Zaremba Information Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology 1992

Selected Papers from the 7th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IMACS/ISPE Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 25 - 28 May 1992
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9884-9
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These proceedings contain more than 80 of the best papers presented at the INCOM '92 Symposium, and relate to the vast changes which are occurring worldwide in manufacturing technology. Research oriented technical papers cover subjects such as: simulation of manufacturing processes; sensor based robots; information systems; general aspects of CIM and manufacturing networks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zaremba, M. B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Information Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology 1992;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Foreword;8
6;PART I: PLENARY PRESENTATIONS;18
6.1;CHAPTER 1. INNOVATION IN PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS:THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES ANDEUREKA FAMOS PROJECTS;18
6.1.1;INTRODUCTION;18
6.1.2;PRODUCT INNOVATION AS RESULT OF DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING CHANGE;18
6.1.3;EUROPEAN RESEARCH ANDINNOVATION PROGRAMMES ANDINITIATIVES AS A TOOL OFINDUSTRIAL POLICY;19
6.1.4;ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES;19
6.1.5;MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES;19
6.1.6;MANAGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES;19
6.1.7;MODELING EVOLUTION-INNOVATION CYCLES;21
6.1.8;EUROPEAN R&l PROJECTS ANDINITIATIVES RELEVANT TO PRODUCTINNOVATION;21
6.1.9;CONCLUSIONS;22
6.1.10;REFERENCES;23
6.2;CHAPTER 2. MODELLING MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES;26
6.2.1;INTRODUCTION;26
6.2.2;CHANGING PARADIGMS;26
6.2.3;ENTERPRISE MODELLING;27
6.2.4;DEVELOPEMENT OF MODELLINGTECHNIQUES;27
6.2.5;DESIGN MANUFACTURINGENTERPRISE;28
6.2.6;CONCLUSIONS;28
6.2.7;REFERENCES;28
6.3;CHAPTER 3. SOME FINDINGS FROM STUDIES IN TECHNOLOGY1ADOPTION;30
6.3.1;BACKGROUND;30
6.3.2;SEVEN MAJOR STUDIES;30
6.3.3;FINDINGS;30
7;PART II: SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES I;42
7.1;CHAPTER 4. A FORMULATION FOR DYNAMICAL DECISIONMAKING IN AN INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT;42
7.1.1;BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION;42
7.1.2;SYSTEM MODELING AND DYNAMICS;43
7.1.3;DESIGN OF DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES;44
7.1.4;CONCLUSIONS;46
7.1.5;REFERENCES;46
7.2;CHAPTER 5. HIERARCHICAL MODELING APPROACH FOR PRODUCTION PLANNING;48
7.2.1;INTRODUCTION;48
7.2.2;METHODOLOGY OF HIERARCHICAL DESIGN;49
7.2.3;INPUTS TO THE DESIGN PROCESS;50
7.2.4;DESIGN OF THE PLANNING HIERARCHY;51
7.2.5;OPERATION OF THE PLANNING HIERARCHY;52
7.2.6;CONCLUSIONS;52
7.2.7;REFERENCES;53
8;PART III: CONTROL PROBLEMS I;54
8.1;CHAPTER 6. OPTIMAL NEURAL NETWORK CONTROL;54
8.1.1;INTRODUCTION;54
8.1.2;OPTIMAL NEURAL NETWORK CONTROL;55
8.1.3;EXPERIMENTS;56
8.1.4;CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK;57
8.1.5;References;59
8.2;CHAPTER 7. CONTROL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: AN OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACH;60
8.2.1;INTRODUCTION;60
8.2.2;CONTROLLING OBJECTS BY MESSAGES;61
8.2.3;THE OBJECT MODEL;62
8.2.4;A CASE STUDY;63
8.2.5;CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER RESEARCH;64
8.2.6;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;64
8.2.7;REFERENCES;64
8.3;CHAPTER 8. DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS CONTROL OF A RAPID THERMAL MULTIPROCESSOR;66
8.3.1;INTRODUCTION;66
8.3.2;A NEW PERSPECTIVE;67
8.3.3;A CONTROL SCHEME;68
8.3.4;REFERENCES;71
8.4;CHAPTER 9. RTX: A REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT FOR CNC MACHINE TOOL CONTROL;72
8.4.1;INTCODUCTION;72
8.4.2;OVERVIEW OF THE CONTROLLER;72
8.4.3;DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS;72
8.4.4;RTX: THE OPERATING SYSTEM;74
8.4.5;CONCLUSIONS;76
8.4.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;77
8.4.7;REFERENCES;77
9;PART IV: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT I;78
9.1;CHAPTER 10. SCHEDULING OF A FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELL;78
9.1.1;1 Introduction;78
9.1.2;2 Problem Formulation;79
9.1.3;3 Solution Methodology;80
9.1.4;4 Numerical Results;82
9.1.5;5 Summary;83
9.1.6;References;83
9.2;CHAPTER 11. DISTRIBUTIVE SCHEDULING OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;84
9.2.1;1. INTRODUCTION;84
9.2.2;2. THE FMS SCHEDULING PROBLEM;84
9.2.3;3. DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING PRINCIPLE;85
9.2.4;4. PETRI NETS WITH BUS (PB-nets);85
9.2.5;5. SIMULATION OF PART SCHEDULING;86
9.2.6;6. CONCLUSIONS;87
9.2.7;REFERENCES;87
9.3;CHAPTER 12. DYNAMIC SCHEDULING BY USING SCHEDULING EDITOR AND DISTRIBUTED DECISION MAKER;90
9.3.1;Introduction;90
9.3.2;Two Level Scheduling;90
9.3.3;Petri-Net Modeling;91
9.3.4;Strategic Level Scheduling;91
9.3.5;Operational level Scheduling;92
9.3.6;Conclusion;92
9.3.7;References;93
10;PART V: AI AND EXPERT SYSTEMS IN MANUFACTURING I;96
10.1;CHAPTER 13. INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER FOR FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM;96
10.1.1;INTRODUCTION;96
10.1.2;HIERARCHICAL SCHEME OF THE CONTROLLER;96
10.1.3;INTELLIGENT PRODUCTION SCHEDULING;97
10.1.4;DATABASE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE;98
10.1.5;FMS MODEL;99
10.1.6;COMPUTER SIMULATION;99
10.1.7;CONCLUSION;101
10.1.8;Acknowledgement;101
10.1.9;References;101
10.2;CHAPTER 14. KNOWLEDGE BASED GROUP TECHNOLOGY (GT) CLASSIFICATION AND CODING SYSTEM FOR THE CASTING INDUSTRY -METHODOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION;102
10.2.1;INTRODUCTION;102
10.2.2;DIFFICULTIES IN DEVELOPINGAN EXPERT GT SYSTEM FORCASTING;103
10.2.3;CLASSIFICATION OF CASTINGS;103
10.2.4;EXPERT SYSTEM APPROACH TO GT;103
10.2.5;METHODOLOGY FOR AN EXPERTGT CLASSIFICATION AND CODINGSYSTEM FOR CASTING;103
10.2.6;SYSTEM OVERVIEW;104
10.2.7;CONCLUSION;105
10.2.8;REFERENCES;105
10.3;CHAPTER 15. A CS-PROLOG BASED EXPERT SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING CELL DESIGN, SIMULATION AND ANIMATION;108
10.3.1;INTRODUCTION;108
10.3.2;SOME PROBLEMS OF FMS DESIGN ANDCONTROL;108
10.3.3;A CELL DESIGN SYSTEM;109
10.3.4;HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TOOLS;112
10.3.5;CONCLUSION;112
10.3.6;REFERENCES;112
10.4;CHAPTER 16. KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION FOR HELPING A CONTROLLING DEVICE IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;114
10.4.1;INTRODUCTION;114
10.4.2;SAGASSE" SYSTEM;115
10.4.3;KNOWLEDGE FORMALIZATION;118
10.4.4;CONCLUSION;120
10.4.5;REFERBJCES;121
11;PART VI: SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES II;122
11.1;CHAPTER 17. ROBOTIC SIMULATIONS USING THEROBOT CONTROLLER TEST STATION (RCTS);122
11.1.1;Abstract;122
11.1.2;Introduction;122
11.1.3;Applications;123
11.1.4;Simulator;124
11.1.5;Robot;124
11.1.6;Monitoring;125
11.1.7;Output;125
11.1.8;Conclusions;126
11.1.9;Acknowledgements;126
11.1.10;References;126
11.2;CHAPTER 18. INSERTION FORCE RECOGNITION BY MODELLING ANDSIMULATION OF ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS WITH ACCOMODATORS;128
11.2.1;INTRODUCTION;128
11.2.2;PEG CONFIGURATION IN THE INSERTIONSTAGE;128
11.2.3;PEG POSITION AND ORIENTATION;129
11.2.4;INSERTION FORCE;129
11.2.5;EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS;130
11.2.6;CONCLUSIONS;131
11.2.7;REFERENCES;131
12;PART VII: INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING ;134
12.1;CHAPTER 19. DATA POINT REDUCTION FOR NC TOOL PATH GENERATION ON OVER-DETERMINED DATA SET;134
12.1.1;INTRODUCTION;134
12.1.2;THE PROBLEM;134
12.1.3;A PROPOSED SOLUTION;136
12.1.4;CONCLUSION;138
12.1.5;REFERENCES;139
12.2;CHAPTER 20. A STANDARD FEATURE-BASED MOLD DESIGNSYSTEM FOR CAD/CAPP INTERFACE;140
12.2.1;INTRODUCTION;140
12.2.2;SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE;140
12.2.3;FEATURE-BASED MOLD DESIGN METHODOLOGY;141
12.2.4;FEATURE DATA FILE FORCAD/CAPP INTERFACE;143
12.2.5;CASE STUDY;145
12.2.6;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;145
12.2.7;CONCLUSION;145
12.2.8;REFERENCE;145
13;PART VIII: SENSOR BASED ROBOTS IN MANUFACTURING I;146
13.1;CHAPTER 21. A PERSPECTIVE ON THE USE OF SENSORS IN ROBOT MATERIALS HANDLING;146
13.1.1;INTRODUCTION;146
13.1.2;ROBOT MATERIALSHANDLING PROBLEMS;147
13.1.3;DEMONSTRATION OF ROBOT HANDLING WITHOUT SENSORS;149
13.1.4;THE USE OF SENSORS WITH ROBOTS;149
13.1.5;CONCLUSION;150
13.1.6;REFERENCES;150
13.2;CHAPTER 22. AN APPROACH FOR ADAPTIVE AND OPTIMAL CONTROL OF MOBILE AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS USED IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;152
13.2.1;INTRODUCTION;152
13.2.2;ALGORITHM FOR DEFINING THE WORKING ZONEOF MOBILE AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS;152
13.2.3;HIGH PRECISION METHOD FOR SOLVING MATRIXALGEBRAIC RICCATI EQUATIONS;153
13.2.4;CONCLUSIONS;155
13.2.5;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;155
13.2.6;REFERENCES;155
14;PART IX: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES I;156
14.1;CHAPTER 23. MICROCOMPUTER BASED CAD/CAM SOFTWARES FORM ANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS;156
14.1.1;ABSTRACT;156
14.1.2;INTRODUCTION;156
14.1.3;CAD/CAM PRESENT APPROACH VSPRODUCTIVE APPROACH;157
14.1.4;CAD/CAM SYSTEM STRATEGY;157
14.1.5;METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATION ANDSELECTION OF CAD/CAM SYSTEMS;157
14.1.6;GENERAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF ACAD/CAM SYSTEM;158
14.1.7;VENDOR EVALUATION;158
14.1.8;SERVICE EVALUATION;158
14.1.9;TECHNICAL EVALUATION;158
14.1.10;UTILITY;158
14.1.11;PERFORMANCE;158
14.1.12;POTENTIAL;158
14.1.13;ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND JUSTIFICATION;158
14.1.14;FINANCIAL ANALYSIS;158
14.1.15;FIFTEEN AREAS OF MAJOR CONCERN;158
14.1.16;SUMMARY;159
14.1.17;SIX WELL-KNOWN CAD/CAM APPLICATION SOFTWARES;159
14.1.18;REFERENCE;159
14.2;CHAPTER 24. A "LOW COST" MODULAR CIM CONCEPT FORSMALL COMPANIES;162
14.2.1;INTRODUCTION;162
14.2.2;START SITUATION;163
14.2.3;THE MODULAR "LOW COST" CIMCONCEPT;163
14.2.4;INSTALLATION AND TESTS;164
14.2.5;SUMMARY;164
14.2.6;REFERENCES;164
15;PART X: SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES III;168
15.1;CHAPTER 25. SIMULATION AND OPTIMISATION OF A MANUFACTURING CONTROL SYSTEM USING REAL OPERATING DATA;168
15.1.1;INTRODUCTION;168
15.1.2;THE REAL MANUFACTURING CONTROL SYSTEM;168
15.1.3;SIMULATION OBJECTIVES;168
15.1.4;SIMULATION APPROACH;168
15.1.5;SYSTEM OPERATION AND SYSTEM PARAMETERS;169
15.1.6;SIMULATION STUDIES;169
15.1.7;ANALYSIS OF RESULTS;169
15.1.8;DISCUSSION OF RESULTS;170
15.1.9;PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE SIMULATIONRESULTS;171
15.1.10;CONCLUSIONS;171
15.1.11;REFERENCES;172
15.2;CHAPTER 26. A FACTOR-IMPACT-DRIVEN GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS APPROACH FOR OUTPUT ANALYSIS OF SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS;174
15.2.1;I. INTRODUCTION;174
15.2.2;II. THE FIDGA APPROACH;174
15.2.3;III. THE SIMULATION STUDY;176
15.2.4;IV. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS;177
15.2.5;V. CONCLUSIONS;179
15.2.6;REFERENCES;179
16;PART XI: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT II;180
16.1;CHAPTER 27. HIERARCHICAL AND INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;180
16.1.1;INTRODUCTION;180
16.1.2;SHORT TERM SCHEDULING;181
16.1.3;PETRINET-BESED SUPERVISORY CONTROLLER;181
16.1.4;EXPERT REAL-TIME SCHEDULING;183
16.1.5;CONCLUSION;185
16.1.6;REFERENCES;185
16.2;CHAPTER 28. INTEGRATION OF DEPENDABILITY IN THECONCEPTION OF FMS;186
16.2.1;INTRODUCTION;186
16.2.2;STRUCTURE OF FMS;186
16.2.3;STRUCTURE OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM;187
16.2.4;CONTROL COMMAND MODULE(CCM) (Elkhattabi, 1991a);187
16.2.5;EXAMPLE;189
16.2.6;CONCLUSION;191
16.2.7;REFERENCES;191
16.3;CHAPTER 29. PRODUCTION-MONITORING INTEGRATION IN PLANNING AND CONTROL OF FMS;192
16.3.1;INTRODUCTION;192
16.3.2;PREVIOUS WORK;193
16.3.3;THE PROPOSED SYSTEM;193
16.3.4;IMPLEMENTATION;196
16.3.5;CONCLUSION;197
16.3.6;REFERENCES;197
17;PART XII: GENERAL ASPECTS OF CIM I;198
17.1;CHAPTER 30. HUMAN ASPECT INTEGRATION APPROACH INPRODUCTION CONTROL;198
17.1.1;INTRODUCTION;198
17.1.2;PRODUCTION CONTROL AND HUMANASPECT;198
17.1.3;HUMAN ASPECT INTEGRATION APPROACH PROPOSED;199
17.1.4;APPLICATION OBJECT : THERMOPLASTIC INJECTION WORKSHOP;200
17.1.5;PETRI NETS MODELLING;200
17.1.6;CONCLUSION;201
17.1.7;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;201
17.1.8;REFERENCES;201
17.2;CHAPTER 31. ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR THE MARK II FLEXIBLE AUTOMATIC ASSEMBLY SYSTEM;204
17.2.1;INTRODUCTION;204
17.2.2;MIC, MARK II INFORMATIONAND CONTROL;204
17.2.3;OFF-LINE PROGRAMMING (OLP) & CELLCALIBRATION;206
17.2.4;REFERENCES;208
17.3;CHAPTER 32. UniSet - A FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELL PROGRAMMING, SIMULATION, AND MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT;210
17.3.1;INTRODUCTION;210
17.3.2;UNISET PHILOSOPHY;211
17.3.3;THE UNISET ENVIRONMENT;211
17.3.4;UNISET STRUCTURE AND IMPLEMENTATION;211
17.3.5;CONCLUSION;212
17.3.6;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;212
17.3.7;REFERENCES;212
18;PART XIII: SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES IV;216
18.1;CHAPTER 33. VirtualWorks: BUILDING A VIRTUAL FACTORY WITH3-D MODELLING AND OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES;216
18.1.1;INTRODUCTION;216
18.1.2;REQUIREMENTS FOR VIRTUALFACTORY MODELLING;216
18.1.3;A VIRTUAL FACTORYMODELLING SYSTEM;217
18.1.4;BUILDING A VIRTUAL FACTORY;219
18.1.5;SIMULATION;219
18.1.6;DISCUSSIONS;221
18.1.7;CONCLUSIONS;221
18.1.8;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;221
18.1.9;REFERENCES;221
18.2;CHAPTER 34. OBJECT ORIENTED INFORMATION MODELLING;222
18.2.1;Abstrac;222
18.2.2;Introduction;222
18.2.3;Systems Modelling;222
18.2.4;Entities and Entity Types;223
18.2.5;Classification;224
18.2.6;Attributes of Entities;225
18.2.7;Encapsulation;225
18.2.8;Identification;225
18.2.9;Other structures;226
18.2.10;Object Oriented Development Tools;226
18.3;CHAPTER 35. A KNOWLEDGE BASED SIMULATION APPROACH FOR REAL-TIME MODELVALIDATION;230
18.3.1;INTRODUCTION;230
18.3.2;GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE ISOMV;230
18.3.3;CONCLUDING REMARKS;233
18.3.4;REFERENCES;233
19;PART IXV: INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING II;234
19.1;CHAPTER 36. STRUCTURING THE DISTRIBUTED OBJECT WORLD OF CIM1;234
19.1.1;1 INTRODUCTION;234
19.1.2;2 MAIN ASPECTS OF CIM ENVIRONMENTS;235
19.1.3;3 AUTONOMOUS OBJECTS;236
19.1.4;4 FACETS OF AN OBJECT;236
19.1.5;5 LOGICAL DISTRIBUTION;238
19.1.6;6 RELATED WORK;238
19.1.7;7 CONCLUSION;239
19.1.8;REFERENCES;239
20;PART XV: SENSOR BASED ROBOTS IN MANUFACTURING II;240
20.1;CHAPTER 37. FREE MOTION, COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND CONTACTMOTION CONTROL FOR MOBILE ROBOTS;240
20.1.1;INTRODUCTION;240
20.1.2;MOBILE ROBOT KINEMATICS;240
20.1.3;MOBILE ROBOT NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS;241
20.1.4;ARTIFICIAL IMPEDANCE APPROACH OF THENOTION CONTROL;242
20.1.5;SIMULATION RESULTS;242
20.1.6;CONCLUSIONS;242
20.1.7;REFERENCES;243
20.2;CHAPTER 38. GETTING FRIENDLY WITH ROBOTS;246
20.2.1;INTRODUCTION;246
20.2.2;LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION;247
20.2.3;ROBOT SKILLS;247
20.2.4;ICONIC ROBOT PROGRAMMING;248
20.2.5;HARDWARE CONSIDERATIONS;248
20.2.6;CONCLUSIONS;250
20.2.7;REFERENCES;250
20.3;CHAPTER 39. NEUROMORPHIC CONTROL OF ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS USING SLIDING MODE;252
20.3.1;INTRODUCTION;252
20.3.2;MANIPULATOR MODEL;252
20.3.3;THE NEUROMORPHIC CONTROLLER;252
20.3.4;ROBOTIC EXAMPLE;253
20.3.5;CONCLUSION;254
20.3.6;REFERENCES;254
21;PART XVI: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES II;256
21.1;CHAPTER 40. AN ON-LINE PRODUCT RECOGNITION AND COUNTING DISPLAY SYSTEM USING A TRANSPUTER/PC COMBINATION;256
21.1.1;INTRODUCTION;256
21.1.2;SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS;257
21.1.3;COUNTING ACROSS BOUNDARIES;258
21.1.4;PRODUCT RECOGNITION;258
21.1.5;THE DATA PROCESSING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM;259
21.1.6;SYSTEM SOFTWARE;259
21.1.7;DESIGN APPROACH;260
21.1.8;IMPLEMENTATION AND SOFTWARE SIMULATION;260
21.1.9;PERFORMANCE;260
21.1.10;THE ENGINEERING DISPLAY - SENSOR INTEGRITY;261
21.1.11;CONCLUSIONS;261
21.2;CHAPTER 41. THE LSI ASSEMBLY CELL;262
21.2.1;INTRODUCTION;262
21.2.2;THE SUPERVISORY SYSTEM;262
21.2.3;THE 2D-VISION SYSTEM;265
21.2.4;THE 3D-VISION SYSTEM;265
21.2.5;THE OTHER LOCAL NODES;266
21.2.6;FUTURE WORKS;266
21.2.7;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;266
21.2.8;REFERENCES;266
21.3;CHAPTER 42. SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH CHANGEOVER COSTS ININDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;268
21.3.1;INTRODUCTION;268
21.3.2;INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM;268
21.3.3;PRODUCTION PLANNING ORGANIZATION;269
21.3.4;MODELLING OF THE PROBLEM;269
21.3.5;ONE CRITERION AND MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS ;269
21.3.6;OPTIMAL ALGORITHM;270
21.3.7;HEURISTIC;270
21.3.8;EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS;271
21.3.9;CONCLUSIONS;272
21.3.10;REFERENCES;272
22;PART XVII: MANUFACTURING NETWORKS;274
22.1;CHAPTER 43. OVERCOMING COMMUNICATION BOTTLENECKS IN DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF FMS;274
22.1.1;1. INTRODUCTION;274
22.1.2;2. DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF FMS;275
22.1.3;3. INTERNODE COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS INSCOPE;275
22.1.4;4. CONCLUSION;278
22.1.5;REFERENCES;278
22.2;CHAPTER 44. LAN-DNC STRUCTURED BOTTOM UP FOR CIMS;280
22.2.1;INTRODUCTION;280
22.2.2;THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF DNC;281
22.2.3;THE STRUCTURE OF PRESENT DNCSYSTEM;281
22.2.4;CONCLUSION;283
22.2.5;REFERENCES;283
22.3;CHAPTER 45. A PROTOTYPE OF LOW COST TOKEN RING BASED OPTICAL FIBER INDUSTRIAL NETWORK;284
22.3.1;INTRODUCTION;284
22.3.2;PROTOTYPE ISSUES;285
22.3.3;PHYSICAL LAYER;285
22.3.4;MAC AND DATA LINK LAYERS;286
22.3.5;THE UPPER LAYERS: NETWORK, TRANSPORTAND APLICATION;287
22.3.6;CONCLUSIONS;287
22.3.7;REFERENCES;287
22.4;CHAPTER 46. A CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISE-ORIENTED COMPUTER NETWORK;290
22.4.1;INTRODUCTION;290
22.4.2;NETWORK MANAGEMENT IN CIMSE;290
22.4.3;THE ENMA MODEL;291
22.4.4;THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENMA;292
22.4.5;CONCLUSION;293
22.4.6;REFERENCES;294
23;PART XVIII: INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING III;296
23.1;CHAPTER 47. ENGINEERING DATA MANAGEMENT;296
23.1.1;INTRODUCTION;296
23.1.2;CONCLUSION;300
23.2;CHAPTER 48. INTEGRATION OF CAD/CAM AND PRODUCTION CONTROL IN SHEET METAL MANUFACTURING - THE BASIS FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF PRODUCTION DATA;302
23.2.1;INTRODUCTION;302
23.2.2;BASIC IDEAS AND OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEM;302
23.2.3;DESCRIPTION OF THE DATABASE STRUCTURE;302
23.2.4;DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN MODULES;303
23.2.5;CONCLUSION;307
23.2.6;REFERENCES;307
24;PART IXX: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT III;308
24.1;CHAPTER 49. HAND POSITIONING IN OPERATION PLANNING FOR PRODUCT ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS;308
24.1.1;INTRODUCTION;308
24.1.2;ASSEMBLY PROCESS PLANNINGAND OPERATION PLANNING;308
24.1.3;ASSEMBLY PROCESS PLANNING;309
24.1.4;ASSEMBLY OPERATION PLANNING;309
24.1.5;HAND POSITIONING;311
24.1.6;CONCLUSION;313
24.1.7;REFERENCES;313
24.2;CHA[PTER 50. HOOD IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATING MODES INAUTOMATED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;314
24.2.1;INTRODUCTION;314
24.2.2;THE MESAP MODEL;314
24.2.3;MESAP IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE;316
24.2.4;CASE STUDY;317
24.2.5;CONCLUSIONS;318
24.2.6;REFERENCES;319
24.3;CHAPTER 51. FLEXIBLE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ORDER PICKING;320
24.3.1;INTRODUCTION;320
24.3.2;SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS;321
24.3.3;THE CONTROL SYSTEM;321
24.3.4;PICKING SUBSYSTEM;321
24.3.5;CONCLUSION;322
25;PART XX: AI AND EXPERT SYSTEMS IN MANUFACTURING II;324
25.1;CHAPTER 52. AN ERROR DIAGNOSIS EXPERT SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS;324
25.1.1;INTRODUCTION;324
25.1.2;THE ASSEMBLY WORK CELL;325
25.1.3;SOFTWARE CONTROL MECHANISM;325
25.1.4;THE ERROR DIAGNOSIS EXPERT;326
25.1.5;CONCLUSION;326
25.1.6;REFERENCES;326
25.2;CHAPTER 53. CONCURRENT ENGINEERING APPROACH TO FMS DESIGN USING A BLACKBOARD ARCHITECTURE;330
25.2.1;INTRODUCTION;330
25.2.2;THE IMPORTANCE OF FACILITY DESIGN;331
25.2.3;TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO FMSDESIGN;331
25.2.4;A CONCURRENT ENGINEERINGAPPROACH TO FMS DESIGN;332
25.2.5;A CONCURRENT ENGINEERING DESIGN FRAME WORK FOR FMS;332
25.2.6;THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DESIGN FRAMEWORK;334
25.2.7;CONCLUSIONS;334
25.2.8;REFERENCES;335
25.3;CHAPTER 54. A RULE-BASED DIAGNOSIS AND MAINTENANCE EXPERT SYSTEM FOR THE GaAs PRODUCTION LINE ON SPACE STATION;336
25.3.1;INTRODUCTION;336
25.3.2;REQUIREMENTS OF THE AUTOMATIC GaAs PRODUCTION DIAGNOSIS AND MAINTENANCE ON THE SPACE STATION;336
25.3.3;THE OVERALL DESIGN SCHEME OF THE FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE OF RBDAMES;337
25.3.4;THE PROCESS OF DIAGNOSIS AND MAINTENANCE OF RBDAMES;339
25.3.5;THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RBDAMES;339
25.3.6;CONCLUSION;340
25.3.7;REFERENCES;340
25.4;CHAPTER 55. MICRO-BASED EXPERT COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEM (MICRO-CAPP) FOR TURNING PARTS;342
25.4.1;ABSTRACT;342
25.4.2;INTRODUCTION;342
25.4.3;MICRO-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM FOR TURNINGPARTS;343
25.4.4;CONCLUSIONS;345
25.4.5;REFERENCES;345
26;PART XXI: SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES V;346
26.1;CHAPTER 56. UNIFIED MODELLING OF MANUFACTURING PROCESS,PRODUCTION FLOWS AND CONTROL SYSTEM IN MANUFACTURING WORKSHOPS;346
26.1.1;INTRODUCTION;346
26.1.2;MODELLING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS;346
26.1.3;DECOMPOSITION OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS;348
26.1.4;INTEGRATING PRODUCTION FLOWS DATA;348
26.1.5;STRUCTURATION OF THE HIERARCHIZEDCONTROL SYSTEM;350
26.1.6;APPLICATION TO HIERARCHIZED DYNAMIC CONTROL;351
26.1.7;CONCLUSION;351
26.1.8;REFERENCES;351
26.2;CHAPTER 57. PRODUCT MODELING: FROM GEOMETRICAL MODELING TO LOGICAL MODELING;352
26.2.1;INTRODUCTION;352
26.2.2;LINGUISTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF PRODUCT MODELING SCHEMES;352
26.2.3;SCHEMES FOR PRODUCT MODELING—GEOMETRICAL MODELING;353
26.2.4;SCHEMES FOR PRODUCT MODELINGLOGICAL MODELING;356
26.2.5;CONCLUSIONS;357
26.2.6;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;357
26.2.7;REFERENCES;357
27;PART XII: CONTROL PROBLEMS III;358
27.1;CHAPTER 58. IN-CYCLE MINIMUM VARIANCE CONTROL OF EXTRUSION BLOW MOULDING;358
27.1.1;ABSTRACT;358
27.1.2;INTRODUCTION;358
27.1.3;METHODOLOGY;359
27.1.4;EXPERIMENTAL;359
27.1.5;MODEL IDENTIFICATION;359
27.1.6;CONTROL SIMULATION;360
27.1.7;REFERENCES;360
27.2;CHAPTER 59. REAL TIME QUALITY OPTIMIZATION IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;364
27.2.1;INTRODUCTION;364
27.2.2;MANUFACTURING SYSTEM MODEL;364
27.2.3;VARIABILITY MODELLING;365
27.2.4;OPTIMIZATION OF MANUFACTURING QUALITY;366
27.2.5;APPLICATION TO DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION;366
27.2.6;CONCLUSION;367
27.2.7;REFERENCES;367
27.3;CHAPTER 60. COMPUTER SYSTEM OF THERMAL IMAGING QUALITY CONTROL OF COMPLEX OBJECTS;370
27.3.1;INTRODUCTION;370
27.3.2;BASIC RESULTS;370
27.3.3;CONCLUSION;371
27.3.4;REFERENCES;371
28;PART XXIII: SENSOR BASED ROBOTS IN MANUFACTURING III;372
28.1;CHAPTER 61. PATH PLANNING FOR MOBILE ROBOT USING SKELETON OF FREE SPACE;372
28.1.1;INTRODUCTION;372
28.1.2;REPRESENTATION OF FREE SPACE;372
28.1.3;PATH GRAPH AND PATH PLANNING;373
28.1.4;PATH IMPROVEMENT PROCESS;374
28.1.5;CONCLUDING REMARKS;375
28.1.6;REFERENCES;376
28.2;CHAPTER 62. A RULE-BASED SELECTION OF C-SPACE REPRESENTATION FOR RAPID 3D ROBOTPATH PLANNING;378
28.2.1;INTRODUCTION;378
28.2.2;FREE-SPACE GENERATION;378
28.2.3;PATH-PLANMNG METHODS;379
28.2.4;PATH-PLANNING ALGORITHMSCOMPARISON;380
28.2.5;RULE-BASED SELECTION ALGORITHM;380
28.2.6;CONCLUSIONS;382
28.2.7;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;382
28.2.8;REFERENCES;382
29;PART IXXV: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT IV;416
29.1;CHAPTER 63. PRODUCTION SCHEDULING USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS;384
29.1.1;INTRODUCTION;384
29.1.2;PRODUCTION PLANNINGAND SCHEDULING;384
29.1.3;GENETIC ALGORITHMS: CONCEPTS;385
29.1.4;PRODUCTION PLANNINGAND SCHEDULING;386
29.1.5;TRANSFORMATION INTOG A CODING;387
29.1.6;CURRENT STATUS OFIMPLEMENTATION;388
29.1.7;CONCLUSION;388
29.1.8;LITERATURE;389
29.2;CHAPTER 64 NO-WAIT TASK ASSIGNMENT IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS;390
29.2.1;1. INTRODUCTION;390
29.2.2;TASK ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM WITHNO-WAIT CONSTRAINT;391
29.2.3;COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM;391
29.2.4;4. CONCLUSIONS;393
29.2.5;References;393
30;PART XXV: SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES VI;396
30.1;CHAPTER 65. COMPUTER MODELLING IN DIE CASTING APPLICATIONS;396
30.1.1;1.INTRODUCTION;396
30.1.2;2.0 FLOW AND SOLIDIFICATION MODELLING BY THE FINITE ELEMENT (FEM) METHOD;397
30.1.3;3. SIMULATIONS OF DIE CASTINGS;398
30.1.4;4.0 CONCLUSIONS;399
30.1.5;REFERENCES;399
30.2;CHAPTER 66. PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENTS UNITED MODELLING:MAKING CYCLES AND FLOWS GENERATION IN EVIDENCE;400
30.2.1;INTRODUCTION;400
30.2.2;MANUFACTURING TASKS ANDAGGREGATES;400
30.2.3;HANDLING INTERFACESRECYCLING;401
30.2.4;EXISTENCE OF DUAL FLOWS;402
30.2.5;THE TRANSIT MATRIX;403
30.2.6;CONCLUSION;404
30.2.7;REFERENCES;404
30.3;CHAPTER 67. A MACHINE PART REPRESENTATION FORCAPP AND CIMS;406
30.3.1;INTRODUCTION;406
30.3.2;FRAME REPRESENTATION OF HIERARCHY BASED ON BME;406
30.3.3;CONCLUSION;408
30.3.4;REFERENCES;408
31;PART XXVI: CONTROL PROBLEMS IV;410
31.1;CHAPTER 68. PHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF FEEDBACK CONTROLS1;410
31.1.1;INTRODUCTION;410
31.1.2;PHASE SPACE;411
31.1.3;ZERO-CONTROL SYSTEMS IN PHASE SPACE;412
31.1.4;SYSTEMS WITH INPUT AND FEEDBACK CONTROLS;415
31.1.5;CONCLUSIONS;415
31.1.6;REFERENCES;415
32;PART XXVII: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT V;416
32.1;CHAPTER 69. AUDROS: A METHOD AND A TOOL FOR INTEROPERABILITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE CIM ENVIRONMENT;416
32.1.1;Introduction;416
32.1.2;The process model;416
32.1.3;Two level organization;417
32.1.4;Conclusion;419
32.1.5;References;419
32.2;CHAPTER 70. GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH TO A PRODUCTION ORDERING PROBLEM IN ANASSEMBLY PROCESS WITH BUFFERS;420
32.2.1;1. INTRODUCTION;420
32.2.2;2. PROBLEM STATEMENT;420
32.2.3;3. APPLICATION OF GENETIC ALGORITHM;422
32.2.4;4. NUMERICAL RESULTS;423
32.2.5;5. CONCLUDING REMARKS;425
32.2.6;REFERENCES;425
32.3;CHAPTER 71. A JOB-SHOP SCHEDULING MINIMIZING THE WAITING ANDTRANSIT TIMES IN FMS;426
32.3.1;INTRODUCTION;426
32.3.2;DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM;426
32.3.3;TEMPORAL DECOMPOSITION;427
32.3.4;ALGORITHM OF THE SCHEDULING CONSTRUCTION;428
32.3.5;NUMERICAL EXAMPLE;429
32.3.6;CONCLUSION;430
32.3.7;REFERENCES;431
33;PART XXVIII: AI AND EXPERT SYSTEMS IN MANUFACTURING III;432
33.1;CHAPTER 72. A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR DETERMININGMULTIPRODUCT OPTIMAL BATCH SIZES WITHIN-PROCESS INVENTORIES AND MULTIWORK CENTERS;432
33.1.1;1 INTRODUCTION;432
33.1.2;2 INTERACTIVE DSS;432
33.1.3;3 THE ITERATIVEPROCEDURE;433
33.1.4;4 THE QUEUEINGMODEL;433
33.1.5;5 THE OPTIMIZATIONMODELS;434
33.1.6;6 INTERFACE;435
33.1.7;7 IMPLEMENTATION;435
33.1.8;8 NUMERICALEXPERIMENTS;435
33.1.9;9 FINAL REMARKS;437
33.1.10;REFERENCES;437
33.2;CHAPTER 73. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLANNING FLOW NETWORK MODELS;438
33.2.1;1. Introduction;438
33.2.2;2· The Decision Support System;439
33.2.3;3. The Tactical model;440
33.2.4;4. The Strategic model;442
33.2.5;5. Conclusions;444
33.2.6;Acknowledgements;444
33.2.7;References;444
34;PART IXXX: SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES VII;446
34.1;CHAPTER 74. APPLICATION OF GENERALISED BOND-GRAPHS AND CONTINUOUS PETRI NETS TO MODELLING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;446
34.1.1;INTRODUCTION;446
34.1.2;CONTINUOUS PETRI NETS;447
34.1.3;BOND GRAPHS;449
34.1.4;CONCLUSION;451
34.2;CHAPTER 75. A GENERIC PETRI NETS BASED MODEL FOR PAPERMILLS FINISHING PROCESSES;452
34.2.1;INTRODUCTION;452
34.2.2;DESCRIPTION OF THE HIGH LEVELPETRI NETS MODELING TOOL;452
34.2.3;DESCRIPTION OF THE PAPERFINISHING PROCESSES CLASS;454
34.2.4;METHODOLOGY TO DESIGN THEGENERIC MODEL;454
34.2.5;CONCLUSION;456
34.2.6;REFERENCES;457
34.3;CHAPTER 76. A TOOL OF PETRI NET GRAPHS REPRESENTATION IN MANUFACTURING CONTEXT;458
34.3.1;INTRODUCTION;458
34.3.2;THE AIMS OF THE CASPAIMPROJECT;458
34.3.3;TYPES OF GRAPHS;459
34.3.4;DRAWING RULES;459
34.3.5;METHOD OF AUTOMATIC GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION;460
34.3.6;CONCLUSION;463
34.3.7;REFERENCES;463
35;PART XXX: CONTROL PROBLEMS V;464
35.1;CHAPTER 77. ON-LINE FAULT DETECTION VIA TRAJECTORYENCODING;464
35.1.1;INTRODUCTION;464
35.1.2;BEHAVIORAL MODELS;464
35.1.3;EVOLUTION GRAPHS;466
35.1.4;ANALYSIS;468
35.1.5;DISCUSSION;469
35.1.6;REFERENCES;469
35.2;CHAPTER 78. EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE PERFORMANCES OF THE MONITOR OFATTENDANCE OF MILLING TOOLS WEAR;470
35.2.1;Abstract;470
35.2.2;Introduction;470
35.2.3;1. MONITOR OF WEAR AND BREAKING OF TOOLS DEVELOPPED IN THE L.A.B.;470
35.2.4;2. MONITOR EXPERIMENTATION CONDITIONS;471
35.2.5;3 ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS THE MONITOR;471
35.2.6;4. EXPLOITATION OF THE MEASUREMENT RESULTS;472
35.2.7;5. EXPLOITATION OF THE RESULTS OF THEMONITOR;473
35.2.8;6. CONCLUSIONS;474
35.2.9;BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES;474
35.3;CHAPTER 79 TRANSIENT ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF A MANUFACTURING SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY;476
35.3.1;1 Manufacturing control system;476
35.3.2;2 Partial differential equations oftransients and simulation results;477
35.3.3;3 Order of magnitude of transientsduration;478
35.3.4;4 Influence of the optimization intervalon HP policy;479
35.3.5;5 Conclusion;479
35.3.6;6 References;479
35.4;CHAPTER 80. A DESIGN OF OPTIMAL CONTROLLER FOR NONMINIMUM PHASE PLANT FOLLOWING THE REFERENCE MODEL OUTPUT;480
35.4.1;1. Introduction;480
35.4.2;2. Controller configurationwith two free parameters;480
35.4.3;3. Derivation of plant statedeviation system;481
35.4.4;4. Numerical Examples;482
35.4.5;References;482
36;PART XXXI: GENERAL ASPECTS OF CIMII;484
36.1;CHAPTER 81. THE METADATABASE FOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;484
36.1.1;THE CONCEPT OF METADATABASE;484
36.1.2;ENTERPRISE INFORMATION RESOURCES MODEL (THE PASSIVE MODE);485
36.1.3;GLOBAL QUERY SYSTEM(THE SEMI-ACTIVE MODE);487
36.1.4;SYSTEM INTERACTIONS (THEACTIVE MODE);488
36.1.5;FUTURE WORK;489
36.1.6;REFERENCES;489
36.2;CHAPTER 82. AUTOMATED COMPUTER-AIDED LAYOUT PLANNING FOR ROBOT WORKCELLS;490
36.2.1;INTRODUCTION;490
36.2.2;PREVENTION OF INVALIDLAYOUTS;491
36.2.3;PLANNING ALGORITHM;493
36.2.4;IMPLEMENTATION;494
36.2.5;COMPARISON;494
36.2.6;CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK;494
36.2.7;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;494
36.2.8;REFERENCES;495
36.3;CHAPTER 83. DESIGN OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH BASED ON PETRI NETS;496
36.3.1;1. INTRODUCTION;496
36.3.2;2. GENERALISATION AND PROPERTIES OF PETRINETS;496
36.3.3;3. MODELLING THE MODULES;497
36.3.4;4. INTEGRATION OF MODELS OF MODULES;499
36.3.5;5. A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMPLE;499
36.3.6;6. CONCLUSION;500
36.3.7;REFERENCES;500
37;PART XXXII: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES III;502
37.1;CHAPTER 84. INTEGRATING CNC TECHNOLOGY AND THE JIT KANBAN SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY;502
37.1.1;INTRODUCTION;502
37.1.2;COMPANY BACKGROUND;503
37.1.3;THE OLD MANUFACTURING SYSTEM;503
37.1.4;PLANNING FOR THE NEW MANUFACTURING SYSTEM;504
37.1.5;SOURCING OF NEW EQUIPMENT;505
37.1.6;IMPLEMENTATION AND INTEGRATION;505
37.1.7;CRITICAL FEATURES OF THE SYSTEM;506
37.1.8;CONCLUSIONS;507
37.1.9;ACKNOWLEDGMENT;509
37.1.10;REFERENCES;509
38;AUTHOR INDEX;510
39;KEYWORD INDEX;512