Abstract Graphic-Monitor software on market emphasize to have vivid Man-Machine-Interface, irresistible Network-Communication and to communicate with related Database etc. three functions, so through a perfectly planed graphic-monitor software, factory of any production equipments of motion conditions, production capability, good percentage and product conditions etc. information all through it to reach action of integration and management. In this research, to achieve a set of integrated supervisory system which has graphic monitor, image inspection, motion control etc. three function modules. And through the integration of among modules, to achieve four common factory automation examples that are remote-monitor factory locality data collection system, remote-monitor factory motor position control system, remote-monitor factory image inspection system, remote-control factory automation inspection system. Finally, the above development of the integrated supervisory control system is verified by the experimental results.

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Energy services companies (ESCOs) typically implement energy management systems (EMSs) as part of Demand-Side Management (DSM) projects on South African mines. After DSM project completion, the mine becomes responsible for maintaining the performance of the EMS. Due to a lack of experience in using specialised EMSs, mines typically contract ESCOs for EMS maintenance. However, maintaining a large number of EMSs remotely is a resource-intensive task because of time wasted on daily monitoring and travelling to perform on-site maintenance. For the same reason, remote maintenance technologies have become widely used to maintain cellular devices, vehicles and industrial equipment. Mine EMSs typically control production-critical systems that in turn ensure safe working conditions underground. EMSs execute highly specialised control philosophies to achieve electrical energy management, while ensuring safe and productive system operation. None of the work done on remote maintenance, however, provides an integrated solution to maintain the performance of a growing number of these specialised EMSs. As part of this study, a supervisory system was developed to optimise remote maintenance of different EMS technologies. The supervisory system builds on the fundamentals of existing remote maintenance technologies, complemented by comprehensive diagnostics of specialised EMS technologies. This is possible through automated diagnostics of EMS components, the control philosophy and overall EMS performance. Maintenance management forms part of the supervisory system to ensure that maintenance is performed with optimal efficiency. A system implementation was executed to prove the feasibility of the supervisory system. The functional operation of the system was verified with pre-set scenarios that simulated day-to-day operation and common fault diagnostic events. As part of the case studies conducted for this thesis, the supervisory system was integrated with three distinct EMS technologies implemented on South African mines. To support the results of these case studies, the system validation was extended through integrations with seven additional EMSs. For the first time, a supervisory assessed the condition of the EMS components, the control philosophy and DSM performance comprehensively. The results (obtained over a period of more than six months) indicated that the average operational availability of EMS components improved from 90% to 97%. The average EMS performance improved from 1.8 MW to 2.5 MW, an improvement of 39%. The resulting electricity cost reduction achieved on the case studies accumulated to approximately R6 million during the respective assessment periods. The supervisory system facilitated efficient EMS maintenance, thus reducing the risk of unsafe working conditions and production interruptions. The system also allowed maintenance personnel to improve the diagnostic process continually, thus aligning with the standards documented in ISO 50001:2011 (ISO, 2011) regarding continual improvement of electrical energy management initiatives. The new supervisory system is scalable, thus an ESCO can maintain the performance of a growing number of EMSs remotely. Results of this study support further supervisory system integration with compatible EMS technologies, and expansion to new EMS technologies. The modular design of the supervisory system provides a basis for the development of a cross-industry platform for maintaining EMS performance. / PhD (Computer and Electronic Engineering), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Energy services companies (ESCOs) typically implement energy management systems (EMSs) as part of Demand-Side Management (DSM) projects on South African mines. After DSM project completion, the mine becomes responsible for maintaining the performance of the EMS. Due to a lack of experience in using specialised EMSs, mines typically contract ESCOs for EMS maintenance. However, maintaining a large number of EMSs remotely is a resource-intensive task because of time wasted on daily monitoring and travelling to perform on-site maintenance. For the same reason, remote maintenance technologies have become widely used to maintain cellular devices, vehicles and industrial equipment. Mine EMSs typically control production-critical systems that in turn ensure safe working conditions underground. EMSs execute highly specialised control philosophies to achieve electrical energy management, while ensuring safe and productive system operation. None of the work done on remote maintenance, however, provides an integrated solution to maintain the performance of a growing number of these specialised EMSs. As part of this study, a supervisory system was developed to optimise remote maintenance of different EMS technologies. The supervisory system builds on the fundamentals of existing remote maintenance technologies, complemented by comprehensive diagnostics of specialised EMS technologies. This is possible through automated diagnostics of EMS components, the control philosophy and overall EMS performance. Maintenance management forms part of the supervisory system to ensure that maintenance is performed with optimal efficiency. A system implementation was executed to prove the feasibility of the supervisory system. The functional operation of the system was verified with pre-set scenarios that simulated day-to-day operation and common fault diagnostic events. As part of the case studies conducted for this thesis, the supervisory system was integrated with three distinct EMS technologies implemented on South African mines. To support the results of these case studies, the system validation was extended through integrations with seven additional EMSs. For the first time, a supervisory assessed the condition of the EMS components, the control philosophy and DSM performance comprehensively. The results (obtained over a period of more than six months) indicated that the average operational availability of EMS components improved from 90% to 97%. The average EMS performance improved from 1.8 MW to 2.5 MW, an improvement of 39%. The resulting electricity cost reduction achieved on the case studies accumulated to approximately R6 million during the respective assessment periods. The supervisory system facilitated efficient EMS maintenance, thus reducing the risk of unsafe working conditions and production interruptions. The system also allowed maintenance personnel to improve the diagnostic process continually, thus aligning with the standards documented in ISO 50001:2011 (ISO, 2011) regarding continual improvement of electrical energy management initiatives. The new supervisory system is scalable, thus an ESCO can maintain the performance of a growing number of EMSs remotely. Results of this study support further supervisory system integration with compatible EMS technologies, and expansion to new EMS technologies. The modular design of the supervisory system provides a basis for the development of a cross-industry platform for maintaining EMS performance. / PhD (Computer and Electronic Engineering), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Empreendimentos industriais requerem o completo e preciso acompanhamento de dados de máquinas em tempo real, integrando as atividades do chão de fábrica com a engenharia, suporte e de negócios. É reconhecido que sistemas de monitoramento são fundamentais para melhorar a qualidade do produto, reduzir os tempos e para a adaptação rápida às mudanças de produção. Os sensores de processos possuem altos custos, não são compactos e são de difícil implementação. Portanto, seria estratégico desenvolver sistemas de monitoramento que utilizem ao máximo os recursos já existentes nas máquinas ferramentas e que não representem custos adicionais de implementação. O uso de CNC´s de arquitetura aberta nas indústrias é crescente. Estes se mostram como potenciais ferramentas para atender a estas exigências. Possuem os recursos necessários para a aquisição de informações administrativas e tecnológicas e para o desenvolvimento de sistemas de monitoramento. O objetivo do presente trabalho é pesquisar arquiteturas de monitoramento e supervisão para processos de usinagem que tenham como base informações disponíveis em CNC´s de arquitetura aberta. Tais sistemas, apesar de todo o potencial existente, ainda não tem sido explorados nem desenvolvidos adequadamente para os processos de usinagem. O presente trabalho é multidisciplinar nas áreas de automação e usinagem. Está dividido em partes em que são analisados tanto os elementos tecnológicos dos CNC´s abertos, bem como os processos de monitoramento e supervisão da usinagem. São apresentadas propostas no sentido de integrar as duas áreas pelo desenvolvimento de arquiteturas de software dedicadas. Os sistemas desenvolvidos foram testados em laboratório e também nas empresas parceiras. Os resultados mostram que o uso de CNC´s abertos para monitoramento e supervisão de processos é viável e proporciona funções de monitoramento/supervisão que não eram possíveis com os sistemas convencionais e sem a necessidade de recursos adicionais, como hardware, sensores e instalação. A implementação de protótipo em empresa parceira foi bem sucedida e deverá ser expandida no futuro. / Manufacturing enterprises require complete real time and accurate monitoring of machine tool data for integrating the shop floor with other company activities, as engineering, maintenance and business. It is acknowledged that monitoring systems capabilities are unavoidable to improve product quality, to reduce production time, and to the rapid adaptation in the changes of production. The use of external sensors gives high costs and do not have the advantages of compactness and the ease of use. Therefore, it is extremely advantageous to develop monitoring systems maximizing the use of the resources already existent in the machine tools and without additional costs of implementation. The use of open CNC\'s on industries is growing. This kind of control has been a great tool to attend these present requirements. It has the necessary resource to get managerial and technological information, and to develop monitoring systems. The objective of this work is to research monitoring and supervision architectures for machining process, based on information already available in open CNC\'s. Such systems, in spite of the whole existent potential, have not still been explored nor developed appropriately for the machining processes. The present work is multidisciplinary in the automation and machining areas. It is divided in parts where the technological elements of open CNC\'s are analyzed, as well as the monitoring and supervision systems of the machining processes. An architecture is proposed in the sense of integrating both monitoring and supervision. The developed systems were tested in laboratory and also in the partner companies. The results show that the use of open CNC\'s for monitoring and supervision of processes is viable and provides monitoring/ supervision functions which were not possible with the conventional systems and without the need of additional resources, as hardware and sensor installation. The prototype tested in a partner company succeeded and should be expanded in the future.

A agricultura nacional, buscando uma maior integração e participação no mercado global, tende a investir cada vez mais na automação de máquinas e implementos agrícolas, visando maior eficiência e qualidade em seus produtos. Para responder rapidamente às mudanças impostas pelo mercado, o emprego do conceito de Agricultura de Precisão (AP), têm mostrado bons resultados, tais como uma melhor utilização das máquinas, melhor aproveitamento na área de plantio entre outros benefícios. Para tal, pesquisas voltadas ao desenvolvimento de máquinas, com nível elevado de automação, capazes de operar de forma autônoma, estão ganhando cada vez mais espaço no setor agrícola. Considerando esse cenário, no presente trabalho são apresentadas uma revisão sobre Controle Supervisório e Aquisição de Dados (SCADA), no contexto da Agricultura de Precisão, e a proposta de um modelo supervisório, aplicável na robótica móvel utilizando, como plataforma experimental o veículo Agribot. / National agriculture, seeking greater integration and participation in the global market tends to increasingly invest in the automation of agricultural machinery and implements, aiming at greater efficiency and quality in their products. To respond quickly to changes driven by the market, the use of the concept Precision Farming (PF) have shown good results, such as better machine utilization, better utilization in the planting area among others benefits. To this end, research aimed at developing machines with high level of automation, able to operate autonomous, are gaining more and more space in the agricultural sector. Considering this factor, this work is a review on the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) in the Precision Farming context and the proposal of a supervisory model applicable in mobile agricultural robotics using as platform the vehicle Agribot.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T15:14:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissertacaoRodrigoOtto.pdf: 3119591 bytes, checksum: f05ef49eec98ca7dd9533c11023a1c28 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-10 / The generating units form a distributed power generator system that uses biogas as fuel, this biogas is produced on small farms that collect the waste from agricultural activities systems. The supervisory system of the biogas generation units can monitor local and remote environmental, electrical and mechanical variables of the process and display this data in a user-friendly interface for analysis and decision making. In addition to providing an user interface, the data collected will be stored to build the process history and analysis database that will serve as a study source and promotion of new research lines related to this topic. / As unidades geradoras formam um sistema distribuído de geração de energia que utiliza como combustível o biogás produzido em pequenas propriedades rurais, oriundos dos resíduos da atividade agropecuária. O sistema supervisório de unidades de geração a biogás é capaz de monitorar de forma local e remota as variáveis ambientais, elétricas e mecânicas do processo e disponibilizar estes dados em uma interface amigável para a análise e tomada de decisão. Além de disponibilizar em uma tela, esses dados coletados alimentam um banco de dados para acúmulo do histórico e análise do processo, que servirá como fonte de estudos e fomento de novas linhas de pesquisas futuras relacionadas ao tema de interesse

A agricultura nacional, buscando uma maior integração e participação no mercado global, tende a investir cada vez mais na automação de máquinas e implementos agrícolas, visando maior eficiência e qualidade em seus produtos. Para responder rapidamente às mudanças impostas pelo mercado, o emprego do conceito de Agricultura de Precisão (AP), têm mostrado bons resultados, tais como uma melhor utilização das máquinas, melhor aproveitamento na área de plantio entre outros benefícios. Para tal, pesquisas voltadas ao desenvolvimento de máquinas, com nível elevado de automação, capazes de operar de forma autônoma, estão ganhando cada vez mais espaço no setor agrícola. Considerando esse cenário, no presente trabalho são apresentadas uma revisão sobre Controle Supervisório e Aquisição de Dados (SCADA), no contexto da Agricultura de Precisão, e a proposta de um modelo supervisório, aplicável na robótica móvel utilizando, como plataforma experimental o veículo Agribot. / National agriculture, seeking greater integration and participation in the global market tends to increasingly invest in the automation of agricultural machinery and implements, aiming at greater efficiency and quality in their products. To respond quickly to changes driven by the market, the use of the concept Precision Farming (PF) have shown good results, such as better machine utilization, better utilization in the planting area among others benefits. To this end, research aimed at developing machines with high level of automation, able to operate autonomous, are gaining more and more space in the agricultural sector. Considering this factor, this work is a review on the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) in the Precision Farming context and the proposal of a supervisory model applicable in mobile agricultural robotics using as platform the vehicle Agribot.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / InÃmeras atividades do Homem tais como: agricultura, abastecimento humano, construÃÃo civil, defesa civil e turismo, estÃo fortemente ligados ao clima. Prever estiagem, chuvas e geadas leva a um controle que evita prejuÃzos financeiros e sociais. InformaÃÃes meteorolÃgicas sÃo de fundamental importÃncia para o monitoramento do clima e para previsÃo do tempo. O presente trabalho apresenta o projeto do hardware e do software de um sistema para aquisiÃÃo e monitoramento de informaÃÃes meteorolÃgicas, inspirado na necessidade de dados para o uso em tÃcnicas de redes neurais. O sistema à composto por estaÃÃes de campo, um servidor de dados remoto e estaÃÃes base. A primeira consiste de um microcontrolador que tem por funÃÃo principal coletar dados atravÃs de canais analÃgicos e digitais. Ele gerencia o uso da bateria de alimentaÃÃo, realiza conversÃes analÃgico-digitais proveniente dos sensores, salva as mediÃÃes em um banco de memÃria local, codifica e transmite os dados via internet para um servidor de dados. O segundo à um computador ligado à internet que possui um sistema de banco de dados onde os dados enviados pelas estaÃÃes base sÃo salvos em tabelas. Finalmente, a estaÃÃo base, consiste de um microcomputador convencional executando um software livre. O software supervisÃrio apresenta interface amigÃvel, possui recursos avanÃados de gerenciamento dos equipamentos, recursos de gerar grÃficos e relatÃrios e possui interaÃÃo com redes sociais (facebook/twitter). Foram desenvolvidos protÃtipos, um deles instalado nas dependÃncias do campus do Pici da Universidade Federal do CearÃ. CorrelaÃÃes e testes de desempenho sÃo usados para comparar os dados coletados pelo protÃtipo com os dados de um equipamento comercial. Os dados armazenados servem como fonte de informaÃÃo para alimentar redes neurais ou modelos que buscam a previsÃo do tempo. O sistema à totalmente configurÃvel e o monitoramento online dos parÃmetros ambientais possibilita gerar alertas de riscos de desastres. Hà a possibilidade do uso do sistema em larga escala para o monitoramento e aquisiÃÃo de dados em pontos estratÃgicos no estado do CearÃ. / Numerous human activities such as agriculture, human supply, civil construction, civil defense and tourism, are strongly linked to climate. Predicting drought, rain and frost leads to a predictive control that prevents financial losses and social. Weather information is of fundamental importance for climate monitoring and weather forecasting. This paper presents the design of hardware and software system for acquisition and tracking of meteorological information. The system consists of a field station, a remote database server and a base station. The field station consists of a microcontroller that collects primary data through analog and digital channels. It manages the use of battery power, performs analog-digital conversion from the sensors, the measurements saved in a local memory bank, encodes and transmits data via the Internet to a data server. The remote database server is a computer connected to the internet that has a database system which receives the data and saved in tables that can be accessed remotely by base stations. Finally, the base station consists of a conventional PC running a free software. The monitoring software provides user-friendly interface, advanced features for managing the equipment, resources to generate graphs and reports and has interaction with social networks (facebook / twitter). Prototypes were developed, one installed at Pici campus of Federal University of CearÃ. Correlations and performance tests are used to compare data collected by the prototype with data from a commercial equipment. The system is fully configurable and online monitoring of environmental parameters allows to generate a risk of disaster alerts. There is the possibility of using large-scale system for monitoring and data acquisition at strategic points in the state of CearÃ.

Empreendimentos industriais requerem o completo e preciso acompanhamento de dados de máquinas em tempo real, integrando as atividades do chão de fábrica com a engenharia, suporte e de negócios. É reconhecido que sistemas de monitoramento são fundamentais para melhorar a qualidade do produto, reduzir os tempos e para a adaptação rápida às mudanças de produção. Os sensores de processos possuem altos custos, não são compactos e são de difícil implementação. Portanto, seria estratégico desenvolver sistemas de monitoramento que utilizem ao máximo os recursos já existentes nas máquinas ferramentas e que não representem custos adicionais de implementação. O uso de CNC´s de arquitetura aberta nas indústrias é crescente. Estes se mostram como potenciais ferramentas para atender a estas exigências. Possuem os recursos necessários para a aquisição de informações administrativas e tecnológicas e para o desenvolvimento de sistemas de monitoramento. O objetivo do presente trabalho é pesquisar arquiteturas de monitoramento e supervisão para processos de usinagem que tenham como base informações disponíveis em CNC´s de arquitetura aberta. Tais sistemas, apesar de todo o potencial existente, ainda não tem sido explorados nem desenvolvidos adequadamente para os processos de usinagem. O presente trabalho é multidisciplinar nas áreas de automação e usinagem. Está dividido em partes em que são analisados tanto os elementos tecnológicos dos CNC´s abertos, bem como os processos de monitoramento e supervisão da usinagem. São apresentadas propostas no sentido de integrar as duas áreas pelo desenvolvimento de arquiteturas de software dedicadas. Os sistemas desenvolvidos foram testados em laboratório e também nas empresas parceiras. Os resultados mostram que o uso de CNC´s abertos para monitoramento e supervisão de processos é viável e proporciona funções de monitoramento/supervisão que não eram possíveis com os sistemas convencionais e sem a necessidade de recursos adicionais, como hardware, sensores e instalação. A implementação de protótipo em empresa parceira foi bem sucedida e deverá ser expandida no futuro. / Manufacturing enterprises require complete real time and accurate monitoring of machine tool data for integrating the shop floor with other company activities, as engineering, maintenance and business. It is acknowledged that monitoring systems capabilities are unavoidable to improve product quality, to reduce production time, and to the rapid adaptation in the changes of production. The use of external sensors gives high costs and do not have the advantages of compactness and the ease of use. Therefore, it is extremely advantageous to develop monitoring systems maximizing the use of the resources already existent in the machine tools and without additional costs of implementation. The use of open CNC\'s on industries is growing. This kind of control has been a great tool to attend these present requirements. It has the necessary resource to get managerial and technological information, and to develop monitoring systems. The objective of this work is to research monitoring and supervision architectures for machining process, based on information already available in open CNC\'s. Such systems, in spite of the whole existent potential, have not still been explored nor developed appropriately for the machining processes. The present work is multidisciplinary in the automation and machining areas. It is divided in parts where the technological elements of open CNC\'s are analyzed, as well as the monitoring and supervision systems of the machining processes. An architecture is proposed in the sense of integrating both monitoring and supervision. The developed systems were tested in laboratory and also in the partner companies. The results show that the use of open CNC\'s for monitoring and supervision of processes is viable and provides monitoring/ supervision functions which were not possible with the conventional systems and without the need of additional resources, as hardware and sensor installation. The prototype tested in a partner company succeeded and should be expanded in the future.