TY - GEN
T1 - Highly reconfigurable production systems controlled by real-time agents
AU - Schütz, D.
AU - Schraufstetter, M.
AU - Folmer, J.
AU - Vogel-Heuser, B.
AU - Gmeiner, T.
AU - Shea, K.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Flexible plant components can significantly increase the flexibility of manufacturing systems and enable concepts like mass-customized production. This paper presents an approach for production planning and execution for flexible manufacturing system components, based on software agents. The agents are implemented directly on a PLC, making them capable of real-time operation. Additionally, a service-interface contributes to the vertical integration of the approach into the higher level planning of a flexible production system. Using the presented software agents, flexible plant components can be fully automated and integrated in modern FMS, leading to a higher degree of flexibility and dependability of the overall system. The approach is evaluated on a flexible fixture device as a FMS component, capable of automatic reconfiguration.
AB - Flexible plant components can significantly increase the flexibility of manufacturing systems and enable concepts like mass-customized production. This paper presents an approach for production planning and execution for flexible manufacturing system components, based on software agents. The agents are implemented directly on a PLC, making them capable of real-time operation. Additionally, a service-interface contributes to the vertical integration of the approach into the higher level planning of a flexible production system. Using the presented software agents, flexible plant components can be fully automated and integrated in modern FMS, leading to a higher degree of flexibility and dependability of the overall system. The approach is evaluated on a flexible fixture device as a FMS component, capable of automatic reconfiguration.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80655142709&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ETFA.2011.6058991
DO - 10.1109/ETFA.2011.6058991
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80655142709
SN - 9781457700187
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA
BT - Proceedings of 2011 IEEE 16th Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE 16th Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2011
Y2 - 5 September 2011 through 9 September 2011
ER -