Automation Designer integrating Electrics and Automation ...€¦ · HMI Cables, tubes, pipes Automation software Sensors Electrics and automation is still handled “outside” Automated

Automation Designerintegrating Electrics andAutomation in DigitalManufacturingDr. Wolfgang SchloeglSiemens AG, Nuremberg, Germany

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Automation Designer integrating electrics and automation indigital manufacturing

§ Changes in Digital Manufacturing

§ Positioning Automation Designer

§ Automation Designer Key Features

§ Benefits and Summary


Siemens offering the most holistic Digital Twin

Digital TwinProduct

Digital TwinProduction

Digital TwinPerformance

Virtualproduct

Virtualproduction

Realproduct

RealproductionAutomation

Collaboration platform: Teamcenter

Verification Validation

Specification Commissioning


What are we talking about?Industries covered by Automation Designer

Production Machines(Machine Tools, E 2019)

Production Lines,Automotive Production Conveyor Systems

Automation Designer covers automated discrete manufacturing


Pneumatic cylinders

I/O systems

Valves, valve clusters

Safety hardware

Control cabinets

HMI

Cables, tubes, pipes

Automation software

Sensors

Electrics and automationis still handled “outside”

Automated Production is Mechatronic,Digital Manufacturing so far wasn’t

Typical digital manufacturing

Manufacturingplanning

KinematicsSimulation

Robot Simulation,OLP

Digital Mock-Up

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How does the automation engineering processperform today?

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Changes

Changes

Challenges§ Increasing degree and complexity of automation§ Increasing number of changes§ Production downtime for commissioning§ Reduced time for production engineering§ Costly maintenance of complex, home grown IT tools

Automation engineering today§ Sequential engineering§ Manually synchronized§ Supported by home grown IT applicationsMechanics

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Automation Designer integratesElectrics and Automation in PLM

Software portfolio§ Multidisciplinary design platform NX

§ Automation Designer is an applicationwithin NX

§ Tight coupling to NX mechanicaldesign tools

§ Strong integration withPLC programming (TIA Portal)

§ E-CAD integration (EPLAN)

§ Teamcenter as backbone

EPLAN

Generation

NX

Teamcenter

Generation

Line Designer

MechatronicConcept Designer

MultiCAD support

AutomationDesigner

Mechanics

Electrics

AutomationSoftware

TIAPortal

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EPLANMacros

PLCCode & HW

Mechatronictemplates

MechatronicEngineering


Automation Designer is the central tool forelectrics and automation in digital manufacturing

§ Central design application for electrics andautomation software in the Digital Enterprise

§ Enables functional, mechatronic engineering ofproduction systems and machines

§ Integrates electrical and automation data,with system design and mechanical data

§ Provides rule-based engineering support withconnection to downstream ECAD &automation toolsMechanics Electrics Automation

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Automation Designer integrates PLM with automationin Production Systems Engineering

Line Designerintegrated in NX

Automation Designerintegrated in NX

Totally IntegratedAutomation Portal

Process Simulate/PLCSIM Advanced

NX/MCDintegrated in NX

Automation Designerintegrated in NX

Totally IntegratedAutomation Portal

MCD/SIMIT/PLCSIM Advanced

TeamcenterManufacturing

Reusable componentswithin mechatronics library

Generators Integrated simulationand integrated validation

Automationengineering

Automationdesign

Virtualcommissioning

Line design

Mechanical design

Process planning

Integrated engineering of mechanics andautomation

Teamcenter

Plant Simulation,Process Simulate

Production Systems Engineering

Production Lines

Production Machines


Design steps in Automation Designer

Mechatronictemplates / libraries Electrical design

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§ Define electrical infrastructure§ Define PLC configuration§ Define catalogue parts§ Rule-based electrical schematic creation

§ Define project breakdown structure§ Define electrical functions & devices§ Define relationships

Functional design2

§ Enhance 3D-model with electrics andautomation data

§ Structuring and organization ofcomponents

Multidisciplinarysystem design

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§ Define program blocks§ Define program structure§ Rule-based PLC program & HW creation

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Mechanics Electrics AutomationSoftware

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Automation Designer –Central application of electrical and automation design

Integrated datamodel

Reduce risk,gain efficiency

Completeportfolio

Enhancedproductiondigital twin

Mechatronictemplates

Set standards,reduce effort

Rule-basedengineering

Save time,less errors,keep control

Multi-disciplinary

collaboration

Execute projectsefficiently

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Integrated data model

Multipledisciplines,one datasourceEnter data once and use itwherever it is needed


Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Integrateyour data,integrate yourpeopleWork on a singleengineering platform,where all disciplines cancome together


Mechatronic templates

Focus onwhat you‘redoing, not whatyou‘ve alreadydoneCapture complexengineering designs forquick and efficient reuse


Rule-based engineering

You havethe rules, wehave the toolsAutomate ECAD and PLCsoftware generation withbuilt-in generation forEPLAN and TIA Portal


Collaborative Automation Design –Enhanced digital twin for production

Benefits

§ Reduced effort through knowledge re-use§ Reduced risk through consistent mechatronic data

model and rule-based engineering keeps control ofcomplex engineering solutions

§ Reduced cost of ownership with use of OOTBsoftware products saves IT maintenance costs

Automation Designer approach§ Parallel engineering with a central application

§ Mechatronic collaboration / consistent data

§ Knowledge re-use

§ Rule-based engineering

Re-use

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Schematics

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SummaryAutomation Designer – Integrated disciplines, rule-based engineering –The crucial step to the enhanced Digital Factory

Engineeringtoday

Automation Designerapproach

Digital Factoryenhanced

Digital Twin

Maintenance

VirtualCommissioning

Re-use

Realize Mechatronics!Thank you.

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