The present application provides a method for generating operation simulation information of a numerical control device. The method includes: acquiring physical operation information of the numerical control device; acquiring model information corresponding to the numerical control device; generating operation simulation information of the numerical control device based upon the physical operation information and the model information, and outputting the operation simulation information to a client. Embodiments of the application have the advantage that it enables a remote user to see detailed information in a numerical control device operation process, such as a machining workpiece, a cutting tool and an operation procedure, in a visually direct way. This facilitates remote management of a factory by the user.

Various embodiments relate to a method for motion simulation for a manipulator, such as an NC-controlled manipulator, in a machining environment, wherein the manipulator is moved in an operating mode by a control apparatus and the machining environment is at least partly mapped in an environment model and wherein the method comprises computation of a trajectory plan by the control apparatus from a setpoint movement of the manipulator starting from an initial situation and based on a kinematic model of the manipulator, performance of a kinematic collision check based on the trajectory plan, the kinematic model and the environment model, and production of a prediction result based on the kinematic collision check. The method is characterized in that the initial situation corresponds to the current manipulator state. Further, some embodiments relate to a corresponding computer program with program code and to a corresponding system for motion simulation for a manipulator.

An interference determination method for machine tools which determines whether or not there will be interference between elements that move relative to each other, the method including: a setting procedure for setting a machine tool model obtained by combining the shape model of each of the elements including a work model corresponding to the work; a measurement procedure for measuring the position of the work attached to the work attachment part; a correction procedure for acquiring, at a predetermined timing, the position of the work measured in the measurement procedure, and correcting the machine tool model set in the setting procedure; and a determination procedure for determining whether or not there will be interference between the elements on the basis of the machine tool model corrected in the correction procedure.

A system and method monitor and/or diagnose the operation of a production line of an industrial plant which is controlled by an automation system. The system includes a remote data processing server, which is installed outside of the industrial plant. The remote data processing server is configured to receive a digital input signal reflecting at least one control input signal and a digital output signal reflecting a second operational state, to determine at least first and second modeled states corresponding to the at least first and second operational states, respectively, by inputting the digital input and the digital output signals to a digital observer model of the production line and the automation system and by processing the digital observer model, and to forward the first and second modeled states to an output interface from where they can be accessed by modeling and/or diagnosing modules.

A method for carrying out a setting mode of a container inspection apparatus including the following steps: a plurality of spatially resolved sensor data detected by the sensor device is stored on a non-volatile storage device, which is retrieved by a setting device in the setting mode; the setting device is provided with a set of test evaluation parameters, which are to be assessed in terms of a working mode of the container inspection device, in which the set of test evaluation parameters is set as a set of real-time evaluation parameters in the real-time evaluation device; for assessing the set of test evaluation parameters, the setting device determines at least one statistical assessment variable on the basis of the retrieved plurality of spatially resolved sensor data.