Model-based Systems Engineering of Discrete Production Lines Using SysML: An Experience Report

In this paper, we present some experiences and limitations encountered when applying and tailoring SysML 1.4 to support the systems engineering process of an industrial use case: the design of a production line by a multi-disciplinary team across several companies, consisting of process experts, control engineers, thermal designers, software engineers, mechanical designers, signal processing experts, roboticists and embedded hardware designers.