CN112384869A - Automation device, functional module, method, computer program and storage medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
An automation device (1) for carrying out a process, the automation device (1) having at least one functional module (3) for carrying out process steps (9 a, 9 b) of the process, wherein the functional module (3) has at least one object interface (4 a, 4 b) and module data (7); the automation device (1) comprises a transport device (5) for handing over objects (2 a, 2 b) to an object interface (4 a, 4 b) and/or for accepting the objects (2 a, 2 b) from the object interface (4 a, 4 b); the automation device (1) has a control device (6) for controlling the functional module (3) on the basis of the process flow diagram (8); characterized in that the control device (6) is designed to parameterize the process flow diagram (8) on the basis of the module data (7).
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Technical Field
The invention relates to an automation device having the features according to the preamble of claim 1, to a functional module, to a method, to a computer program and to a storage medium.
Background
In process automation, both in production and in measurement and inspection tasks, modular structures with process modules are used. As innovation cycles become faster and faster, such modular structures must often be retrofitted. Even when a single module fails, the equipment must be replaced and frequently reprogrammed.
Perhaps the publication DE 102016204174 a1, which forms the closest prior art, describes an automation device having at least one function module and having at least one evaluation unit. The functional module can be arranged in the device region, wherein the functional module has a sensor unit for recording ambient data. The evaluation unit is designed to determine an absolute position of the functional module on the basis of the ambient data.
Disclosure of Invention
Within the scope of the invention, an automation device with the features of claim 1 is proposed. Furthermore, a functional module having the features of claim 12, a method having the features of claim 13, a computer program having the features of claim 14 and a storage medium having the features of claim 15 are proposed. Preferred and/or advantageous embodiments of the invention emerge from the dependent claims, the description and the figures attached.
An automated apparatus for performing a process flow is proposed. The automation device is in particular a production automation device or an automation device for measurement and inspection technology. With automated equipment, in a process flow, a product may be manufactured, or an object may be inspected and/or processed. The process flow comprises at least one process step. The process flow is, for example, a manufacturing process of the workpiece, an inspection flow and/or a processing flow of the object. A process flow may have a plurality of process steps, wherein the process steps are performed successively (in particular in an ordered sequence) for performing the process.
The automation device comprises at least one functional module for carrying out process steps of the process flow. In particular, the automation device may comprise exactly one, two or ten functional modules. These functional modules may be constructed identically or differently. In particular, the automation device can have a plurality of functional modules which are designed to carry out the same process step. The process step is, for example, a machining step or a measurement step. The process steps are, for example, drilling, sawing, measuring or commutating the electrical quantity. The functional module is preferably an electromechanical object. The functional module has at least one function and/or capability, which is necessary in particular for carrying out the process step or is designed for carrying out the process step. The combination of a plurality of functional modules in an automation device allows, in particular, the implementation of complex work and/or process flows. The functional modules can be arranged in particular in the device region. Preferably, the functional modules are configured to interact with each other. It is particularly preferred that these functional modules form a fixed functional module.
The functional module has at least one object interface. The object interface is configured to accept and/or render objects. For example, an object may be accepted, held, and/or transported at an object interface. The object is in particular a workpiece. Preferably, at the object interface, the functional module is provided with an object. The functional module has module data. The module data are stored in the functional module, in particular in a data-technical manner. The module data are in particular permanently registered in the functional module, for example manufacturer-registered module data. The module data preferably have information of the functional module and/or can characterize the functional module. For example, the module data includes the following information: which type of functional module, for example a processing module or an inspection module, is involved.
The automation device has a transport device. The transport device is designed to transfer objects to the object interface and/or to receive objects, in particular processed objects or workpieces, from the object interface. For example, the transport device provides the functional module with objects, wherein the objects are processed using the functional module, wherein the processed objects (e.g., workpieces) are transported away from the functional module by means of the transport device. The transport means may represent a conveyor belt, a linear unit or a robotic unit. The transport device is in particular designed to selectively introduce objects to the object interface and/or to selectively and/or controllably transport objects out of the object interface.
The automation device has a control device for controlling the functional module. The control device is in particular a global control device of an automation installation. The control device is, for example, a processor, microchip or computer unit. In particular, the control device is provided with module data of the function module. For example, the function module is connected to the control device in a data-technical manner for this purpose. The control and/or manipulation of the functional modules by means of the control device is based in particular on a process flow diagram. The process flow diagram is a procedure. The process flow diagram considers, for example, the order of process steps to be performed. In the process flow diagrams, the process flows are represented in particular in the form of functions and/or in the form of functional modules. For example, what is registered in the process flow diagram is that, in a first step, the object is sawn with a saw as a functional module; and in a second process step, the sawn objects are processed further with the other functional modules, wherein the sawn objects are transported from the first functional module to the other functional modules, for example, by means of a transport device.
The control device is designed to parameterize the process flow diagram on the basis of the module data. The process flow diagram here includes, for example, parameters. For example, a parameter of a process flow diagram is one and/or more function modules to be used, wherein the parameter is, for example, a placeholder (Platzhalter) for a function and/or a process step of a function module. The parameters of the process flow diagram may also be the desired object interface. The control device is designed to assign module data and/or information from the module data to the parameters of the process flow diagram. A process flow diagram for executing a process flow with a functional module can be used to manipulate the functional module with the aid of the module data assigned to the parameters of the process flow diagram.
The invention is based on the following considerations: highly flexible automated equipment is provided for performing a process flow. In particular, the functional module can be exchanged in this way in a simple manner, since the process flow diagram can be re-parameterized with the module data of the newly integrated functional module and can thus immediately be part of the process flow. This makes it possible to provide a flexible modular automation device after the process flow diagram, in particular part of the control device, and after the module data have been registered in the functional modules.
It is particularly preferred that the module data comprise function information of the function module. For example, the function information is information on the following process steps: the process steps may be performed by means of functional blocks. In particular, the module data includes the name of the functional module. For example, the names of the functional modules are saw, drill bit, multimeter. In particular, the names of the functional modules can be assigned a type identifier code, for example a code. It is particularly preferred that the names of the function modules are always assigned the same type of function information. For example, each saw may include "saw" as functional information, each drill bit may include functional information "drill hole", and each multimeter may include information "resistance measurement". The parameters of the process flow diagram here comprise, for example, names and/or functional information. For example, a process flow diagram parameter is the drilling of a hole in an object, wherein the control device is configured to select the following functional modules: the functional module has the functional information "drill hole" in the module data.
In particular, it is provided that the module data comprise an object interface position (Objektschnittstellenlage). Preferably, the object interface orientation is an inherent object interface orientation within the functional module. For example, the object interface orientation reproduces the orientation of the object interface in the functional module in cartesian coordinates relative to an origin, for example a fixed point of the functional module in the device area. The control device is designed, for example, to control and/or coordinate the transfer of the object from the transport device to the object interface by means of the module data comprising the position of the object interface.
It is particularly preferred that the module data comprise information about the type of the functional module. In particular, function modules of each type and/or type category within the automation device are assigned the same type of function information and/or object interface orientation. For example, each type of functional module is assigned the same number of other module data and/or parameters of the module data. In particular, each type of functional module is assigned the same name for the other module data and/or the same name for the parameters of the functional module. The construction scheme is based on the following thinking: thus, the process flow diagram is parameterizable by using type parameterization and/or by calling the type of the function block. By using the same name for other module data for one type of functional module, and/or by using the same number of other module data and/or parameters, the remaining and/or other required parameters can be parameterized simply and accurately by calling the type when parameterizing the process flow diagram. For example, the function module of this type is a saw, wherein the function module "saw" of this type then has, as further module data, an object interface position, i.e. a saw blade position, for receiving the object and a transfer interface for transferring the processed object, so that the object interface can be actuated directly with the transport device when the type "saw" is called, with parameterization of the process flow diagram, and the object is sawn off at the correct location. The construction scheme is based on the following considerations: simple parameterization of the automation device can be achieved.
It is optionally provided that function parameters are assigned to the functions and/or function information in the module data. In particular, the functions are always assigned the same number and/or the same kind of function parameters. Functional parameters are in particular parameters which are necessary for carrying out functions and/or process steps. In particular, a function is a process step that can be performed by means of a functional module. For example, the functional parameters of the functional "bore hole" are the bore hole position, the hole depth and/or the relative spacing from the object interface orientation. The construction scheme is based on the following thinking: with the aid of the function parameters assigned to the functions, it is possible to process objects and/or to carry out process steps or process flows precisely to a point (punktgenaue) and/or in a controlled manner.
It is particularly preferred that the functional module has at least two object interfaces. In particular, a functional module may have exactly two, three, four or ten object interfaces. In particular, it is provided that one of the object interfaces forms a receiving interface for receiving objects from the transport device, wherein the other of the object interfaces forms a transfer interface for transferring the processed object to the transport device. For example, the processing is carried out between the reception interface and the handover interface, in particular with process steps. The control device may be configured to actuate the transport device. For example, the control device actuates the transport device, supplies the functional module with the object at the receiving interface, and/or removes the processed object from the transfer interface of the functional module, and/or transports the processed object further. In particular, it is preferred that the handover interface of the first functional module is connected to and/or interacts with the reception interfaces of the other functional modules, wherein the connection takes place, for example, by means of a transport device.
In particular, the functional module is preferably designed to transmit module data to the control device. In particular, the function module is designed to transmit module data to the control device at regular intervals (e.g., periodically, preferably at minute intervals). It is optionally provided that the function module transmits module data to the control device when it is started up (in particular, when it is initialized). The construction scheme is based on the following considerations: the control device is designed in such a way that it can quickly react to adaptations and/or retrofits in the automation system, for example, it can be recognized that a functional module is replaced and/or replaced by another functional module, and a new functional module can be incorporated (einbinden) into the process flow in this way. In particular, functional modules that are replaced are incorporated during the running of the process flow.
Optionally, it is provided that the control device includes a process flow as a management Shell (Administration Shell). In particular, a digital twin may also be understood as a management shell. The management shell comprises, in particular, a Manifest (Manifest) and a component manager (Komponenmanager). The manifest preferably comprises meta-information giving messages about the functional and/or non-functional characteristics of the functional module. The component manager is for example an organizer that self-manages and accesses to the functional modules. The construction scheme is based on the following considerations: a technically stable and at the same time simple implementation of the control device is possible.
It is particularly preferred that the automation device has at least two functional modules having the same function and/or at least two functional modules which are designed to carry out the same process step. For example, the automation device comprises two functional modules, which enable drilling. The control device in particular has a selection module. The selection module is designed to select a selected functional module for carrying out a process step. For example, the process flow diagram sets process steps, in particular as parameters, and the automation device has at least two of the following functional modules: the functional module is capable of carrying out the process step, such that the selection module is designed to select one of the two functional modules and to parameterize the process flow diagram using the module data of the selected functional module.
Optionally, it is provided that the selection of the selected functional module by the selection module is based on an effectiveness evaluation (effettivitatsbowertung). For example, an Overall-Equipment-efficiency (Overall-efficiency) based method is selected. In this case, the selection of the selected functional module, for example which of the functional modules having the same function is operated more quickly and/or more precisely, is supported, for example, on the basis of efficiency parameters or optimization parameters. The construction scheme is based on the following thinking: an automation device is provided which reduces the burden on the user in selecting the correct function module when reorganizing and/or rebuilding the automation device with function modules.
It is optionally provided that the control device already registers information about the type of the functional module and/or about the function of the functional module about the required and/or retrieved parameters. For example, the control device knows, for each type of function module of the automation device, which parameters and/or which module data are to be retrieved and/or which parameters and/or module data are required for parameterizing the process flow. In particular, information is registered with the name and/or name of the parameter that is required and/or to be retrieved.
The functional modules form further subject matter of the invention. The functional modules are, in particular, functional modules of an automation device, as described above. The functional modules are configured to perform process steps. The process steps can be part of a larger process flow, in particular, of a plurality of functional modules. The functional module has at least one object interface. Furthermore, the functional module comprises module data, wherein the module data comprises, for example, functional information, object interface orientations and/or information about the type of the functional module. The functional module is in particular designed to provide the module data in a data-technical manner, for example to the control device.
Methods for carrying out the process flow form further subject matter of the present invention. The process flow preferably has a plurality of process steps. The process steps are performed, for example, using functional modules. The function module has an object interface and module data. With the transport device, the object is provided to and/or received from the object interface. The functional modules are controlled by means of a control device on the basis of a process flow diagram. The process flow diagram is in particular a parameterized process flow diagram. The function module provides the module data to the control device. The control device parameterizes the process flow diagram based on the module data, for example, extracts all parameters for executing the process flow according to the process flow diagram from the module data.
A computer program for carrying out the previously described method forms a further subject matter of the present invention. In particular, the computer program is designed to carry out all the steps of the method when the computer program is executed on a computer unit or a data processing device. In particular, the computer program can be implemented on a functional module and/or on an automation device.
The machine-readable storage medium forms a further subject matter of the present invention. On a machine-readable storage medium, a computer program as described previously is stored.
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FIG. 1 illustrates an automation device as an embodiment of the invention;
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Fig. 1 shows an automation device 1. The automation device 1 is a device for producing workpieces. The automation device 1 may be part of a production chain. For example, the automation device 1 is a section of a production station. With the aid of the automation device 1, two processed objects 2b are produced from the object 2 a. In particular, the machined object 2b can form a workpiece or be processed further into a workpiece.
The automation device 1 has at least one functional module 3. The functional module 3 is designed to execute process steps. The functional modules 3 form, for example, process stations. The object 2a can be processed by means of the functional module 3. The functional module 3 forms, for example, a saw, a drill or a welding device. The object 2a is here sawn, screwed or welded. The process steps to be performed with the functional modules 3 are in particular part of the process flow. The process flow characterizes, for example, the manufacturing process of the workpiece.
The function module 3 has two object interfaces 4a and 4 b. Furthermore, the automation device 1 has a transport device 5. The transport device 5 is designed to transport the object 2 and/or the processed object 2 b. For example, the transport means 5 form a conveyor belt. Alternatively, the transport device 5 is designed as a robot, which can transport the objects 2a and/or 2 b. The functional module 3 is provided with the object 2a by means of a transport device 5. At the object interface 4a, the functional module 3 is provided with an object 2 a. The object interface 4a forms an acceptance interface. At the acceptance interface, the object 2a is handed over to the functional module 3 and from there the object 2a is processed and/or transported further in the functional module 3. After processing in the functional module 3, the processed object 2b is handed over to the transport device 5 at the object interface 4 b. The object interface 4b forms a handover interface here. Starting from the transfer interface 4b, the processed object 2b is further transported by means of a transport device 5.
The automation device 1 has a control device 6. The control device 6 has a process flow diagram. The process flow diagram reflects the process flow and the process steps for manufacturing the workpiece. The functional modules 3 are controlled by means of a control device for carrying out the process steps. Furthermore, the transport device 5 is actuated by means of the control device 6 for transporting the objects 2a and/or 2 b. In particular, the transport device 5 is actuated by means of the control device 6, the object 2a is transported to the object interface 4a and the processed object 2b is received and transported away from the object interface 4 b.
The functional module has module data 7 (fig. 2). The control means 6 are provided with module data 7. The control device 6 is designed to parameterize the process flow diagram on the basis of the module data 7, so that the functional module 3 is controlled on the basis of the module data 7 provided by the functional module 3.
Fig. 2 exemplarily shows the structure of the module data 7. The module data 7 form, in particular, digital data packets. The module data 7 have type information t here, wherein the type information t contains information on the type of the functional module. For example, the type information is information about which functional module is involved and/or which kind of functional module is involved. The function module in fig. 2 is, for example, a saw, wherein the type information is then formed by the information "saw".
Further, the module data 7 includes function information f. The function information f includes information of functions that the corresponding function module 3 has. In particular, the function information f has information about process steps that can be executed by the function module 3. For the saw example selected here, the functional information f is formed by the information "saw each other".
Furthermore, the module data 7 have further parameters, which are also referred to as variables v. The variable v contains information required for operating the functional module 3 and/or for implementing the function f. In the selected example, the variables here include two variables v1 and v2, where v1 is the object interface position of the accepting interface and variable v2 is the object interface position of the handing over interface.
Fig. 3 schematically shows a process flow diagram 8. Process flow fig. 8 comprises two process steps 9a and 9 b. After process step 9a in terms of time, process step 9b is carried out. Furthermore, the process flow diagram 8 comprises three transport steps 10a, 10b and 10 c. In a transport step 10a, the object 2a is introduced to the first functional module 3 with the transport device 5. The object 2a is handed over to the functional module 3, wherein the process step 9a is carried out with the functional module 3 after the hand-over. Process step 9a here comprises an action 11 a. The action 11a is, for example, sawing the objects 2a apart from each other. The objects sawn from each other form an intermediate object, which is handed over to the transport device 5 and which is transported from the first functional module 3 to the other functional modules 3 in a transport step 10 b. The intermediate product and/or the intermediate object is handed over to the further functional module 3, wherein the process step 9b is executed with the further functional module 3. Process step 9b has two actions 11b and 11 c. The actions 11b and 11c are performed with the same functional module 3, but one after the other in time. For example, action 11b is drilling a first hole and action 11c is drilling a further hole, both actions drilling with the same drill bit, wherein the further functional module 3 for example forms a drill floor (Bohrstation). After process step 9b (here, the drilling of two holes) has ended, the processed object 2b is transferred to the transport device 5 and the processed object 2b is transported away in a transport step 10 c. The processed object 2b is formed, for example, by an intermediate object provided with two holes. The process flow diagram 8 is depicted here in particular by process steps 9a, 9b, wherein the process steps 9a, 9b each require a function and/or a type of functional module 3.
The process flow diagram 8 can be registered, for example, in a parameterized form, wherein the process steps 9a, 9b are each registered as a parameter. The control device 6 is designed to parameterize and/or fill the process steps 9a, 9b registered as parameters by means of the module data 7 and/or on the basis of the module data 7. For example, the control device 6 is configured to recognize that a saw is required in process step 9a, so that the control unit 6 is configured to select a functional module 3, which functional module 3 forms a saw and has a corresponding function f. The control unit 6 thus checks which type, which function and/or which variables are required in the process step 9 or the process flow diagram 8 and integrates this information there.
Fig. 4 shows four functional modules 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d as an example. The functional modules 3a and 3b respectively form a saw. The functional modules 3c and 3d form a drill floor, respectively.
The functional module 3a is configured as a saw table. As the module data 7a, the function module 3a includes an ID 1. ID 1 is a reference for the data-technical manipulatable and/or invokable function module 3 a. For example, ID 1 includes the network address of the function module 3 a. Furthermore, the module data 7a has type information t. The type information t of the function module 3a forms the information "saw". As the function information f, the module data 7a of the function module 3a includes information "saw. Further, the module data 7a includes two variables p1 and p 2. The variable p1 forms the object interface orientation of the accepting interface. The point p1 is characterized in this example by the cartesian coordinates X =1, Y =3 and Z = 5. The variable p2 is here the object interface position of the handover interface. The point p2 is here defined by the cartesian coordinates X =1, Y =1 and Z = 3.
The functional module 3b likewise forms a saw. As the module data 7b, the function module 3b has ID 2 as a flag. ID 2 is, for example, a network identification of the functional module 3 b. As the type, the module data 7b has the information "saw", and as the function information f, the module data 7b has the information "saw". As a variant, the module data 7b has points p1 and p2, wherein the points p1 and p2 here again form the object interface orientations of the handover interface and the acceptance interface, respectively. The point p1 is described in this embodiment by the cartesian coordinates X =5, Y =10 and Z = 4. The point p2 of the handover interface is described in this embodiment by the cartesian coordinates X =1, Y =1 and Z = 1.
The functional module 3c forms a drill floor, which is configured for drilling a hole in the object. As the module data 7c, the function module 3c has ID 3. ID 3 is designed for controlling and/or addressing functional module 3 c. Further, the module data 7c has type information and function information. The type information has the information "drill bit". The function information f has two functions, wherein the first function is the function "position the drill bit" and the second function is "drill hole". The module data 7c has a point P3 as a variable, wherein the point P3 describes the workpiece and/or object position when drilling and/or drilling a hole. In this embodiment, the point p3 is described by the coordinates X =11, Y =16, and Z = 10.
Like the function module 7c, the function module 3d is likewise a drill floor and has module data 7 d. The module data 7d has ID 4, and has type information and function information. The type information and the function information are constructed the same as those in the module data 7 c. However, in the module data 7d, the point p3 is different from the module data 7c, and the point p3 has coordinates X =11, Y =16, and Z =40 in this embodiment.
Fig. 5 schematically shows a process flow and/or a process flow of the method. In a first step 100, the process flow and/or the process flow diagram is loaded by the control device 6. The process flow and/or the process flow diagram is registered in the control device, for example in a data-technical manner. Alternatively, the process flow diagram may be created by a user at the control device.
In step 200, functional modules 3 are selected and parameterized based on the process flow diagram. In this case, the process flow diagram is registered, for example, such that the type and/or the function is registered there as a parameter for carrying out the process. Based on the type and/or function and on the module data 7 provided, the control device 6 selects a respective functional module 3 for carrying out the corresponding process step. In this example, the functional modules 3a-3d in fig. 4 are used. For example, the process flow diagram sets up sawing the object and drilling holes next to it. The control device 6 is designed to select one of the two saws 3a, 3 b. In this example, the control device 6 has selected the functional module 3a as a saw and the functional module 3c as a drill. The process flow diagram is parameterized by the module data 7a and 7 c. With the aid of a process flow diagram parameterized with module data formed from module data 7a and 7c, the functional modules 3a and 3c are then manipulated for carrying out the process steps.
In a process step 300, the object is transported to the receiving interface of the functional module 3a by means of the transport device 5. Here, the object is transported to a cartesian point p1, where p1 has the coordinates X =1, Y =3 and Z = 5. In step 400, the functional module 3a is operated for performing a sawing step. In the sawing step, the object is sawn. Sawing is performed using the functional module 3 a.
In a transport step 500, the sawn objects are transported from the functional module 3a to the functional module 3 c. In this case, the Transport object (Transport) is transported from the transfer interface of the functional module 3a to the drilling point p3 of the functional module 3 c. That is, transportation from cartesian coordinates X =4, Y =1, and Z =3 to cartesian coordinates X =11, Y =16, and Z =10 is performed. In step 600, the function module 3c is operated for performing the functions "positioning the drill bit" and "drilling a hole". After step 600 is performed, a fetch step 700 is performed. In a removal step 700, the processed object 2b is removed, for example by means of the transport device 5. In this exemplary embodiment, the extraction takes place from point p3 of the functional module 3c, that is to say from cartesian points X =11, Y =16 and Z = 40.
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1. An automated device (1) for carrying out a process,
having at least one functional module (3) for carrying out process steps (9 a, 9 b) of the process flow, wherein the functional module (3) has at least one object interface (ta, 4 b) and module data (7),
having a transport device (5) for handing over an object (2 a, 2 b) to the object interface (4 a, 4 b) and/or for accepting the object (2 a, 2 b) from the object interface (4 a, 4 b),
having a control device (6) for controlling the functional module (3) on the basis of a process flow diagram (8),
characterized in that the control device (6) is designed to parameterize the process flow diagram (8) on the basis of the module data (7).
2. The automation device (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that the module data (7) comprise function information (f) of the function module (3).
3. The automation device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the module data (3) comprises object interface orientations.
4. The automation device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the module data (3) comprise information about the type of the function module (3).
5. The automation device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that in the module data (3) function parameters are assigned to the functions of the module (3).
6. The automation device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the functional module (3) has at least two object interfaces (4 a, 4 b), wherein one of the object interfaces forms an acceptance interface (4 a) for accepting the object (2 a) from the transport means (5) and one of the object interfaces (4 a, 4 b) forms a handover interface (4 b) for handing over the processed object (2 b) to the transport means (5).
7. The automation device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the function module (3) is configured to send the module data (7) to the control device (7).
8. The automation device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the control means (6) comprise the process flow as a management shell.
9. The automation device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised by at least two function modules (3) having the same function, wherein the control device (6) has a selection module for selecting the selected function module (3) for performing the process step (9 a, 9 b) from the at least two function modules (3) having the same function.
10. The automation device (1) according to claim 9, characterised in that the selection of the selected functional module (3) is based on a validity evaluation.
11. The automation device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that in the control device (6) information of the parameters required and/or to be retrieved is registered for the type of functional module and/or for the function of the functional module (3).
12. Functional module, in particular for an automation device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the functional module has module data (7), wherein the module data (7) comprise functional information (f), object interface orientation and/or information about the type of the functional module (3).
13. Method for carrying out a process flow, in particular with an automation device according to one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the process flow has a plurality of process steps (9 a, 9 b), wherein the process steps (9 a, 9 b) are carried out with at least one functional module (3 a), wherein the functional module (3) has an object interface (4 a, 4 b) and module data (7), wherein the functional module (3) is controlled by means of a control device (5) on the basis of a process flow diagram (8), wherein the process flow diagram (9) is a parameterized process flow diagram (8), wherein the functional module (3) provides the module data (7) to the control device (5), wherein the control device (5) parameterizes the process flow diagram (8) on the basis of the module data (7).
14. Computer program for performing the method according to claim 13, when the computer program is implemented on a computer unit, a functional module according to claim 12 or an automation device according to one of claims 1 to 11.
15. A storage medium, wherein the storage medium comprises the computer program according to claim 14.
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