Industry Day

Opening remarks

Manuel Barata, ISEL - IPL, Portugal
J. David Irwin, Auburn University, USA

Solutions ans Applications for Utilities - EFACEC (Company profile)

1) General Overview about Efacec Group and Enginnering
2) Solutions and Apllications for Utiliies " Water Supply for cities of Lisbon and Porto" Automation , Communications and Telecontol Areas
3) Automated Storage and Retrival Systems

Welding Integrity Management System - AutoEuropa - Volkswagen

System Purpose:
Provide to the welding auditors a powerful tool to:
- register and archive the welding quality results and get a solid database that can be connected to others systems like Intranet Online Reports
- real time welding quality evolution analysis, which allows to anticipate possible welding processes degradation.

Provide to different shop floor users (production technicians, welding auditors, welding technicians) or management, real time access to several reports like:
- daily welding quality
- monthly welding quality
- tear-down results
- Top10 defects
- historical data

Provide a possible connection to other systems like Online Monitoring Welding System.

System Architecture:
It is based on three different user groups:
1) Tear Down/Ultrasonics and production
2) Welding Department
3) Guests

Panel discussion: "Research and Innovation in Industry"

Moderator: Manuel Barata, ISEL - IPL, Portugal
Members of the panel: Jorge Liz, AdI; Rogério Piteira, Dynasys; Jorge Sales Gomes, BRISA; Adolfo Steiger Garção, UNINOVA; Carlos Couto, Univ. Minho

Open Networks for Industrial Communications: Common Industrial Protocol - Rockwell Automation

Traditional networks depend on the use of a unique node number, or mac address, to identify the source and destination of a message. Over the years this source destination mechanism has evolved from a conventional master/slave relationship whereby only one node to initiate communications on a network. Today source/destination networks encompass multi-master, peer to peer and broadcast mechanisms. However they remain node focussed, not data focussed.
CIP (Common Industrial Protocol) changes this paradigm and makes the network data centered, not master centered. Now producers put data onto the network, uncaring of which or how many nodes chose to listen to that data, or consume it.
Open Networks DeviceNet, ControlNet and EtherNet/IP are using this common protocol to allow user access to all the data, all the time, from all the devices; it doesn’t matter what network the device is connected to. Unlimited, direct, easy and cost saving as there are no protocol translator devices nor code to develop.
3 Networks, 1 Common Industrial Protocol, 0 Risk, Unlimited possibilities.

Modular Structures in Factory Automation - the PROFInet Standard - Siemens

Modular production lines become possible because the processing of sensor and actor data isn't carried out by a central controller in a cabinet anymore but with small intelligent units directly in the machine itself. 
By using component technology it is possible to design self-sufficient modules which can be tested in their function and delivered on the plant fully operational by the machine builder. Therefore the time for commissioning can be dramatically decreased. 
To ensure a smooth interoperability of the individual components, it is necessary to define a superposed object model for the communication between the modules. Profibus International has presented the standard PROFInet which defines not only an object model for runtime and engineering of distributed, intelligent systems but also describes a general concept for the use of Industrial Ethernet in factory automation. 
This lecture will provide an overview of the PROFInet standard as well as the implementation in reference installations and the benefits for the user with this new technology.

Real Time Services with Transparent Factory™ - Schneider

Continuing with its commitment to Industrial Ethernet, Schneider Electric has introduced a set of new industrial Ethernet functions for its range of automation and control products.
To the already existing Transparent Factory capabilities, such as: Modbus TCP/IP for client-server messaging, I/O scanner for handling I/O devices, embedded web services for diagnostics and configuration and a full set of Internet protocols, Transparent Factory Real Time now adds a host of new, open standard functions:
- Real Time Publish/Subscribe (RTPS) provides “many to many” deterministic communication capabilities and synchronization of distributed applications.
- Faulty Device Replacement (FDR) allows automatic reconfiguration and network addressing of ANY faulty device.
- Bandwidth Monitoring permits the user to clearly determine the communication load that a device is exposed to and then tune it to achieve optimal performance.
- Enhanced network monitoring, web services and diagnostics is possible using Standard Network Management Software & Protocol (SNMP) as every Transparent Factory device allows access to its enhanced Management Information Base (MIB II).
- Enhanced embedded web pages for configuration and diagnostics.
This exciting and major new step demonstrates that Schneider has the most complete and scalable Industrial Ethernet offering on the market.

LabVIEW-7 - National Instruments

Introduction to LabVIEW-7 - a revolutionary graphical programming development environment for data acquisition and control, data analysis, and data presentation.

Presentation of a User Solution - Monitoring Cloud Propagation of Pollutant Gas in the Atmosphere using LabVIEW at INERIS (French National Institute in Environment and Hazards).

SEW-EURODRIVE

The SEW-EURODRIVE presentation shows how the mechanisation was achieved using transmission equipment from the early years transmitting power through belts to nowadays to the success of intelligent geared motors integrated with an electronic frequency inverter making a really mechatronic unit. The result is a compact and optimised drive unit.
There are innumerable uses for geared motors in our technical world. Geared motors are used in almost all areas of industrial production, manufacturing package machinery systems and transportation. The geared motor is used for both simple and complex drive applications. It undertakes control and process functions in conjunction with inverter technology, and has thus evolved into the intelligent geared motor.
The flexibility of the geared motor means it can be used in a wide range of applications in all aspects of daily life. Sometimes, it can even be used where you wouldn’t imagine a geared motor would be responsible for the movement of a machine. Some examples indicating a few applications, which exploit the most important properties of the geared motor, are also presented:
· Robust, compact structure
· Reliability
· Reasonable price
Further on the SEW-EURODRIVE is presenting an example of the project planning process for a drive unit for vertical motion used in a storage and retrieval unit.