MCA Workshop #4

5 Nov 2018, 12:00 → 8 Nov 2018, 13:30 Europe/Stockholm

Welcome to the 4th ESS Motion Control & Automation Workshop. The main workshop will run from 1pm Tuesday 6th and end at lunch time Thursday 8th. There will be a TwinCAT working group prior to the main workshop run from lunch time Monday 5th until lunch Tuesday 6th.

PLEASE NOTE: We would prefer that this working group is restricted to people who have experience and basic training with TwinCAT since it it intended to be a working group for ESS Instruments. If you do not fit into this category the actual workshop will start for you Tuesday 6th.

Monday, 5 November

12:00 Lunch

TwinCAT Working Group: Part 1

MCA to present current MCA TwinCAT function blocks, structures and content. Discussion around these.

ESS TwinCAT.pptx

1 Introductions

Who are you?

2 ISIS TwinCAT Status

What you're working on.
What you need in the future.
Expectations from TwinCAT Workshop.

Speaker: Simon Cooper (STFC)

3 Jülich TwinCAT Status

What you're working on.
What you need in the future.
Expectations from TwinCAT workshop.

4 ESS TwinCAT Status

Software package distribution
TwinCAT generic structure
-Folders
-MAIN
-AXIS()
-ERROR())
Function Blocks
-NC Link Axis
-Drive virtual
-Slits

Speakers: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC), Paul Barron (European Spallation Source ERIC)

VirtualAxes_Barron.pdf

15:25 Coffee Break

5 EPICS communication

What is exposed and how is it exposed
-tc_epicscommodule
-mc-ads-communication

Speaker: Torsten Bögershausen (European Spallation Source ERIC)

MC-EPICS-Records-V2.pdf

6 ESS MCAG software package

What is missing?
Basic general applications
Instrument requirements

What can be improved?
Changes in the current structure
Changes in the FB's

Who is doing what?
Distribution of work

Speakers: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC), Torsten Bögershausen (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Tuesday, 6 November

TwinCAT Working Group: Part 2

GIT and Bitbucket repositories. Commissioning workflow and discussion/feedback. What to do next.

ESS TwinCAT.pptx

7 Hands-on session

Exercise to implement MCA tc_generic_struct using GIT and commission a test crate.

Git workflow
Commissioning workflow

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Baumer_Federplatten_Set_DS_EN.pdf

Hands_on_session.docx

ST4118L1804.pdf

technical_ordering_data_linear_units_toothbelt_lez1.pdf

8 Feedback of hand-on session

Feedback on
-The Git workflow
-TwinCAT commissioning workflow
-Dsitribution of software package

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

10:15 Coffee Break

9 MCAG ESS TwinCAT for instruments

Further discussion (if needed) on
-TwinCAT structure and FB's changes and improvements
-Git and commissioning workflow
-General feedback

Speakers: Anders Sandström (European Spallation Source ERIC), Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC), Torsten Bögershausen (European Spallation Source ERIC)

10 Conclusion

What to do next
Who will do it

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

12:00 Lunch

Welcome

11 Introduction

Speaker: Paul Barron (European Spallation Source ERIC)

12 Workshop #3 Recap

13 ESS + MCA Project Status and Updates

Speaker: Thomas Gahl (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Group Photo

14:40 Coffee Break

ESS MCA Standards

14 Components Standard 1 - Field Components

Motors, encoders, switches.

Speaker: Kristina Jurisic (European Spallation Source ERIC)

15 Components Standards 2 - Control Electronics

Beckhoff Terminals, Power Supplies, Safety Relays

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Wednesday, 7 November

ESS in-kind projects and instrument designs

16 Linear Actuators

Jülich in kind project

Speaker: Michael Klein (FZJ)

17 Freia Piezo Slits

Speaker: Jon Elmer

18 NMX Aperture Changer

Speaker: Paul Barron (European Spallation Source ERIC)

10:15 Coffee Break

CE Marking and Motion Safety

Motion safety and machine directive.

Conveners: Joerg Burmester (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht), Oliver Listing (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht)

4_CE-marking_HZG.pdf

Motion Safety Strategy at ESS

Convener: Thomas Gahl (European Spallation Source ERIC)

12:00 Lunch

Design of Motion Mechanics

How to calculate parameters and choose motors for motion systems.

Convener: Nick Webb

19 Design Calculations

Speaker: Nick Webb

5A_MotorSelection_Webb.pptx

20 Introduction to Group Activity

Speaker: Paul Barron (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Applying ESS MCA Standards (Group Activity)

Group activity to choose components for neutron instruments using ESS MCA standards.

GroupActivity_Intro.pptx

Motor sizing exercise_DataSheets.pdf

Motor sizing exercise_Handout.pdf

15:15 Coffee Break

Group Activity - Wrap up

Conveners: Nick Webb, Paul Barron (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Motor sizing exercise_Solution.pdf

19:00 Workshop Dinner

Stadsparkencafe
http://www.stadsparkscafeet.se/

Thursday, 8 November

Toll Gate 3

Tasks and deliverables of Instrument Projects for Toll Gate 3. How to work together going forwards.

Convener: Paul Barron (European Spallation Source ERIC)

ePlan

Convener: Markus Larsson (European Spallation Source ERIC)

10:15 Coffee Break

Wrap up

Convener: Thomas Gahl (European Spallation Source ERIC)

12:00 Lunch