Birgit Vogel-Heuser

Technical University of Munich | TUM · Department for Mechatronics

A Diaphragm Wall Hydraulic Grab (DWHG), used in civil engineering for bulk excavation, is featured with a cable-suspended end-effector (also named attachment tool). The end-effector begins to oscillate during DWHG operation. Essential insights into the DWHG’s performance or productivity in operation could be derived from end-effector oscillations....

The development of smart working environments is becoming a necessity in industry. Within the European project INCLUSIVE, we have developed an adaptive automation middleware (MW) characterized by a modular architecture that allows for scalability and easy connectivity with proprietary interfaces. This was reached using IoT-technologies to enable th...

Modern manufacturing systems are becoming increasingly complex due to an increasing demand for flexible and, at the same time, efficient production. In order to efficiently integrate older and limited employees into the production process, a good introduction to the systems is necessary. This chapter presents an adaptive virtual training system to...

Zusammenfassung Durch die zunehmende Automatisierung und Digitalisierung von Produktionsprozessen ist eine effiziente Kommunikation und Koordination in Agentensystemen von entscheidender Bedeutung. Diese Studie analysiert die Verzögerungszeiten der Kommunikations- und Koordinationsprozesse in Agentensystemen anhand von zwei industriellen Anwendungs...

In the industrial sector, products evolve significantly over their operational life. A key challenge has been maintaining precise, relevant engineering data. This paper explores the digital twin concept, merging engineering and operational data to enhance product information updates. It examines digital twin applications in construction, material f...

Virtual Metrology (VM) technology can convert offline sampling inspection into online and real-time total inspection. As the processes of high-tech industries (semiconductor or TFT-LCD) are getting more sophisticated, higher VM prediction accuracy is demanded. With regard to this requirement, the advanced Convolutional-Neural-Networks (CNN) based V...

For a drive unit for axes of robots and robot-like systems (RLS) usually a motor- gearbox arrangement is chosen due to its high-power density. The combination of a high-ratio gearbox and a high-speed electric motor ensures a very compact and efficient design of the drive train. The transmission properties primarily determine the properties of the a...

The drive system of robots and robot-like systems (RLS) is often designed with a combination of an e-motor and a gearbox with a high transmission ratio to optimize performance. The various types of possible robot gearboxes can be selected based on their characteristics, which strongly influence the performance of the entire robotic system. Planetar...

Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are facing the challenge of keeping their cars innovative for the customer by integrating new advanced software functions, e.g., to provide higher levels of automated driving. Nonetheless, internal business processes should stay efficient to support the transformation despite the increasing complex...

Monitoring systems for rolling contacts in machinery are widespread. There are multiple solutions in various applications like Health Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) for Helicopters and smart bearings from different manufacturers. The number of solutions and possibilities is rising. This paper outlines how the vibrational behavior depends on the me...

Changing requirements cause flexible automated Production Systems (aPS) to evolve over decades. Digital Twins (DT) of the different hierarchy levels and design steps ease this evolution, e.g., by enabling requirement analysis and compatibility checks ahead of any physical changes. To ensure up-to-date models and integrate additional knowledge, info...

The Technical Debt (TD) concept depicts a situation in which a technical compromise is selected despite a better solution available. The associated risks to TD may be critical if TD is overlooked or not fixed properly. For instance, the product might not be used safely (in the healthcare supplies industry) or be contaminated (in the food & beverage...

Traditional manufacturing faces challenges adapting to dynamic environments and quickly responding to manufacturing changes. The use of multi-agent systems has improved adaptability and coordination but requires further advancements in rapid human instruction comprehension, operational adaptability, and coordination through natural language integra...

Automated production systems require continuous maintenance and validation through regression tests after on-site changes. However, identifying change-affected system parts, selecting relevant test steps, and scheduling them time-efficiently are time-consuming for on-site test engineers, especially in legacy systems lacking updated documentation. T...

In the era of smart manufacturing, modern manufacturing systems face high demands for enhancing process performance and reducing machine downtime. Sensors and process data are essential for successfully implementing data-driven approaches to guarantee robust and reliable process monitoring, tool conditioning, or quality assurance. However, the accu...

The design of gear boxes is a complex challenge characterized by conflicting requirements and seemingly circular dependencies. Existing tools support engineers but focus on a single predefined design, often leading to costly iterative processes and non-optimal solutions. Solution Space Engineering (SSE) alleviates this by generating multiple design...

Alarm management systems in the process industry use root-cause analysis methods to reduce alarm logs. To enable the application of these methods in different plant types, the alarm characteristics of a continuous, two discrete, and a hybrid plant are examined. The main contribution is threefold. First, root-cause analysis requirements, posed by di...

Zusammenfassung Heterogene Datenquellen und inkonsistente Schnittstellen zwischen verschiedenen Ingenieursdisziplinen stellen eine enorme Herausforderung bei der Erstellung einer virtuellen Repräsentation eines realen Produkts, Anlage oder Prozesses dar. Zu dieser digitalen Darstellung wird die Verwaltungsschale (VWS) als ein standardisiertes Konze...

Mechatronic on-site technicians are responsible for maintenance and thus adequate testing of automated production systems. Hence, they must derive test cases from the IEC 61131-3 control code, which requires systematic testing skills. But despite the industry’s high demand for such skills, testing is not established in mechatronic apprentices’ educ...

Properties and environmental dependencies of mechatronic components like gear-drives and motors impact the overall performance of automated Production Systems. These properties, often in the form of characteristic curves, are only accessible from suppliers’ documents, like operating instructions or online catalogs. The proposed SysML’ profile integ...

This paper proposes a three-step procedure to systematically include human operators in the development and design process of an assistance system for complex construction machinery. The central element of the procedure is the collection of mental models to gain validated information on the context of use and the human-machine interaction from the...

The interdisciplinary design of intralogistics systems (ILS) involves engineers from various disciplines, resulting in the generation of discipline-specific model files with overlapping information. For instance, a conveyor system can be represented from various perspectives, such as 3D-CAD models that capture its geometric information and discrete...

Inhalt/Content Vorwort 1 Prozessautomation: Regelung & Optimierung Architectural elements for configuration and control of modular plants 5 Produktionsplanung für die Praxis: Simulationsgetriebene Optimierung für industrielle Batchprozesse mit Evolutionären Algorithmen 21 Containerisierung von Model Predictive Control für modulare Anlagen – Ein Sch...

Inhalt/Content Vorwort 1 Prozessautomation: Regelung & Optimierung Architectural elements for configuration and control of modular plants 5 Produktionsplanung für die Praxis: Simulationsgetriebene Optimierung für industrielle Batchprozesse mit Evolutionären Algorithmen 21 Containerisierung von Model Predictive Control für modulare Anlagen – Ein Sch...

Inhalt/Content Vorwort 1 Prozessautomation: Regelung & Optimierung Architectural elements for configuration and control of modular plants 5 Produktionsplanung für die Praxis: Simulationsgetriebene Optimierung für industrielle Batchprozesse mit Evolutionären Algorithmen 21 Containerisierung von Model Predictive Control für modulare Anlagen – Ein Sch...

Inhalt/Content Vorwort 1 Prozessautomation: Regelung & Optimierung Architectural elements for configuration and control of modular plants 5 Produktionsplanung für die Praxis: Simulationsgetriebene Optimierung für industrielle Batchprozesse mit Evolutionären Algorithmen 21 Containerisierung von Model Predictive Control für modulare Anlagen – Ein Sch...

The pursuit of high yield in semiconductor packaging manufacturing is hindered by the increasing complexity of monitoring and alarm systems, leading to alarm floods which not only interfere with operations but also mask critical issues affecting yield. Therefore, this paper proposes an Alarm Pattern Detection (APD) Scheme to address the problem of...

This paper focuses on the alignment of Graphical-User-Interface (GUI) applications and embedded devices. The main contribution is a benchmark approach that enables measuring and comparing the GUI rendering capability of embedded devices and provides a performance-oriented GUI design recommendation for an embedded device. The benchmark is tailored t...

Intelligent manufacturing systems are often designed with decision-making ability and higher capabilities than required, referred to as capability redundancy. Considering the effects of degradation and wear, during operation system capability redundancy decreases gradually under uncertainty. This uncertainty needs to be considered to decide if the...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most auspicious technologies in the mobile machine domain. It promises to optimize the machine operation to reduce energy consumption or provide an assistant function to support the operator in challenging machine movements. A large amount of machine data is required to train and build AI models. These dat...

Construction sites require improved information logistics in order to obtain an efficient overview of the construction machine and attachment tools available on the construction site as well as their maintenance states. To enable data transfer to the central back office, an information technology integration of the machine and its tools is necessar...

The increasing functionality of automation software in complex mechatronic systems such as construction machinery is a major challenge for companies to remain competitive. A major difficulty is that the software development in construction machinery often involves employees from different disciplines who have technological expertise about the proce...

Chip-probing is the key process for IC manufacturing to its ensure quality. As the number of tests increases, the test quality and the test yield will be affected because the needles on the probe card of the tester will be contaminated by external objects or worn out. Whether a needle polish of the probe card is required can be determined through r...

Gear condition monitoring can prevent unexpected downtimes or sudden failure of machinery. Since gear damage usually results from tooth contact, data for reliable fault detection should be acquired as close as possible to this engagement to reduce other components' disturbances (such as vibrations). One typical gear damage mechanism is pitting. Alt...

Zusammenfassung In der sich rasant entwickelnden Landschaft der industriellen Automatisierung läutet das Aufkommen von Industrie 5.0 (I5.0) einen Paradigmenwechsel hin zu einem stärker kollaborativen und menschzentrierten Ansatz ein. In diesem Beitrag wird die Rolle der Mensch-Maschine-Kollaboration und menschzentrierter Werkzeuge bei der Förderung...

The importance of high-performance computers in car networks increases to realize software assistance functions. These computers offer new opportunities for use cases in car testing and diagnostics towards vehicle software and services. Therefore, car testing and diagnostics are no longer limited to the testing and functional checking of electric a...

Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) engineering as well as gear damages are important topics for the usability of electromechanical powertrains in vehicles and for the future use of gears for any application. As part of the DFG-project sensor-integrating gear (german: Sensorintegrierendes Zahnrad (SIZA)) an FZG-gear test rig has been extended in o...

Vorwort Nur noch sieben Jahre bis 2030, dem Jahr, in dem wichtige Meilensteine der EU- und der deutschen Klimapolitik sowie vieler Industrieunternehmen auf dem Weg zu einer „net-zero“- Betriebsweise erreicht sein sollen! In dieser Zeit müssen die Konzepte entwickelt und zumindest großtechnisch erprobt werden, die uns dann im Zeitfenster 2045-2050 w...

Machine and plant automation in the timber (wood) industry and paper industry has many analogies due to the similar process characteristics, i.e., hybrid process and coupled drives. From a plan automation point of view, these industries are challenging because of their technical requirements. Requirements in fiber industry are even more challenging...

Cars with software-intensive features such as autonomous driving bring new opportunities to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their manufacturing processes. The complexity of internal engineering processes is increasing as software-intensive functions are connected to electric and electronic car architectures, which need to be tested and...

Root-cause Analysis (RCA) of alarms is a well-established research area in automated Production Systems (aPS). Many RCA algorithms have been proposed and successfully evaluated and new ones are being developed. Recently, researchers focus on the incorporation of formalized information about the technical process in the analysis to gather further ev...

During the development of intralogistics systems (ILS), heterogeneous models are created, which represent discipline-specific views, e.g., control software developed by automation engineers or discrete-event simulation models created by simulation engineers. These models represent discipline-specific views on the system but contain overlapping info...

This article presents a model-based mutation framework for creating mutant systems implemented in IEC61131-3