Method and system for engineering with sequence libraries are provided. A first set of engineering data is defined for a first engineering project to generate a first sequence library for the first engineering project, independently of one or more lower level engineering projects for configuring one or more field control systems. The sequence library assignment process is to assign the first sequence library to the one or more lower level engineering projects simultaneously to generate one or more first assigned sequence libraries for the one or more lower level engineering projects for configuring the one or more field control systems. The parallel configuration process is to perform a parallel configuration process which configures the first sequence library for the first engineering project, while assigning the first sequence library to another one or more lower level engineering projects.

Abstract: A method of controlling a real production process, wherein the method includes: a) receiving initial condition data from an on-line simulator system simulating the real production process, and b) performing an optimization based on the initial condition data and on an objective function to obtain set points for controlling the real production process.

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and correcting anomalies includes generating historical binary codes from historical time series segments. The historical time series segments are each made up of measurements from respective sensors. A latest binary code is generated from a latest time series segment. It is determined that the latest time series segment represents anomalous behavior, based on a comparison of the latest binary code to the historical binary codes. The sensors are ranked, based on a comparison of time series data of the sensors in the latest time series segment to respective time series data of the historical time series, to generate a sensor ranking. A corrective action is performed responsive to the detected anomaly, prioritized according to the sensor ranking.

Abstract: A programmable electronic power regulator includes a power module for controlling an actuator, a control module for actuating the power module, and an internal monitoring module for transferring the control module to an emergency operation. The internal monitoring module is configured to monitor a system state, detect a critical operating state, and output an error signal. The control module comprises: a basic controller, which is configured to output a power module control signal, and in which functions for open- and closed-loop control of the actuator are implemented, which are required for an emergency operation in a critical operating state; an additional controller, in which functions that are not needed for emergency operation are implemented; and a controller disconnection point, which connects the basic controller with the additional controller via a control connection, and which is configured to at least partially disconnect the control connection upon receipt of the error signal.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to implement safety applications associated with process control systems are disclosed. An apparatus includes a configuration controller to: provide a plurality of available safety applications for implementation by a safety trip device to a user for selection, a first one of the safety applications associated with a first set of I/O signals, a second one of the safety applications associated with a second set of I/O signals, the first safety application implemented based on first pre-programmed instructions stored in memory of the safety trip device, the second safety application implemented based on second pre-programmed instructions stored in the memory; and, in response to a user selection of the first safety application, prompt the user to specify values for configuration settings associated with the first safety application. The apparatus also includes an I/O analyzer to implement the first safety application.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for the monitoring of a plurality of cable-processing machines for the processing of cables includes the following steps: transmission of production parameters from one cable-processing machine, or a plurality of cable-processing machines, to a control server with a central database, wherein the production parameters include settings for the cable-processing machine for the processing of the cables by the cable-processing machine in question; reception of the production parameters by the control server; and storage of the production parameters in the central database.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method including obtaining a graphical representation including information on one or more performance metrics associated with an industrial automation device, determining a target operating point associated with the industrial automation device based at least partly on the graphical representation, obtaining a target reference value and one or more operating limits for the industrial automation device, obtaining operational information associated with usage of the industrial automation device, and determining one or more control parameters for the industrial automation device, wherein the one or more control parameters are determined based at least partly on the following: the target reference value, the one or more operating limits, the operational information, and the target operating point.