Op imising RDM in Collabo a i e Enginee ing: A Sel -
Se ice, Templa e-D i en ELN Solu ion wi h Sha ePoin
•MS Sha ePoin (SP) widely used in
esea ch collabo a ions
•Adap able as Elec onic Lab
No ebook (ELN)
•SP license equi ed
•Scalabili y limi ed by s o age
pe o mance
•Manual web o m inpu : slow and
e o -p one
1. Mo i a ion
8. Bene i s
Open-sou ce ELNs:
a ely plug & play
ex endable
3. S a e o he A
•Enable empla e-based c ea ion o
SP si es o RDM
•Usable wi hou IT expe ise (low-
code/no-code)
4. Aim
•Se up ime o ypical p ojec :
1. P oposed me hod: 5-10 min.
2. Manually in SP: 60-120 min.
•Fully complian wi h equi emen s
•Ready- o-use ELN o RDM
7. Resul s
•12× as e se up
•Au oma ed and scalable wo k low
•Reduced e o a e
•Requi es only SP se e , Node-RED,
and SP si e owne ship ( o
axonomy)
•Usable wi hou IT expe ise
Tim Opa z*, Kim Feldho * , Hajo Wieme * , Ma in Zinne * , S e en Ihlen eld *
*TUD D esden Uni e si y o Technology, Ins i u e o Mecha onic Enginee ing (IMD),
Chai o Machine Tool De elopmen and Adap i e Con ols (LWM), 01062 D esden, Ge many
Acknowledgemen s: This esea ch was pa ially unded by he I aSME p ojec "CleanReTu n" (KK5023221KO4) and he
Ge man Fede al Minis y o Economics and Clima e Ac ion (BMWK) p ojec s “LaS ” (20M2118F) and “SWaT”
(20M2112F). Special hanks o Bula Fakh u dino (LWM) o implemen a ion insigh s and p o iding sc een cap u es.
6 h SaxFDM Con e ence,
20-21 No embe 2025,
D esden, Ge many
2. Challenges
Manual adap a ion: slow and e o -
p one, especially o la ge p ocess
chains
O e iew o all
c ea ed SP lis s
(one pe p ocess
in he p ocess
chain)
6. Wo k low
5. Solu ion Concep
•Templa e-based con igu a ion o SP
as ELN using p ede ined SP o ms
•Node-RED in eg a ion o
au oma ed se up wo k lows ia
use - iendly GUI
SP: usable o RDM,
bu equi es IT
expe ise
9. Limi a ions
Typical p ocess chain
in join enginee ing
esea ch p ojec s
Node-RED wo k low
will be igge ed
when submi ing web
o m.
Web o m o
con igu ing SP as
ELN ( empla e-
based con igu a ion)
A. Resea che opens
web b owse .
B. Resea che ills in
web o m o adap ing
SP as ELN.
C. Resea che
downloads
gene a ed ZIP ile.
D. Resea che unpacks
ZIP iles and uploads i
o Si e Asse s o SP
websi e.
