TY - GEN
T1 - On modelling the state-space of manufacturing systems using UML
AU - Schütz, D.
AU - Legat, C.
AU - Vogel-Heuser, B.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Motivated by the idea of implementing all degrees of freedom into the field-level automation software of a manufacturing system, this paper presents an approach to develop the space of action of manufacturing systems by means of modelling their state-space. The meta-model of the Unified Modelling Language (UML) is extended for an object-oriented description of machine components. This description contains the operations a machine component is able to execute as well as the preconditions and effects of the operation in relation to the sensors of a component. From the class descriptions of machine components, models of manufacturing plants can be composed. Since the preconditions and effects of a component's operation reference the machine states of the manufacturing system, from these models the state-space of a manufacturing system can be derived.
AB - Motivated by the idea of implementing all degrees of freedom into the field-level automation software of a manufacturing system, this paper presents an approach to develop the space of action of manufacturing systems by means of modelling their state-space. The meta-model of the Unified Modelling Language (UML) is extended for an object-oriented description of machine components. This description contains the operations a machine component is able to execute as well as the preconditions and effects of the operation in relation to the sensors of a component. From the class descriptions of machine components, models of manufacturing plants can be composed. Since the preconditions and effects of a component's operation reference the machine states of the manufacturing system, from these models the state-space of a manufacturing system can be derived.
KW - Flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems
KW - Formalisms and modelling techniques
KW - Manufacturing system engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84866104870&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3182/20120523-3-RO-2023.00118
DO - 10.3182/20120523-3-RO-2023.00118
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866104870
SN - 9783902661982
T3 - IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
SP - 469
EP - 474
BT - Proceedings - INCOM'12, 14th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing
PB - IFAC Secretariat
T2 - 14th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, INCOM'12
Y2 - 23 May 2012 through 25 May 2012
ER -