Patent ID: 11940779
Assignee: SICK AG
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. Method of producing a sensor for a processing machine/plant, comprising:
providing a sensor comprising a sensor element or electronics receiving a sensor input;
providing a digital twin sensor that is related to the sensor and stored in a database;
using the digital twin sensor to form a data model of the sensor,
wherein the data model comprises at least one data building block with data for a sensor housing, for an electronic system, for at least one of a control and evaluation unit, for a primary sensor element and mechanical components of the sensor,

loading the digital twin sensor into a construction program for the processing machine/plant,
wherein the digital twin sensor is configured in the construction program provided for the processing machine/plant as domain specific software,
wherein the digital twin sensor is adapted to the processing machine/plant, and the adapted digital twin sensor is produced as a real adapted sensor,
wherein the sensor and the digital twin sensor are connected to one another via an interface,
wherein data can be transferred at least from the sensor to the digital twin sensor via the interface,
and wherein the sensor and the digital twin sensor each have an unambiguous identification number which are linked to one another in order to unambiguously associate the digital twin sensor with at least one of the sensor and the sensor with the digital twin sensor; and

during an operating phase of the sensor, continuously transmitting the data of the sensor or transmitted or transmitting the data at fixed intervals to the digital twin sensor.