In the application of B&R’s machine development, it will also be widely used in the modeling and simulation of MATLAB/Simulink control system, the electromechanical simulation of MapleSim, and the process simulation of industrial physics. Automation Studio’s control task development and these software can achieve dynamic co-simulation through FMU/FMI and OPC UA to accelerate machine development.

In this case, mechanical engineers and process engineers who need to equip developers can work together with electrical engineers in the automation industry to achieve joint development.

Data application

IC697CHS770 More and more data-driven modeling (machine learning, deep learning) is used for quality, predictive maintenance, parameter optimization. There are more and more applications based on these methods.

The PC architecture of the Hypervisor also allows real-time control and computing tasks to be implemented on the same hardware architecture, and the newly released exOS provides software platform capability support in this respect.

Training ~ More than technology

More and more users begin to pay attention to the training of electrical teams, they need more excellent engineers, but due to several sources of engineers, resulting in the need for professional training:

👉 Engineers from non-mechanical and electrical engineering major;

👉 Lack of training in emerging technologies such as software and vision;

👉 The lack of engineering thinking training in universities;

Excellent engineers are able to solve problems efficiently with the help of professional tools, engineering thinking and methods. As shown in Figure 9, top engineers have different ability requirements at different stages.

And automation enterprises specializing in mechanical and electrical development, in this regard, training a very strong engineer self-hematopoietic ability, the output of this ability will also help equipment manufacturing enterprises, terminal production enterprises to enhance their own mechanical and electrical capabilities.

What kind of enterprise has such service capability?

However, not all enterprises are particularly suitable or competent to create competitive software and services, and this usually requires the following conditions and characteristics.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools

Software and services consulting must be built on an integrated architecture that enables sustainable competitive shaping. Automation Studio, like B&R’s, is a very powerful software architecture that supports the ability of software and engineering services.

Automation Studio at B&R, shown in Figure 10, provides direct reuse of Mapps for a large number of basic applications, as these are common parts of the machine. And can use C/C++ and other “core technology”, “algorithm” to provide open development support, these are the “personality part” of the machine. As well as the collaborative development of electromechanical models, this is the part that needs to be explored. Today, in a large number of edge computing, artificial intelligence applications, exOS also provides tools and platform support for this software, which allows the control system to use the open resources of the Linux world, such as Python, Java code and engineer resources.

Got you – Solution type

IC697CHS770 The solution enterprise is different from the product enterprise, it must have a global view of the problem, as well as the accumulation of engineering capabilities, industry cognition and professional applications formed in the long-term system-level development process.

B&r has been developing vertical industry solutions in China for more than 20 years and has trained a IC697CHS770 strong engineering service team. And as shown in Figure 11, there is a very strong accumulation in software engineering, industry applications, and module packaging, which ensures the efficiency of providing engineering services.

Professional team development

B&r’s sales consultants are almost all electromechanical related professionals. Many of the internal engineers transferred to sales positions, they themselves have a very good understanding of mechanical objects, so they also have a very deep foundation in mechanical and electrical consulting. As a direct interface with customers, they are divided into vertical industries, communicate with industry users in the language of the industry, and provide mechanical and electrical control solutions suitable for the industry.

The application engineer team divided by vertical industry can quickly grasp the needs of the user’s industry and provide rapid development support to avoid unnecessary mistakes. In order to enhance horizontal capabilities, the Machine Intelligence Research Institute provides common algorithms, electromechanical modeling, and software standardization packaging. In the field of engineering practice, the bottom line barrier is established by experts with more than 15 years, who will assess the risks in the project, difficulties and avoid the project going wrong.

Excellent engineer training

Since entering China, B&R engineers have been receiving leading engineering training and, through direct customer development services, creating a perfect capability for the development of a pair of “machines”.

The experience of engineers can reduce the risk of development for users, avoid taking “detours”, or cause the risk of “pushing down and starting again”. This is based on good engineering thinking training, user demand-oriented design thinking training, deconstruction and reconstruction, as well as the use of methods and tools in the testing stage, and the attitude of seeking truth from facts.

Less detours and avoid the re-construction of the architecture will reduce the risk of research and development for enterprises, avoid the waste of costs, and create high-quality products that can win the market.

Professional training

B&r’s EC Training (Engineering Camp) is a high-intensity Mechatronics engineer training program that continues to create professional engineers for B&R and its partners. Covers electromechanical control, software specification, communication, project management, communication and other course modules. Build a full range of engineer capabilities, which not only provides continuous force support for B&R to provide software and services, but also provides capability output for B&R’s partners and users.

Professional training is to create engineers who can be innovative and strict engineering specifications, reduce the risk of enterprise equipment development, form differentiated competitiveness, and reduce instability.