Survey on the virtual commissioning of manufacturing systems. Issue 3 (1st July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Chi G.; Park, Sang C.
• Is Part Of: Journal of computational design and engineering. Volume 1:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 213
• Page End: 222
• Publication Date: 2014-07-01
• Subjects: Virtual commissioning -- Virtual plant model -- Virtual device model -- DEVS -- PLC simulation; Engineering -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Computer-aided design -- Periodicals; Computer-aided design; Engineering -- Data processing; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 620.0042
• DOI: 10.7315/JCDE.2014.021
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2288-4300

Abstract

Abstract: This paper reviews and identifies issues in the application of virtual commissioning technology for automated manufacturing systems. While the real commissioning of a manufacturing system involves a real plant system and a real controller, the virtual commissioning deals with a virtual plant model and a real controller. The expected benefits of virtual commissioning are the reduction of debugging and correction efforts during the subsequent real commissioning stage. However, it requires a virtual plant model and hence still requires significant amount time and efforts. Two main issues are identified, the physical model construction of a virtual device, and the logical model construction of a virtual device. This paper reviews the current literature related to the two issues and proposes future research directions to achieve the full utilization of virtual commissioning technology.