DISCRETE ENERGY ASSIGNMENTS FOR MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS

• US 20100274377A1
• Filed: 04/24/2009
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lombardi, Steven Anthony, Walker, Marcia Elaine, Kaufman, Philip John
• Granted Patent: US 9,406,036 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 80/10 Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/82 Energy audits or management systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems

Abstract

An industrial control system is provided. The system includes tagged data that is collected from a plurality of sustainability factor-associated data sources across an industrial automation environment, where the tagged data is associated with a portion of a process that is attributed to the sustainability factor data sources. A manufacturing model is associated with the tagged data, where the manufacturing model is employed to enhance the efficiencies of the process.

Claims

1. An industrial control system, comprising:

tagged data that is collected from a plurality of sustainability-factor data sources across an industrial automation environment, the tagged data is associated with a portion of a process that is attributed to the sources associated with the sustainability-factor data; and

a manufacturing model that is associated with the tagged data, where the manufacturing model is employed to enhance the energy efficiencies of the process.

2. The system of claim 1, the process is associated with a discrete process or a batch process.

3. The system of claim 1, the manufacturing model is a bill of material, an MRP model (material requirement planning), an MES model (manufacturing execution system), an ERP model (enterprise resource planning), an S88 model, or a programming model.

4. The system of claim 3, the programming model includes ladder logic, a sequential function chart, a batch program, or a function block.

5. The system of claim 3, the bill of material includes itemized components of sustainability factors that are associated with one or more components of a discrete assembly or steps of a batch process.

6. The system of claim 3, the bill of material includes itemized components of sustainability factors that are associated with a subset of a discrete components or a subset of batch process steps.

7. The system of claim 3, the bill of material includes itemized sustainability factors that are associated with a product listing.

8. The system of claim 7, the bill of material includes a peak demand listing or an electrical usage charge.

9. The system of claim 7, the bill of material includes a waste component.

10. The system of claim 1, the sustainability factor data sources includes water usage, expected energy use, a type of energy used, a carbon emission, a recyclability factor, an environmental impact factor, a safety factor, or a utility demand factor.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a smart grid component that processes the manufacturing model.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a demand response component that employs a mathematical model to modulate a manufacturing process based upon at least one of business rules, regulatory restrictions, or energy availability.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising historian component to archive data associated with the sustainability factor data sources.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising a simulation component to manage energy in accordance with the manufacturing model.

15. The system of claim 1, the sustainability-factor data is associated with user rights, work instructions, schedules, material specifications, an intra-material item specification, or routings.

16. The system of claim 1, the sustainability factors are captured in accordance with a time synchronization procedure.

17. The system of claim 16, the time synchronization procedure is associated with a 1588 standard.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising an energy rating that includes a Manufacturing energy consumed/Total energy consumed=Percent of efficiency.

19. A method of controlling an industrial process, comprising:

monitoring a plurality of energy sources across an automated facility;

automatically tagging data associated with the energy sources to indicate a portion of a process that is related to the energy sources;

adapting a manufacturing specification to record the tagged data; and

processing the manufacturing specification to mitigate energy associated with the facility.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising adjusting an energy grid in view of the tagged data.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising generating a bill of material from the manufacturing specification.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising monitoring waste or emissions to update the bill of material.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising processing the bill of materials in a simulator to determine energy savings.

24. An industrial control system, comprising:

means for monitoring one or more sustainability factor-associated energy sources;

means for identifying the sustainability factor-associated energy sources; and

means for generating a manufacturing specification that reflects at least one sustainability factor-associated energy source.

25. A bill of material, comprising:

a listing of a discrete component or a process step employed in an industrial manufacturing process; and

a listing of at least one sustainability factor-associated energy source that is associated with at least one discrete component employed in a discrete assembly or at least one process step employed in a batch process.

26. The bill of material of claim 25, the sustainability factor-associated energy source is associate with a product or a subset of components or steps employed to produce the products.