Modular control system with intelligent scheduling
A modular control system of a flexible manufacturing cell based on microcomputers and local area network is presented. Decentralisation and modularisation as architectural strengths of advanced Shop Floor Control-software (SFC) are emphasised. The system implementation with corresponding control modules is described. An expert routing and scheduling system using rule-based simulation is presented. The use of simulation module tightly connected to the manufacturing process to increase the system throughput is suggested. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
modularity manufacturing system control decentralised control expert system scheduling