Patent ID: 8275470
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a modular production machine having appliances and components; comprising: defining an appliance and component arrangement in a engineering system which forms a project; assigning specific arrangement locations in the project at least one machine object with control system information for an appliance or a component in each case; directing the appliance to a control system, wherein the control system controls the production machine based upon the machine objects, wherein the production machine corresponds to the project with the machine objects; and assigning at least one arrangement location in the project a plurality of different machine objects, such that the control system provides a control of the production machines based upon the project, wherein the at least one arrangement location is not occupied uniquely by a specific appliance or a specific component but allows a choice between different appliances and/or components at the at least one arrangement location.