Article ID: | iaor20053039 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 43 |
Issue: | 7 |
Start Page Number: | 1443 |
End Page Number: | 1463 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Wu Z.M. |
Keywords: | simulation: applications |
A dynamic model of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is considered based on the information characteristics of system infrastructure. According to the physical architecture and working requirements, a software framework for FMS modelling and simulation is proposed to describe the parallel flow of different work-pieces in the shop. The model is based mainly on the concepts of both object-oriented programming and high-level Petri net methods. A material transportation protocol is designed to realize the respective processing of routine orders of work-pieces within the main resources of the FMS shop. Using a specially designed protocol, a fully automated job shop FMS can be achieved. An FMS simulation tool that can show the dynamic process of all the system resources during task execution is finally introduced.