An industrial machine management system includes circuitry that collects changeable setting data of an industrial machine, determines, based on the setting data at each time point of multiple time points, whether a change has been made to the setting data, and outputs change information regarding the change when the change is determined as having been made to the setting data.

An industrial machine management system includes circuitry that collects changeable setting data of an industrial machine, determines, based on the setting data at each time point of multiple time points, whether a change has been made to the setting data, obtains pre-change information when the change is determined as having been made to the setting data, the pre-change information regarding a pre-change state of the industrial machine as of a first time prior to the change having been made to the setting data, obtains post-change information when the change is determined as having been made to the setting data, the post-change information regarding a post-change state of the industrial machine as of a second time after the change has been made to the setting data, and based on the pre-change information and the post-change information, outputs influence information regarding an influence of the change.

The operator identification system is capable of managing the information required for authentication of operators centrally with high operation rate. The operator identification system includes a manufacturing cell including a manufacturing machine and a cell controller that can communicate with the manufacturing machine. The cell controller includes a first operator identification information acquisition unit for acquiring operator identification information, a first operation permission/inhibition information storage unit for storing operation permission/inhibition information of the operator on the manufacturing machine, and a first operator identification unit for determining an operation executable by the operator on the manufacturing machine based on the operator identification information and the operation permission/inhibition information. The manufacturing machine includes a second operator identification information acquisition unit, a second operation permission/inhibition information storage unit, a second operator identification unit, and an operation unit for accepting the operation by the operator. The operation unit executes the operation determined to be executable by the first operator identification unit or the second operator identification unit.

The invention relates to a method for the assessment of a drive system (22) of a machine tool (21) or of a production machine (21), the drive system (22) having an axis (23, 24, 25), wherein a load of the drive system (22) is simulated, a drive profile (20) being used for simulation, actual values of the drive system (22) being simulated, the simulated actual values (40) being correlated with comparative values (41). The drive system (22) has at least one axis (23, 24, 25), a simulated load of the drive system (22) being correlated with at least one comparative value (41) on the basis of a drive profile (20).

A system for using digital twins to interact with physical objects in an automation system includes a plurality of controller devices, a process image backbone, and a registry comprising a plurality of digital twins. Each respective controller device comprises a volatile computer-readable storage medium comprising a process image area. The process image backbone provides the controllers with uniform access to the process image area of each controller. Each digital twin in the registry corresponds to a physical device controllable via one of the controllers devices via a corresponding process image area.

A plant network entrance device includes a change information reception unit configured to receive change information for changing a control parameter of a plant facility from a change execution device, a change information transmission unit configured to transmit the change information to the plant facility, an operation data acquisition unit configured to acquire pre-change operation data that is operation data before a time at which a change in the control parameter based on the change information is made and post-change operation data that is operation data after the time at which the change is made, an improvement rate calculation unit configured to calculate an improvement rate for operation states before and after the change on the basis of the pre-change operation data and the post-change operation data, and an improvement rate transmission unit configured to transmit the improvement rate to the change execution device.

An object is to more appropriately perform settings in the setting of the control of a machine tool. A setting device includes: a first reception unit which receives the specification of a first setting value for at least one or more parameters on the control of a machine tool; a second reception unit which receives the specification of a second setting value for the parameter after the reception of the first setting value; a third reception unit which receives the specification of a selection condition for determining which one of the first setting value and the second setting value is selected; and a selection unit which selects, based on the selection condition whose specification is received by the third reception unit, any one of the first setting value and the second setting value as a setting value that is applied to the parameter.

An electronic system and a setting method for the electronic system are provided. The electronic system includes a control source circuit, switches, and electronic devices. The control source circuit provides a driving data string. The driving data string includes multiple driving data with different identification codes. A first terminal of a first switch among the switches is coupled to the control source circuit. A first terminal of a second switch among the switches is coupled to a second terminal of the first switch. A first electronic device among the electronic devices turns off the first switch and receives a first driving data with a first identification code, and turns on the first switch after receiving the first driving data, so that a second electronic device among the electronic devices receives a second driving data with a second identification code.

A computer network has ports connected to production machines (PM) and communicating with an assigned virtual user interface and a higher-ranking facility located outside the PM. Connection of an additional PM is monitored, in which case a commissioning service automatically assigns a virtual user interface to the additional PM, re-initializes an individual virtual computer network within the computer network and connects the additional PM to the virtual user interface via the re-initialized virtual computer network. Communication between the additional PM and the assigned virtual user interface is isolated from other communications until, a release command is specified. A then activated integration service automatically re-initializes a virtual router for connection to the additional PM via the virtual computer network and configures the re-initialized virtual router such that the additional PM communicates with the higher-ranking facility via the re-initialized virtual router.

The operator identification system is capable of managing the information required for authentication of operators centrally with high operation rate. The operator identification system includes a manufacturing cell including a manufacturing machine and a cell controller that can communicate with the manufacturing machine. The cell controller includes a first operator identification information acquisition unit for acquiring operator identification information, a first operation permission/inhibition information storage unit for storing operation permission/inhibition information of the operator on the manufacturing machine, and a first operator identification unit for determining an operation executable by the operator on the manufacturing machine based on the operator identification information and the operation permission/inhibition information. The manufacturing machine includes a second operator identification information acquisition unit, a second operation permission/inhibition information storage unit, a second operator identification unit, and an operation unit for accepting the operation by the operator. The operation unit executes the operation determined to be executable by the first operator identification unit or the second operator identification unit.