39 Gross Siemens New Electrical Overhead Monorail Library in Plant Simulation PDF

Tecnomatix Plant Simulation Worldwide User Conference 2016
EOM – Electrical
Overhead Monorail
Guido Groß
EOM – Electrical Overhead Monorail

Table of Contents
• About the Library 3

• Example for Using a Lifter 22
• Example for Loading and Unloading 30
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About the Library
• The EOM library has been created from

scratch
• Replaces the former EOM3D library
which is no longer supported
• The EOM library provides more objects
than the previousEOM3D library
• The EOM library is free of charge, it
does not need any special license
• The library is part of the Plant Simulation
13 installation


Purpose
• The EOM library can be used to create

an electrical overhead monorail system
for the automotive and other industries
• The Electrical Overhead Monorail is a
rail-born transportation system
• The vehicles are powered individually
• The vehicles can drive independently on
the tracks of the EOM system
• Junctions are realized by several
switches
• The tracks are normally mounted below
the roof of the plant or high above the
production area



The Objects of the Library
• The EOM is based on the object TRACK

• It provides several switches and
junctions
• The PIVOT turns EOM vehicles
• The LIFTER lifts EOM vehicles up/down
from one track system to another track
system of different heights
• The LoadStationo loads/unloads parts
onto/from an EOM vehicle
• Use the object VerticalCurve to model
vertical curves within your EOM track


The MUs of the Library
• The Hanger is the basic MU of the

library, it is a powered vehicle
• The TelpherWagonC is a carrier which
can be mounted on the Hanger
• The Clampshell is a special MU for the
automotive industry. It is a powered
vehicle.



Working with the Track
• The Track is a length-oriented object

that can be used to create EOM
systems.
• When creating a track in your simulation
model, the Line/Arc Parameters window
will be shown.
• Enter the Anchor point height for
creating your track system at a given
height.
• The created track has the shape as
shown below.


Adding a Lifter
• Click the Lifter icon on the Toolbar and

insert a lifter in your frame
• Double-click the icon to open its dialog
• Define the parameters of the lifter object
as well as of the lift
• Define the height and width of the lifter
• The depth of the lifter doesn‘t have any
effect for the simulation, it is just used for
engineering purposes only
• To define the side lines, drag a side line
over the lifter and drop it there.
• Click Open list of attached lines to see
which tracks are assigned to the lifter


Adding a Lifter /2
• The Lift is the part of the Lifter which

will move up and down
• You can define a capacity higher than 1
to load more than one vehicle
• Use the damping time to allow the Lifter
to come to rest at the target position
• Define a preferred position. The Lift will
drive to this position when there is no
transportation order
• Define the attribute Destination of the
Hanger. The destination is one of the
tracks assigned to the Lifter


The LoadStation
• Has almost the same parameters as the

Lift object
• Define the Height of loading, this is the
height the Lift of the load station is
driving to when loading or unloading
• Define the Lifter itself as destination of
the Hanger, so the Lifter recognizes that
you want to load or unload the Hanger



VerticalCurve
• Insert the VerticalCurve as an length-

oriented object
• The dialog box opens when inserting the
track
• You will see the length of the track you
inserted, you can change it in the dialog
• Define the height of the starting point
(Z1) and the height of the ending point
(Z2)
• If Z1 is greater than Z2 then the vertical
curve is created from top down
otherwise from bottom up


Switch2Way
• Insert the Switch2Way into your

simulation model
• Double click its icon to open the dialog.
Define the height of the switch and the
speed of the switch
• The speed defines how fast the switch
will turn from one side to the other side
• Supports the method switchTo:
switch2Way.switchTo(“left”)
switch2Way.switchTo(“straight”)



Junction2Way
• Insert the Junction2Way into your

simulation model
• Double-click its icon to open the dialog.
Define the height of the junction and the
speed of the junction
• The speed defines how fast the junction


Switch3Way
• Insert the Switch3Way into your

simulation model
speed of the switch
switch3Way.switchTo(“straight”)
switch3Way.switchTo(“right”)



Junction2Way
• Insert the Junction3Way into your

simulation model


SwitchYWay
• Insert the SwitchYWay into your

simulation model
speed of the switch
switch2Way.switchTo(“right”)



JunctionYWay
• Insert the JunctionYWay into your

simulation model


Pivot
• Insert the Pivot into your simulation

model
The Pivot is based on the built-in object
TurnTable. We just modified the icon of
the object.
• You have to set the attribute Destination
of the Hanger to the target track
following the Pivot



The MUs: Hanger
• The Hanger is based on the built-in

object Transporter
• The load bay is of type Store and by
default has the capacity of 1. The
capacity can be modified according your
needs
• You can load any other MU onto the
Hanger. The loaded object will be shown
below the Hanger


The MUs: TelpherWagonC
• The TelpherWagonC is based on the

built-in object Container
• You can load the TelpherWagonC onto
a Hanger
• The TelpherWagonC has a capacity of
1, which can be modified.



The MUs: Clampshell
• The Clampshell is based on the built-in

object Transporter
• The load bay is of type Store and by
default has the capacity of 1. The
capacity can be modified according your
needs
• You can load any other MU onto the
Clampshell. The loaded object will be
shown in the Clampshell

Example for Using

a Lifter


Creating a Sample Model
• First we create a short track of 2.5 m

length at a height of 5m. We use this
Track as a placeholder for the Lifter we
will insert later on


• Now we create the EOM track

• Note that we insert the track so that we
create at least two separate segments of
the track
• Make sure the tracks are connected
• Open the 3D window
• The tracks all have a height of 5m



• Remove the placeholder track

• Insert the Lifter
• Double-click the Lifter to open its dialog
• Set the width of the Lifter to 2.5m and
the depth of the Lifter to 2m


• Next, we define the side lines of the

Lifter
• Select one of the tracks, move it over the
Lifter until the cursor changes its icon
and drop the track there
• To check if the assignment of the tracks,
double- click the Lifter and click the
button Open list of attached lines



• Now we create a second layer of tracks

at a height of 9 meters
• Also assign the tracks to the Lifter


• In the next step we want to define a

source object, creating two Hangers
• Insert a Source object into your model
and connect the source with one of the
tracks on the right-hand side
• Double-click the icon of the Lifter to
open its dialog
• We select Number adjustable and

enter an Amount of 2
• As the MU we select the Hanger
object



• Finally, we have to set the attribute

Destination of the Hanger objects
• To do so, we use two methods in which
we just set the attribute Destination of
the current Hanger
• Because we want to use the method as
a front-triggered exit control of two
tracks, we have to move the current
Hanger

Example for
Loading and
Unloading


• First, we create the tracks we want to

use for the model
• Create a placeholder for the LoadStation
with the length of 3.5m
• Create the tracks as shown in figure
below


• Insert a VerticalCurve between Track3

and Track1
• Set the height of Z1 to 9m and Z2 to 5m,
the length should be 9m
• This will create a vertical curve leading
the Hanger from 9m down to 5m



• Insert two LoadStations

• Assign the tracks to the load stations
• Set the width of the LoadStation to
3.5m
• Set the height for loading and unloading
to 3m
• Check if the side lines are assigned
correctly


Now we create the load and unload

stations.
• Insert two SingleProcs, a Source, and
a Drain and connect the objects as
shown in the figure



• Insert a Method object, name the

Method onExit
• Assign the method as exit control to the
SingleProc
• Enter the source code as shown in figure
• The loading time depends on the
physical process, if you do not need any
loading time, uncomment the lines
• The parameter of loadFinished is the
target to which the Hanger will be
moved


• Insert a Method object, name the

Method unload
• Enter the source code as shown in figure
• The unload time depends on the
physical process, if you do not need any
unload time, uncomment the lines
• The parameter of unloadFinished is the
target to which the Hanger will be
moved



• We need three more methods: an INIT

method starting the unload method and
two methods for setting the target of the
Hanger
• Insert three Method objects, name the
Methods INIT, setTargetStation, and
setTargetStation1
• Enter the source code of INIT as shown
to the left
INIT


• Double-click Track2, change to the tab

Controls and click the button Sensors
• In the dialog which appears, click the
button New to create a new sensor
• Set the position to Relative at 0.5
• The control should be the method
setTargetStation1
• Open the method setTargetStation1 and
enter the source code as shown
setTargetStation



• Double-click Track1, change to the tab

Controls and click the button Sensors
• In the dialog which appears, click the
button New to create a new sensor
• Set the position to Relative at 0.5
• The control should be the method
setTargetStation
• Open the method setTargetStation and
enter the source code as shown
setTargetStation


• Now, we have to define a Source for the

Hanger
• Insert a Source and connect it with
Track1 as shown
• Double-click the icon of the Source3 to
open its dialog
• Select Number Adjustable and define 4
as amount
• Define the MU Clampshell of the EOM
Library as the MU



• Double-click the icon of the Source to

open its dialog
• Define the Buggy as the MU

Guido Groß
Senior Software Engineer
Tecnomatix Plant Simulation
Weissacher Straße 11
D-70499 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 1389 255
Fax: +49 711 1389 299
E-mail:
guido.gross@siemens.com
siemens.com


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• About the Library 3

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• The EOM library has been created from

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• The EOM is based on the object TRACK

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• The Hanger is the basic MU of the

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• The Track is a length-oriented object

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• Click the Lifter icon on the Toolbar and

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• The Lift is the part of the Lifter which

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• Has almost the same parameters as the

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• Insert the VerticalCurve as an length-

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• Insert the Switch2Way into your

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• Insert the Junction2Way into your

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• Insert the Switch3Way into your

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• Insert the Junction3Way into your

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• Insert the SwitchYWay into your

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• Insert the JunctionYWay into your

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• Insert the Pivot into your simulation

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• The Hanger is based on the built-in

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