Object-Oriented Modeling of Complex Mechatronic Components for the Manufacturing Industry

Author

Secchi, Cristian ; Bonfe, Marcello ; Fantuzzi, Cesare ; Borsari, Roberto ; Borghi, Davide

Author_Institution

Univ. of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena

Volume

12

Issue

6

fYear

2007

Firstpage

696

Lastpage

702

Abstract

The advantages of object-oriented modeling, as modularity and reusability of components, are very important not only for software development but also for modeling manufacturing systems. Recently, a unified object-oriented approach for modeling both the logical and the physical part of a manufacturing machine has been proposed. In this paper, we show the effectiveness of this new modeling framework on an industrial application. The case study consists of the package forming unit of a filling machine for liquid food packaging, developed by Tetra Pak Carton Ambient S.p.A.

Keywords

filling; food processing industry; mechatronics; object-oriented methods; packaging; production engineering computing; production equipment; Tetra Pak Carton Ambient S.p.A; complex mechatronic components; component modularity; component reusability; filling machine; liquid food packaging; manufacturing industry; manufacturing machine; manufacturing systems; object-oriented modeling; package forming unit; software development; Application software; Filling; Food manufacturing; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing systems; Mechatronics; Object oriented modeling; Packaging machines; Programming; Virtual manufacturing; Bond graphs; manufacturing systems; object-oriented modeling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Mechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1083-4435

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMECH.2007.910114

Filename

4392839