公开(公告)号：US20240104087A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17934472

申请日：2022-09-22

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth W. Batcher ,  Sharath Chander Reddy Baddam ,  Juergen K. Weinhofer ,  Timothy S. Biernat ,  David A. Vasko

IPC: G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/27

CPC classification number: G06F16/2379 ,  G06F16/27

Abstract: Industrial blockchain digital twin change management (e.g., using a computerized tool) is enabled. For example, a system can comprise: a memory that stores executable components, a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising: a blockchain component that stores a digital twin fingerprint for a digital twin of an industrial automation system to an immutable blockchain ledger and stores a configuration fingerprint representative of a configuration of the industrial automation system to the immutable blockchain ledger, wherein the digital twin fingerprint is associated with the configuration fingerprint, a change component that determines a change to the industrial automation system, and an update component that facilitates creation of an updated digital twin, representative of the change, and updates the digital twin fingerprint and the configuration fingerprint based on the change.

公开(公告)号：US20240103857A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18527733

申请日：2023-12-04

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Andrew R Stump ,  Anthony Carrara ,  Eashwer Srinivasan ,  Srdjan Josipovic ,  Adam J Gregory ,  Michael J Coan

IPC: G06F8/71 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06F8/73

CPC classification number: G06F8/71 ,  G05B19/41835 ,  G05B19/4184 ,  G05B19/41845 ,  G05B19/4185 ,  G06F8/73 ,  G05B2219/32095 ,  G05B2219/36062

Abstract: An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports collaborative tools that allow multiple designers and programmers to remotely submit design input to the same automation system project in parallel while maintaining project consistency. The industrial IDE also permits localized development of system projects, and provides an infrastructure for intelligently brokering between conflicting edits submitted to common portions of the system project. Project edits submitted to the IDE system, both applied and unapplied, are stored as edit records, allowing edits to be selectively undone or applied either manually or as part of a rollback to a milestone version.

公开(公告)号：US20240103826A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17934683

申请日：2022-09-23

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Valerio Guarnieri ,  Alessandro Menon

IPC: G06F8/65

CPC classification number: G06F8/65

Abstract: An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports collaborative editing of translation tables used to facilitate rendering of the system project text in different defined languages. Rather than merging edits by comparing text representations of the edited translation tables on a line-by-line basis, the system expresses the edited and base versions of the translation tables as information models that represent the translation table versions as hierarchical organizations of nodes representing content of the tables, and compares corresponding nodes of the information models to obtain differential statuses for the nodes. The various versions of the nodes are then merged into a single consistent model based on the differential statuses of the nodes.

公开(公告)号：US20240103490A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17955105

申请日：2022-09-28

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan D. Hoffman

IPC: G05B19/414 ,  G05B19/40

CPC classification number: G05B19/4141 ,  G05B19/40

Abstract: A system for distributed multi-axis motion control includes a controller having a memory configured to store a control program and a processor configured to execute the control program. A desired motion trajectory is determined for a multi-axis system having multiple axes, and an axis command is generated for each of the axes as a function of the desired motion trajectory. The system also includes multiple motors and multiple motor drives. Each of the motors corresponds to one axis for the multi-axis system, and each of the motor drives controls at least one of the motors responsive to receiving the axis command for the corresponding motor. Each of the motor drives also determines a motion state for a link driven by the motor as a function of the axis command and transmits at least a portion of the motion state to another motor drive controlling another axis.

公开(公告)号：US20240094708A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US17945740

申请日：2022-09-15

Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Roberto S. Marques ,  Ryan Coon ,  Marius G. Chis

IPC: G05B19/4155

CPC classification number: G05B19/4155 ,  G05B2219/31368

Abstract: An industrial automation component includes an electronic display that displays machine-readable indicia. The machine readable-indicia may be scanned by an image sensor. The industrial automation component also includes a processor communicatively coupled to the electronic display. The processor receives data associated with the industrial automation component and generates a first machine-readable indicia based on the data. The first machine-readable indicia may be displayed via the electronic display. The processor also receives updated data associated with the industrial automation component and generates a second machine-readable indicia based on the updated data. The second machine-readable indicia may be displayed via the electronic display.

公开(公告)号：US20240086867A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18516222

申请日：2023-11-21

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Scott A. Miller ,  Michael J. Anthony ,  Adam J. Gregory ,  Evan J. Kausalik ,  Robert J. Koba ,  Randy Scott Oakley, JR. ,  Beniamin J. Skubis ,  Rudy Zhi Yang

IPC: G06Q10/20 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0803

CPC classification number: G06Q10/20 ,  G05B19/4183 ,  G05B19/4184 ,  G06Q10/06315 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0803

Abstract: A method for managing device lifecycles within an industrial automation environment includes receiving a request for lifecycle management data including a scanning configuration, producing configuration data obtained by scanning industrial devices specified by the scanning configuration, receiving lifecycle management data including a lifecycle phase for the industrial devices, generating a graphical representation of the lifecycle phase of the industrial devices, determining an identity of a replacement device for a first industrial device of the industrial devices having a predetermined lifecycle phase, generating a graphical representation of replacement information including the identity of the replacement device, and managing migration to the replacement device by initiating replacement of the first industrial device with the replacement device.

公开(公告)号：US20240085861A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US17932025

申请日：2022-09-14

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Timothy L. Stanford ,  Alexander J. Miller ,  Mayank Maheshwari ,  Kevin Anthony Ellis

IPC: G05B13/02

CPC classification number: G05B13/021

Abstract: An industrial controller can perform multi-dimensional optimization locally using the controller's native hardware and processing. An optimization algorithm is encoded on the industrial controller in a language understandable and executable by the controller (e.g., IEC61131-3). The optimization algorithm is adapted for the scan-based processing performed by industrial controllers rather than sequential processing, thereby allowing the optimization algorithm to be executed by the industrial controller as part of the controller's control program execution. A control program development system allows a user to add and configure the optimization algorithm as an instruction within the controller's control program. The instruction's configurable parameters allow the user to submit constraints and cost functions for the algorithm. During runtime, the controller executes this optimization instruction in accordance with the optimization parameters submitted by the user during development, using values of specified data tags as inputs and outputs for the algorithm.

公开(公告)号：US11927950B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17515265

申请日：2021-10-29

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas L. Stay ,  Anthony G. Gibart ,  Mark A. Flood ,  Chandresh R. Chaudhari ,  Chad J. Bohl ,  Sivaram Balasubramanian

IPC: G06F11/00 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G05B23/02

CPC classification number: G05B23/0291 ,  G05B19/41835 ,  G05B19/41845 ,  G05B19/41855

Abstract: A system for communicating between redundant devices balances the desired attributes of a high availability (HA) control system and a safety control system. The system includes concurrent connections as a fault tolerant mechanism for industrial protocol connections at the transport layer. The concurrent connections establish multiple paths for redundancy from a data producer to a data consumer. Concurrent connections increase availability of the HA control and safety instrumented systems. More specifically, concurrent connections and architectural redundancies eliminate a single point of failure within the control system and further reduce safety connection timeouts during fault detection and/or recovery. Concurrent connections may be used to keep a HA system operational or to provide detection of a failure in a safety system. The industrial control network may be configured to function as a HA control system, as a safety control system, or with certain degrees of both HA and safety-related operation.

公开(公告)号：US11923793B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17538610

申请日：2021-11-30

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Xuechao Wang ,  Bora Novakovic ,  Rangarajan M. Tallam

IPC: H02P27/06 ,  H02M1/44 ,  H02M5/458 ,  H02P29/024

CPC classification number: H02P27/06 ,  H02M1/44 ,  H02M5/4585 ,  H02P29/0241

Abstract: A motor-drive system may include a rectifier, a metal-oxide varistor (MOV) assembly, and an inverter. The rectifier may generate a direct current (DC) voltage based on a first voltage received from at least one supply voltage line coupled to a voltage source. The MOV assembly may include at least two metal-oxide varistors (MOVs) respectively coupled to the at least one supply voltage lines. The MOV assembly may couple between the voltage source and the rectifier. The motor-drive system may also include a permanently-installed jumper to couple at least one MOV of the at least two MOVs of the MOV assembly to a system ground. The inverter of the motor-drive system may convert the DC voltage to an alternating current (AC) voltage, which may be provided to a load of the motor-drive system.

公开(公告)号：US11921486B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17686095

申请日：2022-03-03

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： David C. Mazur ,  Andrew J. Schaeffler

IPC: G05B19/05 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06F1/3206

CPC classification number: G05B19/05 ,  G05B19/054 ,  G05B19/056 ,  G05B19/058 ,  G05B19/4185 ,  G05B19/4188 ,  G05B19/41885 ,  G06F1/3206 ,  G05B2219/14006 ,  G05B2219/15097

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein for the integrated design and deployment of process control logic and power control logic in the context of industrial automation environments. In an implementation a computer displays, in an integrated design environment, representations of process control logic for controlling manufacturing devices an industrial automation process and of power control logic for controlling electrical devices in the industrial automation process. The computer further deploys the process control logic and the power control logic to a programmable logic controller (PLC) that controls the industrial automation process.