US 12,292,721 B2
Module for a process engineering system and method for controlling a process engineering system
Michael Obst, Dresden (DE); Thomas Holm, Bremen (DE); Jörg Malken, Minden (DE); and Sven Kreft, Spenge (DE)
Assigned to WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Minden (DE)
Filed by WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Minden (DE)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,489.
Application 17/682,489 is a continuation of application No. 14/927,562, filed on Oct. 30, 2015, granted, now 11,300,935.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2014 222 508.6 (DE), filed on Nov. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0179383 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); C21D 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [G05B 19/41845 (2013.01); C21D 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A module for a process engineering system including further modules for industrial product production in chemistry, pharmaceutical, or food production, the module having:
process engineering hardware for carrying out a process engineering sub-process that processes a product, wherein the process engineering hardware receives a primary product via an input flange and input tube from an upstream module of the further modules of the process engineering system, processes the primary product and passes the processed product via an output flange and output tube to a downstream module of the further modules of the process engineering system;
a controller for local controlling of the process engineering hardware, the controller being set up to control the process engineering hardware and bring it to specific defined states; and
an external interface of the controller, wherein the external interface receives a number of defined commands that correspond to the specific defined states of the process engineering hardware;
wherein the external interface receives said defined commands that correspond to the specific defined states of the process engineering hardware from the further modules that are connected upstream or downstream or in parallel, such that the received defined commands bring the module to the corresponding specific defined states;
wherein the external interface issues to the further modules defined commands that correspond to specific defined states of process engineering hardware of the further modules, such that the issued defined commands bring the further modules to the corresponding specific defined states;
wherein upon startup the controller issues a module-specific control pattern to a superordinate system controller, such that the superordinate system controller integrates the module into control software of the superordinate system controller; and
wherein the module-specific control pattern contains a description of the function of the module, the specific defined states, a user interface, a graphic representation of the module, and the defined commands.