Hardware-in-the-loop simulation for a production system

Sang C. Park, Minho Chang

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Abstract

This paper proposes a hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) approach for the design and verification of a production system. The design of a production system involves two major activities: mechanical design (device specification and layouts) and electrical design (device behaviour and system control). Conventionally, the mechanical and electrical design activities have been performed sequentially, wasting time. We propose a concurrent procedure of mechanical and electrical design based on the HILS methodology to cope with this problem. The proposed HILS approach provides two major benefits: (1) the verified control program can be directly used for the real plant with minor adaptations; and (2) the verified 3D layout model can be used to generate the detailed drawings for the implementation of the plant. We can minimise the stabilisation time of a production system, since most mechanical and electrical errors can be found and fixed using HILS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2321-2330
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Production Research
Volume50
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Apr 15

Keywords

  • HILS
  • electrical design
  • logical model
  • mechanical design
  • physical model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Strategy and Management
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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