US 12,298,736 B2
Manufacturing process data conversion and structuring
Francisco P. Maturana, Lyndhurst, OH (US); Sachin Misra, Lakeway, TX (US); Brian Taylor, Oshkosh, WI (US); Dennis J Luo, Germantown, WI (US); and Jay W Schiele, Union Grove, WI (US)
Assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,605.
Prior Publication US 2023/0273588 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/408 (2006.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01)
CPC G05B 19/4083 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25124 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a memory;
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes executable components stored on the memory, the executable components comprising:
a user interface component configured to import a technology transfer document containing information about a product to be manufactured and describing a manufacturing process for manufacturing the product; and
a conversion component configured to translate the technology transfer document to a package model, the package model comprising a hierarchically structured organization of nodes representing content sections of the technology transfer document,
wherein the user interface component is further configured to render, on a user interface, the package model as a browsable navigation tree comprising the nodes, and to receive, via interaction with the browsable navigation tree, assignment data that assigns a manufacturing step of the manufacturing process defined by the package model to a selected production line of multiple production lines defined in the system,
the executable components further comprise an export component configured to translate information about the manufacturing step contained in the package model to control configuration data and to export the control configuration data to an industrial device or system that controls the selected production line, and
the control configuration data configures the industrial device or system to execute the manufacturing step.