The goal of intelligent manufacturing system is akin to any normal manufacturing system satisfying customer needs at the most efficient level for lowest possible cost. The involvement of computers as in the computer-integrated manufacturing has been for more than 20 years; the incorporation of computer technology does not necessarily result in intelligent manufacturing system. It is the introdu...

This paper is concerned with the development of information and communication technology (ICT) since the 1970s and its effect on the manufacturing transnational corporation (MTNC) in four key areas: management control, design, manufacturing process, and the office. Management control is examined in two areas: the coordination and monitoring of functions. ICT assists in both the improvement of p...

Flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) are advanced and highly integrated manufacturing systems consisting of robots, machining cells, and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that function under the hierarchical control of computers. The relations between its components are very complex. Scheduling in FMS is an intricate phenomenon owing to the large variability in the operating parameters. Schedul...

In this paper, a multi objective model in which operation planning and tool assignment flexible manufacturing system (FMS) has been considered simultaneously. regard, the main characteristics of FMS have analyzed. Then, comprehensive model, including major parameters cost components designed presented. The proposed contains factors machining cost, earliness tardiness penalties, part movement or...

In this paper we address the issue of intelligent control of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). Consider a FMS that besides being very large is also distributed across a geographical area. Its controller is distributed as well having a hierarchical architecture. The FMS receives job orders continuously and is therefore always in a transient state. The goal of our controller is to physically ...

Number: 007-0141 Modelling and analysis of an Integrated Automated Guided Vehicle System using CPN and RSM. Tauseef Aized, Doctoral candidate, Hagiwara Lab, Mechanical Sciences and Engineering Department, email: [email protected] Koji Takahashi, Associate Professor, Takahashi Lab, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, email: [email protected] Ichiro Hagiwara, Professor, H...

Loop layout is a common in the Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), machines arranged around loop and materials are transported unidirectional only. The intention of problem (LLP) determination regulating loop, to minimize maximum congestion among family parts. Artificial immune system (AIS) algorithm, Tabu Search (TS) Improved (ITS) algorithms employed solve these problems. algorithm tested v...

The diffusion of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) has not only invigorated production systems, but has also given considerable impetus to relevant analytical fields like scheduling theory and adaptive controls. Depending on the demand of the job there can be variation in batch size. The change in the jobs depends upon the renewal rate. But this does not involve much change in the FMS setup....

Due to the ever-increasing computational capabilities and the increasing use of automated manufacturing, distributed large-scale, discrete-event manufacturing system controllers are being proposed and designed. Currently there is a large amount of research in the area of simulation of manufacturing systems, scheduling and some research in the control of automated manufacturing plants. Even inte...