Patent ID: 8670854
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring the sequence of a control recipe for a batch process, the recipe comprising a plurality of recipe elements and being displayable on a display unit of an operator or a batch system, the method comprising: creating, by a processor including memory, a respective recipe-element-specific rule for each of the plurality of recipe elements of the control recipe for a batch process; monitoring, by the processor including the memory, compliance with the respective recipe-element-specific rule for each of the plurality of recipe elements during run-time of the control recipe for the batch process; classifying automatically, by the processor including the memory, each of the plurality of recipe elements of the control recipe for the batch process into one of a plurality of problem levels if the respective recipe-element-specific rule for a respective recipe element of the plurality of recipe elements of the control recipe for the batch process is not complied with; and displaying each of the classified plurality of recipe elements, together with a respective problem level of the plurality of problem levels, on the display unit in tabular form.