Challenges for Software Engineering in  Automation

Vogel‐Heuser, Birgit; Diedrich, Christian; Fay, Alexander; Jeschke, Sabine; Kowalewski, Stefan; Wollschlaeger, Martin; Greil, Peter

doi:10.4236/jsea.2014.75041

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“…Uma característica importante inerente ao desenvolvimento de sistemas de automação é que, apesar destes serem desenvolvidos em avanço, é durante a fase de comissionamento que várias funcionalidades são ajustadas para adequação às condições do processo [24]. Este comportamento é observado porque certos controles só podem ser corretamente configurados quando o maquinário associado estiver instalado.…”

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Utilização De Métodologias Ágeis De Desenvolvimento De Software Na Melhoria Contínua De Processos Industriais

Cotta¹,

Medeiros²

2017

Anais Do Seminário De Automação &Amp; TI

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ResumoO mercado de Siderurgia no Brasil vive um momento de pressão causado pelas quedas dos preços internacionais e agravado por fatores internos como a redução no consumo, aumento do custo de energia e tributação elevada. Tendo em vista que, ao menos no curto prazo, não há perspectiva de melhoria, as indústrias do setor se mobilizam para adequar a esta nova realidade. A sobrevivência em um cenário de alta competitividade é garantida reduzindo custos de produção e manutenção e buscando aumentar a produtividade sem, entretanto, expandir a capacidade produtiva. Para atingir estes objetivos as indústrias focam em pequenas melhorias operacionais, com investimentos em pequenas modernizações e otimizações de processos existentes, em detrimento de grandes investimentos em expansões. Neste contexto observa-se um aumento na relevância do software de automação, que surge como alternativa para realização de melhorias, pois possuem custo relativamente baixo em comparação com reformas a nível mecânico e podem proporcionar ganhos importantes de eficiência e qualidade. Este artigo apresenta um estudo da utilização de metodologias ágeis de desenvolvimento de software para realização de melhoria contínua em processos industriais. Como exemplo de aplicação é apresentado o trabalho de otimização do software de automação de um laminador de alumínio com foco no aumento de sua taxa de utilização. A meta foi buscar um ganho de produtividade garantindo os mesmos padrões de segurança originais dos equipamentos e com impacto mínimo nas atividades produtivas. Palavras-chave: Automação; Melhoria contínua; Metodologias ágeis; Primetals Technologies Brazil. USE OF AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AbstractThe Iron and Steelmaking market in Brazil is experiencing a moment of pressure caused by the drop of international prices and aggravated by internal factors like the reduction in consumption, the increased cost of energy and high taxation. Given that, at least in short term, there's no prospect of improvement, the sectors industries are mobilizing to fit this new reality. Survival in a highly competitive scenario is guaranteed reducing production and maintenance costs and seeking to increase productivity without, however expanding production capacity. To achieve these goals the industries focus on small operational improvements, with investments in small optimizations and modernizations of existing processes, rather than large investments in expansions. In this context an increase in the relevance of automation software is observed, which becomes an alternative for making improvements because they have relatively low cost compared to mechanical revamps and can provide significant gains in efficiency and quality. This article presents a study of the use of Agile software development for achieving continuous improvement in industrial processes. As an example of application is presented the work of automation software optimization of an aluminum rolling mill with a focus on increasing its utilization...

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Utilização De Métodologias Ágeis De Desenvolvimento De Software Na Melhoria Contínua De Processos Industriais

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Medeiros²

2017

Anais Do Seminário De Automação &Amp; TI

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“…Several methods have been analyzed for reducing the complexity of engineering in automation systems. VogelHauser et al [3] [7] propose a modular development, where a module is an aggregation of components from different disciplines. VDI defines guidelines for engineering organization improvements with certain devices, flow charts, and operational procedures [8].…”

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“…The development of a modern automated plant necessitates interaction and collaboration of different disciplines involved [2] such as automation engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, etc. Frequent updates and adaptations of a plant, required for meeting today's market requirements [3] demands coordination and collaboration of these disciplines even during operation stage. Different engineering tools are necessary for providing adequate support for these engineers to develop their solution.…”

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Towards an integrated plant engineering process using a data conversion tool for AutomationML

Vathoopan

Brandenbourger

George

et al. 2017

2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT)

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Abstract-The development process of modern automated manufacturing plants requires a concurrent engineering process that integrates different engineering disciplines. Envisioning a concurrent development process, we propose an engineering process based on an AutomationML metamodel. The proposed metamodel contains standardized mechatronic component models, which acts as the base engineering data for the disciplines and the tools involved in the process. Since the tools operate on disciplinespecific data structures, a data conversion tool is introduced which parses AutomationML mechatronic model and produces specific data interpretable by the tool employed. The benefits of this approach are evaluated by generating an automation project in CODESYS Application Composer, employing the metamodel and data conversion tool with the proposed engineering process.

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“…to extend, reduce or modify parts of the IntraS during its life cycle, requires (re-)engineering provided by all of these disciplines, especially software engineering. The challenges of today's control software are a strong interconnection, on the one hand, and high variability resulting from the customer-specific requirements, on the other [4]. These challenges increase the amount of effort as well as the propensity for errors for the required software (re-)engineering after the exchange of a mechanical and/or electrical device.…”

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Analyzing the industrial scalability of backwards compatible intralogistics systems

Aicher

Spindler

Fottner

et al. 2018

Prod. Eng. Res. Devel.

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The (re-)development of industrial production systems has to deal with high flexibility due to customers' demands as well as constraints such as the dimensions of the manufactory. Therefore, Intralogistics systems, which transport goods or products between machine tools in the production system, must also be flexibly assembled to fit into the given space. This presupposes that parts of the Intralogistics system, such as a belt conveyor, may be modified or exchanged by different ones and with less effort. Additionally, due to the different lifespans of mechanical, electrical and software components, often electrical devices need to be replaced by other ones during operation as a result of lacking availability thanks to shorter life cycles. Nowadays in industry, a manual adaptation of the control software is necessary after the exchange of an electrical/mechanical device with a newer one. In order to ease the software adaptation, in this paper an automatic analysis of the differences between incompatible software and an adaptation approach focusing on the functional behavior of the software is introduced. After identifying seven interaction points of the control software that need to be adapted, the approach is evaluated with an industrial case study and feedback from industrial experts to prove industrial scalability.

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Challenges for Software Engineering in Automation

Cited by 115 publications

References 15 publications

Utilização De Métodologias Ágeis De Desenvolvimento De Software Na Melhoria Contínua De Processos Industriais

Utilização De Métodologias Ágeis De Desenvolvimento De Software Na Melhoria Contínua De Processos Industriais

Towards an integrated plant engineering process using a data conversion tool for AutomationML

Analyzing the industrial scalability of backwards compatible intralogistics systems

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