Modelling Capabilities for Functional Configuration of Part Feeding Equipment

Modelling Capabilities for Functional Configuration of Part Feeding Equipment

This paper introduces a configuration framework for automatic configuration of production systems. The proposed framework consists of three key aspects; 1) functional configuration, 2) interface configuration and 3) behavioral configuration, that together offers the ability to automatically identify production resources, and aggregate them to form a production system. The main focus of this wor...

Configuration Management Process Capabilities

The literature suggests that maturity assessment tools could be successful if based on process capabilities which are the outcomes of critical success factors and barriers to a process. This paper investigate the configuration management process capabilities finalized on the basis of semi-structured interviews with configuration management professionals and analysis of two highly significant st...

The Use of Runtime Configuration Capabilities for Network Embedded Systems

Reconfiguration is a very helpful feature that can improve the design life cycle of an embedded system and its quality. Reconfiguration means that software AND hardware parts may be updated in the field. The update of system hardware implies the use of FPGAs in a shipped system. Normally, the update is done server controlled, which means that the active role comes from an external instance. We ...

Pin design for part feeding

We consider a sensorless approach to feeding parts on a conveyor belt using pins (rigid barriers) to topple parts into desired orientations. Given the n-sided 2D convex projection of an extruded polygonal part, its center of mass (COM), and coefficients of friction, we develop an O(n) algorithm to compute the toppling graph, a new data structure that represents the mechanics of toppling includi...

Modelling and Analysis Capabilities for Lightweight Masts