EP3583477A1 - Obtention de données d'état d'installation de conditionnement - Google Patents

Obtention de données d'état d'installation de conditionnement

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EP3583477A1
EP3583477A1 EP18703977.1A EP18703977A EP3583477A1 EP 3583477 A1 EP3583477 A1 EP 3583477A1 EP 18703977 A EP18703977 A EP 18703977A EP 3583477 A1 EP3583477 A1 EP 3583477A1
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instance
data
data exchange
plant
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Matthias Eickhoff
Sascha Meyer
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SIG Services AG
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
    • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
    • G05B19/418—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
    • G05B19/4185—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM] characterised by the network communication
    • G05B19/41855—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM] characterised by the network communication by local area network [LAN], network structure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
    • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
    • G05B19/418—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
    • G05B19/4185—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM] characterised by the network communication
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/45—Nc applications
    • G05B2219/45048—Packaging
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P90/00—Enabling technologies with a potential contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation
    • Y02P90/02—Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

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  • Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to obtaining packaging plant state data by an instance of packaging plant data exchange.
  • Packaging systems are known in which a multiplicity of different components are frequently used, such as, for example, heating systems, filling machines, applicators for applying closures and / or drinking straws, switches, chutes, packers and cartoners.
  • These components mostly come from different manufacturers and provide packaging equipment data, such as packaging equipment status data, representative of the condition of the component in question, in various data formats and / or via various data interfaces for processing by other components of the packaging equipment. Also, components from different manufacturers provide different packaging equipment records.
  • a problem with these packaging systems is therefore that the packaging system data provided by the components of the packaging installation can not be uniformly processed and evaluated due to the different data formats, so that individual solutions for further processing and evaluation of the packaging installation data must be developed for each packaging installation.
  • packaging systems are often added later, so that the solutions for further processing and evaluation of the packaging system data must also be extended accordingly.
  • the computing power of these solutions in a subsequent expansion usually needs to be increased because with the extension also additional Packaging system data are incurred, which should be further processed and / or evaluated.
  • the present invention has the object to overcome one or more of the disadvantages described above.
  • a method which comprises:
  • first packaging equipment status data by a data entry interface of a first instance of packaging equipment data exchange, the first packaging equipment status data representing at least a first condition value of a packaging equipment;
  • the method of the invention is a method of obtaining packaging equipment status data by an instance of packaging equipment data exchange.
  • a computer program which comprises program instructions which cause a processor to execute and / or control the method according to the invention when the computer program is executed by the processor.
  • a processor is to be understood in this specification to include control units, microprocessors, microcontroller units such as microcontrollers, digital signal processors [DSPs], application-specific integrated circuits [ASICs] or field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
  • the computer program can be distributed, for example, via a network such as the Internet, a telephone or mobile network and / or a local network.
  • the computer program may be at least partially software and / or firmware of a processor. It may equally be at least partially implemented as hardware.
  • the computer program may, for example, be stored on a computer-readable storage medium, e.g. a magnetic, electrical, optical and / or different storage medium.
  • the storage medium may for example be part of the processor, for example a non-volatile / persistent or volatile program memory of the processor or a part thereof.
  • the storage medium may be, for example, a physical or physical storage medium.
  • a server device configured for the execution and / or control of the method according to the invention or comprising respective means for carrying out and / or controlling the steps of the method according to the invention. Either all steps of the method according to the invention may be controlled by the means, or all steps of the method according to the invention may be performed by the means, or one or more steps controlled by the means and one or more steps carried out by the means. Different steps can optionally be executed or controlled by different means.
  • a server system with a plurality of server devices and / or a plurality of virtual servers is disclosed, configured for execution and / or control of the method according to the invention or comprising respective means for execution and / or control of the steps of the inventive method.
  • the server devices and / or the virtual servers are set up, for example, jointly to execute and / or control the method according to the invention.
  • a method may be performed by the resources of the server devices and / or the virtual servers, or one or more steps controlled by the resources of the server devices and / or the virtual servers, and one or more steps performed by the resources of the server devices and / or the virtual servers , Various steps may optionally be performed or controlled by various means of different server devices and / or the virtual servers.
  • the server devices and / or the virtual servers of the server system may be located at one or more different locations.
  • the server devices and / or the virtual servers of the server system form, for example, a server cloud and / or a distributed system.
  • a virtual server is to be understood as the software and / or hardware replica of the hardware architecture of a (physical) server device by the server device providing it.
  • the means of the disclosed server device (s) may include hardware and / or software components.
  • the means may for example comprise at least one memory with program instructions of a computer program (eg of the computer program according to the invention) and at least one processor designed to execute program instructions from the at least one memory.
  • At least one server device is to be understood as comprising at least one processor and at least one memory with program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the program instructions are arranged, together with the at least one processor to cause the server device, the Process according to the invention at least partially (eg alone or together with multiple server devices of the server system) to execute and / or to control.
  • a system which comprises:
  • a packaging installation should be understood to mean a facility for packaging goods such as, for example, foodstuffs.
  • a packaging installation should be understood to mean a beverage filling installation and / or a part of a beverage filling installation.
  • Such equipment often employs a variety of different components such as, for example, heating equipment (e.g., UHT heaters), filling machines, applicators for applying seals and / or straws, switches, chutes, packers, and cartoners.
  • Various applications are running on these components (e.g., in the form of a computer program executed by a processor of that component).
  • the various components and applications of the packaging plant provide packaging plant data (in particular packaging plant state data) in various data formats for processing by other components and / or applications of the packaging plant.
  • a packaging equipment data exchange is to be understood, for example, as a function provided by a server device or a server system (for example the server device according to the invention or the server system according to the invention) for switching packaging system data between different applications and / or components of a packaging system.
  • the packaging equipment data exchange is provided by a computer program (e.g., the computer program of the invention) executed by a processor of the server device or the server system.
  • the computer program is a middleware program and / or a service layer program.
  • An instance of the packaging installation data exchange is, for example, the part of the packaging installation data exchange provided by a server device or a virtual server.
  • an instance of the packaging equipment data exchange is provided by a server device or a virtual server when a corresponding computer program (eg, the computer program according to the invention) is running on the server device (eg, by a processor of the server device) or the virtual server.
  • the packaging equipment data exchange if provided by a single server device, only one instance [ie the first instance].
  • packaging equipment data exchange is provided by multiple server devices of a server system, it may have multiple instances (ie, the first instance and one or more other instances).
  • one or more instances (e.g., each instance) of the packaging plant data exchange provide a respective data input interface for communicating with other components and / or applications of the packaging plant.
  • the respective instance of the packaging installation data exchange e.g the first instance
  • can communicate directly and indirectly with the other components and / or applications of the packaging installation through the data input interface eg obtain data from the other components and / or applications of the packaging installation
  • send fault and / or acknowledgment notifications to other components and / or applications of the packaging plant can communicate directly and indirectly with the other components and / or applications of the packaging installation through the data input interface (eg obtain data from the other components and / or applications of the packaging installation) / send fault and / or acknowledgment notifications to other components and / or applications of the packaging plant).
  • direct communication means, for example, that another component and / or application of the packaging system communicates directly with the respective data input interface of the respective instance (eg the data input interface of the first instance).
  • Indirect communication takes place, for example, when another component and / or application of the packaging installation communicates via a program module (eg a plug-in) with the respective data input interface of the respective instance (eg the data input interface of the first instance).
  • a program module is adapted, for example, to the packaging installation and / or the other component and / or application of the packaging installation.
  • a program module is configured to prepare and / or convert data received from the other component and / or application of the packaging facility (eg, convert it to a predetermined data format) and then forward it to the respective data input interface of the particular entity (eg, the first instance data input interface) .
  • a program module is set up, for example, to prepare, process and / or convert acknowledgment and / or error notifications received from the data input interface (eg convert it into a predefined data format) and subsequently, if necessary, to the other component and / or application of the packaging system forward. This is advantageous, for example, for further processing and evaluation of the data by the packaging system data exchange in a uniform data format.
  • the respective instance of the packaging installation data exchange (eg the first instance) can receive packaging plant state data (eg the first packaging plant state data) from other components and / or applications of the packaging plant.
  • the data entry interface of the respective instance of the packaging plant data exchange (eg, the first instance) is configured to obtain packaging plant state data (eg, the first packaging plant state data), for example, to obtain packaging plant state data in a predetermined data format.
  • the first packaging equipment status data representing at least a first condition value of a packaging equipment should be understood to mean that the first packaging equipment condition data includes the first condition value and / or a representation of the first condition value. It is understood that the packaging equipment status data may include one or more other condition values or representations of status, in addition to the first status value and / or a representation of the first status value, wherein the status values and / or representations of status values are in any order in the status data may be included (eg, the first state value and / or a representation of the first state value may be included anywhere in the state data and does not need to be in the first place in the state data).
  • the first packaging equipment status data may include, for example, metadata describing the first packaging equipment status data and / or the first condition value. If the packaging equipment status data includes, in addition to the first condition value and / or a representation of the first condition value, one or more other status values or representations of statuses, the first packaging system status data may also include metadata describing the further condition values. Examples of such metadata include, for example, an origin of the first packaging plant status data and / or the first state value, a destination of the first packaging plant state data and / or the first state value, and / or a Unit of the first state value and / or a state to which the first state value relates.
  • a state value of a packaging installation is meant, for example, a characteristic value for a current and / or a past state of the packaging installation and / or a component of the packaging installation.
  • a state value are, for example, a measured value acquired by a sensor of the packaging installation and / or a component of the packaging installation and / or a characteristic number of the packaging installation and / or a component of the packaging installation such as, for example, an installation and / or component performance (eg packaging / hour ) and / or overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and / or energy and / or material consumption.
  • an installation and / or component performance eg packaging / hour
  • OEE overall equipment effectiveness
  • the at least one first state value represented by the first packaging plant state data is stored, for example, in a persistent store that is not part of the packaging plant data exchange.
  • the persistent storage is part of a database system other than the packaging equipment data exchange.
  • the persistent memory is used, for example, for permanently storing the state values obtained by the packaging system data exchange.
  • the persistent memory historical and current state values for various states of the
  • a current state value is to be understood as a value representative of a current state of the packaging installation. This is, for example, the state value for this state represented by packaging plant status data that was last obtained for that state by an instance of the packaging plant data exchange. Accordingly, a historical state value for a state is, for example, a state value represented by packaging plant state data previously obtained (i.e., prior to the packaging plant state data last obtained for that state) by an instance of the packaging plant data broker.
  • one or more instances (eg, each instance) of the packaging equipment data exchange provide a respective data storage interface for communicating with the persistent storage.
  • the respective instance of the packaging system data exchange (eg the first instance) is determined by the data storage interface directly or indirectly with the persistent storage (eg, data to be stored and / or values sent to the persistent storage and / or memory failure and / or storage acknowledgment notifications received from the persistent storage and / or stored data and / or values from the can query persistent memory).
  • the communication can take place, as disclosed above for the data input interface, both directly and indirectly (eg via a program module such as a database module and / or a plug-in).
  • the data storage interface of the first instance of the packaging plant data exchange is to accept the first state value for storage in the persistent storage the persistent memory (directly or indirectly) communicated.
  • notifying the first entity and each further instance of the packaging equipment data exchange includes communicating to the first entity and each other instance of the packaging equipment data exchange notification that the first packaging equipment status data representing at least the first condition value has been received, wherein the notification contains the first packaging plant status data and / or the first state value.
  • the notification does not contain the first packaging plant state data and / or the first state value.
  • the entities of the packaging plant data exchange could receive the first packaging plant status data and / or the first state value from the persistent storage through the respective data storage interface of the respective instance of the packaging plant data exchange (eg, a corresponding query can be communicated to the persistent storage by the respective data storage interface and the first packaging equipment status data and / or the first condition value are received in response to the query).
  • the notification of the first instance and each further instance of the packaging plant data exchange takes place at least substantially parallel and / or at least substantially simultaneously.
  • the first instance and each other instance of the packaging plant data exchange to notify that the first packaging plant state data representing at least the first state value has been obtained, it should be understood, for example, that the first instance initiates (eg by calling a corresponding function such as a message bus and / or used) that the first instance and each further instance of the packaging equipment data exchange are notified accordingly.
  • the first entity notifies each other instance of the packaging plant data exchange and also itself and / or causes the first packaging plant state data representing at least the first state value to be obtained, it can be ensured that the first entity and each further entity Instance of packaging equipment data exchange this notification received at least substantially simultaneously.
  • This is advantageous, for example, to ensure a high degree of data consistency between the various instances of the packaging installation data exchange.
  • Such high data consistency is necessary, for example, in order to be able to process packaging plant state data at all through various instances of the packaging plant data exchange. Because if such a high degree of data consistency were not guaranteed, different instances of the packaging equipment data switching could come to different processing results.
  • the packaging equipment data exchange runs on different instances is advantageous in order to subsequently be able to adapt the computing performance of the packaging equipment data exchange unproblematically by removing and / or adding an instance of the packaging equipment data exchange. It is only in response to the notification that the first packaging plant status data and / or the first state value are processed by the first instance and each further instance of the packaging plant data exchange, it is ensured that the first instance at least processing the first packaging equipment state data and / or the first state value essentially at the same time as the other instances of packaging implements data processing. This too is advantageous in order to ensure a high level of data consistency between the various instances of the packaging system data exchange.
  • the processing of the first packaging equipment status data and / or the first status value by the first entity and each further entity of the packaging equipment data exchange comprises:
  • a cache of an instance of the packaging plant data exchange contains only a limited number of state values for different states of the packaging plant.
  • an intermediate storage of an instance of the packaging installation data exchange only includes current state values for different states of the packaging installation.
  • a cache of an instance of the packaging plant data exchange in exemplary embodiments of the invention may include, in addition to the current state values for various states of the packaging plant, a limited number of historical state values for the various states of the packaging plant. The cache thus serves, for example, as a cache to avoid that the respective instance of the packaging system data exchange must access the persistent storage for each state value.
  • the first instance and each further instance of the packaging plant data exchange comprises a respective cache.
  • the first instance and each further instance of the packaging equipment data exchange includes its own buffer.
  • the cache of the first instance and each further instance of the packaging equipment data exchange is a part of a memory [eg, a program memory and / or main memory) of the server device, which is the respective instance of the packaging device. plant data exchange or the virtual server providing the respective instance of the packaging plant data exchange.
  • the processing of the first packaging equipment status data and / or the first status value by the first entity and each further entity of the packaging equipment data exchange comprises:
  • the first instance and / or one or more further instances provide the packaging equipment data exchange with a respective access interface through which one or more components and / or applications of the packaging equipment may subscribe to one or more state values.
  • corresponding subscription data are stored indicative of whether one or more components and / or applications of the packaging facility have subscribed to the first state value at the respective instance of the packaging equipment data exchange.
  • Notifying the components and / or applications of the packaging plant that have subscribed to the first state value includes, for example, communicating the first packaging plant state data and / or the first state value to the respective component and / or application of the packaging plant.
  • the notification of the components and / or applications of the packaging installation is at least substantially at least partially parallel and / or at least substantially the same time. It is understood that the notification of the components and / or applications of the packaging installation can at least partially also take place successively.
  • the notification of the components and / or applications of the packaging installation may be effected by the access interface of the respective instance of the packaging installation data exchange disclosed above.
  • the notified components and / or applications of the packaging installation are, for example, at least partially components and / or applications for monitoring and / or controlling the packaging installation.
  • these components and / or applications are at least partially configured to monitor and / or control the packaging equipment and / or part of the packaging equipment based at least in part on the first packaging equipment status data and / or the first condition value.
  • the notification of the first instance and each further instance of the packaging plant data exchange that the first packaging plant state data representing at least the first state value is received is effected by a message bus.
  • the first instance of the packaging equipment data exchange causes the message bus to notify the first instance and each other instance of the packaging equipment data exchange accordingly.
  • a message bus is to be understood, for example, as a communication platform which enables message-based communication in a distributed system (for example the server system according to the invention).
  • the message bus is provided, for example, by a server device and / or a virtual server (for example a server device and / or a virtual server of the server system according to the invention).
  • Such a message bus coordinates and monitors the notification of the first instance and each further instance of the packaging equipment data exchange, e.g. to ensure at least substantially simultaneous notification of the instances.
  • the notification of the first entity and each further instance of the packaging plant data exchange that the first packaging plant state data representing at least the first state value is received is effected via a memory.
  • the notification includes storing and / or effecting storage of a corresponding notification in memory by the first instance and subsequent retrieval (eg, by a read access). the notification of the memory by the first entity and each further instance of the packaging equipment data exchange.
  • This embodiment also allows notifying instances that are currently unavailable. However, coordinating and monitoring the notification in order to ensure at least substantially simultaneous notification of the instances can only be achieved with great effort.
  • the notification of the first entity and each further instance of the packaging equipment data exchange that the first packaging equipment status data representing at least the first condition value has been received takes place directly via one or more communication paths between the first entity and each further instance of the packaging equipment data processor.
  • the communication paths may be, for example, communication links via a communication network, such as an Ethernet network or a real-time Ethernet network.
  • This embodiment can be implemented easily, since an existing communication network is frequently used. However, it requires that the instances coordinate and monitor the notification itself, for example to ensure at least substantially simultaneous notification of the instances.
  • the method according to the invention further comprises:
  • the persistent storage is configured to communicate a corresponding storage acknowledgment notification to the data storage interface of the first instance of the packaging equipment data exchange when the at least one first condition value represented by the first packaging equipment status data has been stored in the persistent storage.
  • the persistent memory can be set up for
  • the inventive method is aborted, for example, and / or at a later time, the step of storing and / or effecting storing the at least one first state value represented by the first packaging system state data in the persistent one Memory repeated.
  • the persistent memory is set up for permanently storing current and historical state values of the packaging installation.
  • the persistent store for example, historical and current state values for different states of the packaging plant will be stored.
  • the packaging equipment data exchange is provided by one or more server devices and / or by one or more virtual servers.
  • an instance of the packaging installation data exchange is, for example, the part of the packaging installation data exchange provided by a server device or a virtual server.
  • the first instance and each further instance of the packaging equipment data exchange respectively run on different server devices and / or virtual servers.
  • each of the instances runs on a different server device and / or another virtual server.
  • an instance which runs on a server device and / or a virtual server is to be understood as the instance provided by the respective server device and / or the respective server.
  • the at least one first state value of the packaging installation represents a first measured value detected by a sensor of the packaging installation.
  • the first state value may include the first measurement value and / or correspond to the first measurement value.
  • the first state value may also contain a count value and / or a truth value, for example.
  • a count value may represent, for example, the frequency that the first measured value was detected by the sensor; such a truth value indicates, for example, whether the first measurement value is greater than a threshold value and / or less than a threshold value and / or equal to a threshold value.
  • Examples of a sensor for detecting the first measured value are, for example, a temperature sensor, a light barrier sensor, a pressure sensor, a moisture sensor, a camera, a voltage sensor, a current sensor, a flow sensor and / or a fill level sensor.
  • the process of the invention further comprises:
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of a system according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 2a-2b show a flow chart and optional steps of an exemplary system
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of a server device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows exemplary embodiments of storage media.
  • the system 1 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of a system 1 according to the invention.
  • the system 1 comprises a first server device 10, an optional second server device 20, an optional persistent memory 30, an optional len message bus 40 and a packaging system 50 with the exemplary component 51 and 52nd
  • the first server device 10 and the second server device 20 form, for example, a server system according to the invention.
  • the first server device 10 provides a first instance 100 of packaging equipment data switching
  • the second server device 20 provides another instance 200 of packaging equipment data switching.
  • a corresponding computer program e.g., the computer program of the present invention that causes the respective server device 10 or 20 to provide the instance 100 or 200 of the packaging equipment data exchange.
  • the computer program may be stored in a memory of the server devices 10 and / or 20 and may include corresponding program instructions executed by a processor of the server devices 10 and / or 20 and cause the server device 10 and / or 20 to have the instance 100 or 200 to provide the packaging plant data exchange and / or to carry out the steps of the method according to the invention (for example the steps illustrated in flowchart 300 in FIG. 2).
  • the system 1 and / or the server system may include, in addition to the server devices 10 and 20, other server devices, each providing another instance of the packaging equipment data exchange.
  • the packaging system 50 is a beverage filling plant.
  • the components 51 and 52 could each be a filling machine, an applicator for applying closures and / or drinking straws, a switch, a boxer and / or a cartoner.
  • the packaging system 50 may include other components (e.g., other of the named components). These components may be run by various applications (e.g., in the form of a computer program executed by a processor of that component) which, among other things, provide packaging equipment status data for processing by other components and / or applications of the packaging equipment.
  • the packaging equipment status data may include one or more condition values of the packaging equipment 50 and / or one or more representations of one or more condition values of the packaging equipment 50.
  • the packaging equipment condition data may include, for example, metadata identifying the packaging equipment. describe gene state data and / or the state values contained therein and / or representation of state values. Examples of such metadata include, for example, an origin of the packaging equipment status data and / or the condition value, a destination of the packaging equipment status data and / or the condition value and / or a unit of the condition value and / or a condition to which the condition value relates.
  • a state value of a packaging installation is meant, for example, a characteristic value for a current and / or a past state of the packaging installation and / or a component of the packaging installation.
  • a state value are, for example, a measured value (for example a temperature value) detected by a sensor (eg a temperature sensor) of the packaging installation and / or a component of the packaging installation and / or a characteristic number of the packaging installation and / or a component of the packaging installation such as, for example a plant and / or component performance (eg packaging / hour) and / or overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
  • each instance of the packaging equipment data exchange may include a buffer for storing current state values for various states of packaging equipment 50 (see reference numerals 101 and 201), a data storage interface for communicating with the persistent memory 30 (see reference numerals 102 and 202), an optional access interface through which the components and / or applications of the packaging equipment 50 can subscribe to one or more state values (see reference numerals 103 and 203) and a data input interface for communicating with the Components and / or applications of the packaging system 50 (see reference numerals 104 and 204).
  • Exemplary communication paths 60, 61 and 62 between respective interfaces of instances 100 and 200 of the packaging equipment data exchange and the components 51, 52 of the packaging equipment 50 and the persistent storage 30 are shown in FIG.
  • direct communication means, for example, that a component and / or application of the packaging installation 50 or the persistent storage 30 communicates directly with the respective interface (eg the data input interface 104 or the data storage interface 102).
  • direct communication takes place, for example, when a component and / or application of the packaging installation 50 or the persistent storage 30 communicates via a program module (eg a plug-in) with the respective interface (eg the data input interface 104 or the data storage interface 102).
  • a program module is adapted, for example, to the other component and / or application of the packaging installation 50 and / or the persistent storage 30.
  • the respective instance of the packaging equipment data exchange may receive packaging equipment status data from the components and / or applications of the packaging equipment 50.
  • data entry interfaces 104 and 204 of instances 100 and 200 of the packaging equipment data exchange are arranged to receive packaging equipment status data in a predetermined data format.
  • a program module may be provided in the communication path that converts the packaging machine state data into the predetermined data format.
  • the persistent storage 30 is a database system other than the packaging equipment data exchange.
  • the persistent storage 30 is provided by a corresponding database server device.
  • the persistent memory 30 serves, for example, for permanently storing the state values obtained by the packaging system data exchange.
  • historical and current state values for various states of the packaging facility 50 are stored in the persistent store 30.
  • instances 100 and 200 of the packaging equipment data exchange may communicate, via the data storage interfaces 102 and 202, a state value for storage in the persistent storage 30 to the persistent storage 30 and / or receive storage acknowledgment and / or storage error notifications from the persistent storage 30.
  • a program module may be provided in the respective communication path, in order, for example, to permit data format conversion.
  • the instances of the packaging equipment data exchange may communicate with each other via the message bus 40, as indicated by the example communication path 63 between the instances 100 and 200 of the packaging equipment data exchange.
  • the message bus 40 is provided, for example, by a server device.
  • the message bus 40 should be understood as meaning, for example, a communication platform which enables message-based communication between the instances 100 and 200 of the packaging installation data exchange.
  • the communication paths 60, 61, 62 and 63 shown in FIG. 1 are, for example, logical communication paths. These communication paths may be along various communication links (e.g., wired and / or wireless communication links).
  • the individual components 10 to 50 of the system 1 are communicatively connected to one another via one or more communication networks and / or bus systems.
  • Examples of such a communication network are an Ethernet network and / or a WLAN network. Ethernet networks are specified, for example, in the standards of the IEEE 802.3 family; and WLAN is specified, for example, in the standards of the 1EEE-802.11 family.
  • Examples of a bus system are real-time Ethernet networks such as EtherCAT, which is specified in standards IEC-61158 and IEC-61784-2, among others.
  • FIG. 2 a shows a flowchart 300 with steps of an exemplary embodiment of a method according to the invention.
  • the steps 301 to 304 of the flowchart 300 are executed at least by the server device 10, which is part of the system 1 in FIG. 1.
  • first packaging system status data is received by the data input interface 104 of the first instance 100 of the packaging system data exchange, wherein the first packaging system status data represents at least a first state value of the packaging system 50.
  • the first packaging plant state data is obtained in step 301 from the component 51 via the communication path 61.
  • the first state value corresponds to one by one Sensor [eg a temperature sensor] of the component 51 detected first measured value (eg, a temperature value).
  • storing the at least one first state value represented by the first packaging plant state data in the persistent storage is effected by the data storage interface 102 of the first instance 100 of the packaging plant data exchange.
  • the first state value is communicated to the persistent storage 30 by the data storage interface 102 for storage in the persistent storage 30 via the communication path 60.
  • the data storage interface 102 of the first instance 100 of the packaging system data exchange may receive a memory acknowledgment notification and / or a memory error notification from the persistent storage 30, for example.
  • the persistent storage 30 is configured to communicate a corresponding storage confirmation notification to the data storage interface 102 when the at least one first state value represented by the first packaging equipment status data has been stored in the persistent storage 30.
  • the persistent storage 30 is configured, for example, to communicate a corresponding memory error notification to the data storage interface 102 if the at least one first state value represented by the first packaging system status data has not been stored in the persistent storage 30 (e.g., due to an error).
  • the flowchart 300 is aborted, for example, and / or the step 302 is repeated at a later time. If, on the other hand, a memory acknowledgment notification is received by the data storage interface 102, the flowchart is continued, for example, with a step 303.
  • the first instance 100 and the second instance 200 of the packaging plant data exchange are notified by the first entity 100 that the first packaging plant state data representing at least the first state value has been obtained.
  • the first instance 100 may cause the first instance 100 and the second instance 200 of the packaging plant data exchange to be notified accordingly.
  • notifying the first instance 100 and the second entity 200 of the packaging plant data exchange that the first packaging equipment status data representing at least the first condition value has been received includes communicating the first packaging equipment status data and / or the first state value to the first entity 100 and the first second instance 200.
  • the first state value is communicated to the first instance 100 and the second instance 200 along with a unique identifier.
  • the unique identifier may be determined at least in part depending on metadata contained in the first packaging system status data.
  • the first instance may call the message bus 40 and pass the first state value (e.g., along with the unique identifier) to the message bus 40 in step 303.
  • message bus 40 is configured to notify first instance 100 and second instance 200 at least substantially in parallel and / or at least substantially simultaneously that the first state value has been obtained and, for example, the first state value (eg, together with the unique identifier) to the first instance 100 and the second instance 200.
  • the first packaging plant status data and / or the first state value are processed in a step 304 by the first instance 100 and the second instance 200 of the packaging plant data exchange in response to the notification.
  • the first instance 100 and the second instance 200 of the packaging plant data exchange process the first packaging plant state data and / or the first state value only after being notified that the first packaging plant state data representing at least the first state value has been received.
  • the processing in step 304 may include, for example, the optional steps 305 to 307 illustrated in FIG. 2b. Subsequently, the flowchart 300 ends.
  • the first instance 100 and the second instance 200 of the packaging facility data exchange store the first state value in their respective latches 101 and 201.
  • the first instance 100 and the second instance 200 of the packaging plant data exchange check whether one or more components and / or applications of the packaging plant 50 have subscribed to the first state value at the respective instance of the packaging plant data exchange. For example, in the latches 101 and 201, subscription data is stored indicative of whether one or more components and / or applications of the packaging facility have subscribed to the first state value at the particular instance. For example, component 52 has subscribed to the first state value at the second instance 200 of the packaging equipment data exchange.
  • step 307 the components and / or applications of the packaging equipment 50 that have subscribed to the first state value are notified by the respective instance of the packaging equipment data exchange (e.g., by the access interface of the respective instance of the packaging equipment data exchange). For example, if the check in step 306 has revealed that the component 52 has subscribed to the first state value at the second instance 200 of the packaging equipment data exchange, the access interface 203 communicates the first state value to the component 52 via the communication path 62.
  • FIG. 3 is one schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of a server device 400 according to the invention.
  • server device 10 and / or server device 20 in FIG. 1 correspond to the server device 400.
  • Server device 400 includes by way of example a processor 401 and, connected to processor 401, a first memory as program and data memory 402, a second memory as main memory 403, and a communication interface 404.
  • server device 400 may also include multiple processors 10.
  • Processor 401 executes program instructions stored in program memory 402 and stores, for example, intermediate results or the like in main memory 403.
  • main memory may include the cache (eg, cache 101 or 201) of an instance of packaging equipment data exchange provided by server device 400.
  • the program memory 402 contains, for example, program instructions of a computer program according to the invention comprising program instructions which cause the processor 401 to execute and / or control the method according to the invention (for example the method according to the flowchart 300 shown in FIG. 2) if the processor 401 executes these program instructions stored in program memory 402.
  • Program memory 402 further includes, for example, the operating system of the server device 400, which is loaded at least partially into main memory 403 when the server device 400 is started and executed by the processor 401. In particular, at the start of the server device 400, at least a portion of the kernel of the operating system is loaded into the main memory 403 and executed by the processor 401.
  • an operating system is a Windows, UNIX, Linux, Android, Apple iOS, and / or MAC OS operating system.
  • the operating system allows the use of the server device 400 for data processing. It manages, for example, resources such as a main memory and a program memory, provides, inter alia, through programming interfaces other computer programs basic functions and controls the execution of computer programs.
  • a program memory is, for example, a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory, a magnetic memory, an EEPROM memory (electrically erasable programmable read only memory) and / or an optical memory.
  • a main memory is for example a volatile or non-volatile memory, in particular a random access memory (RAM) such as a static RAM memory (SRAM), a dynamic RAM memory (DRAM), a ferroelectric RAM memory ( FeRAM) and / or a magnetic RAM memory (MRAM).
  • RAM random access memory
  • Main memory 403 and program memory 402 may also be formed as a memory.
  • main memory 403 and / or program memory 402 may each be formed by a plurality of memories.
  • main memory 403 and / or program memory 402 may also be part of the processor 401.
  • processor 401 controls communication interface 404.
  • a communication interface may receive and forward data to the processor and / or receive data from the processor and (via a communication path and / or communication link in a communication network) according to a communication technique (via a communication path and / or communication link in a communication network) ) according to a communication technique.
  • Examples of such communication techniques are the communications networks disclosed above and their specifications such as Ethernet networks and / or a WLAN networks and / or real-time Ethernet networks such as EtherCAT.
  • An example of a communication interface is accordingly a network adapter such as an Ethernet and / or a WLAN and / or an EtherCAT network adapter.
  • the components 401 through 404 of the server device 400 are communicatively and / or operationally interconnected, for example, via one or more bus systems (e.g., one or more serial and / or parallel bus links). It is understood that the server device 400 may include other components (e.g., a user interface and / or one or more other communication interfaces) besides the components 401-404.
  • bus systems e.g., one or more serial and / or parallel bus links.
  • the server device 400 may include other components (e.g., a user interface and / or one or more other communication interfaces) besides the components 401-404.
  • FIG. 4 shows exemplary embodiments of storage media on which an embodiment of a computer program according to the invention can be stored.
  • the storage medium may be, for example, a magnetic, electrical, optical and / or different storage medium.
  • the storage medium may be part of a processor (e.g., processor 401 of Fig. 3), such as a (non-volatile or volatile) program memory of the processor or a portion thereof (e.g., memory 402 in Fig. 3).
  • a storage medium include a flash memory 500, an SSD
  • Hard disk 501 a magnetic hard disk 502, a memory card 503, a memory stick 504 (eg, a USB stick), a CD-ROM or DVD 505, or a floppy disk 506.
  • the exemplary embodiments and embodiments of the present invention described in this specification are also to be understood as disclosed in all combinations with each other.
  • the description of a feature encompassed by an embodiment is - unless explicitly explained to the contrary - not be understood in this case as meaning that the feature is essential or essential for the function of the exemplary embodiment.
  • the sequence of the method steps described in this specification in the individual flowcharts is not mandatory, alternative sequences of the method steps are conceivable.

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L'invention concerne entre autres un procédé qui consiste : - à obtenir (301) de premières données d'état d'installation de conditionnement par une interface d'entrée (104) de données d'une première instance (100) d'une commutation de données d'installation de conditionnement, les premières données d'état d'installation de conditionnement représentant au moins une première valeur d'état d'une installation (50) de conditionnement ; - à enregistrer et/ou à activer l'enregistrement (302) de la ou des premières valeurs d'état représentées par les premières données d'état d'installation de conditionnement dans une mémoire persistante (30) par une interface d'enregistrement (102) de données de la première instance (100) de la commutation de données d'installation de conditionnement ; - à notifier et/ou à activer la notification (303) à la première instance (100) et à chaque autre instance (200) de la commutation de données d'installation de conditionnement par la première instance (100) que les premières données d'état d'installation de conditionnement représentant la ou les premières valeurs d'état ont été obtenues ; - à traiter (304) les premières données d'état d'installation de conditionnement et/ou la première valeur d'état par la première instance (100) et chaque autre instance (200) de la commutation de données d'installation de conditionnement en réaction à la notification.
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