Systems for generating graphical representations of anticipated products

摘要

Systems for generating a graphical representation of an anticipated product produced by a machine are disclosed. A system for generating predicted product values of a product manufactured by a machine controlled by programmable logic control code includes presenting a machine input fields requesting parameters associated with actuators and mechanical elements, and presenting product input fields requesting desired product properties. The system further includes receiving parameters from the machine input fields, receiving desired product properties from the product input fields, and calculating output response data by an emulation of a mechanical operation of the machine using the parameters and the desired product properties. The output response data is provided to a product model that calculates predicted product values based on the output response data, prepares process output messages for display and displays the graphical representation of the anticipated product based upon the predicted product values.

主权项

1. A system for generating a graphical representation of an anticipated product manufactured by a machine having a plurality of actuators and a plurality of mechanical elements, the machine being controlled by programmable logic control code, the system comprising:
an emulator module comprising emulator computer readable program code embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the emulator computer readable program code configured to:
prepare for display a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of input fields corresponding to the plurality of actuators and the plurality of mechanical elements, and a graphical representation of output response data of the machine using parameters;receive a plurality of parameters into the plurality of input fields, wherein the plurality of parameters are associated with the plurality of actuators and the plurality of mechanical elements; and,emulate a mechanical operation of the machine using the plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields by simulating the programmable logic control code, and generate the output response data based on the emulation of the mechanical operation of the machine; and a product model comprising product model computer readable program code embodied on the non-transitory computer readable medium or a second non-transitory computer readable medium, the product model computer readable program code configured to:
calculate one or more predicted product values based at least in part on the output response data provided to the product model;prepare for display the one or more predicted product values; and,display the graphical representation of the anticipated product based upon the one or more predicted product values.