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A generic tool management system architecture for flexible manufacturing systems (FMS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Paul G. Ranky
Paul G. Ranky
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH (U.K.)
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Summary

Considering the fact that Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) should be able to accommodate a variety of different parts in random order, tool management at cell level and tool transportation, tool data management, tooling data collection, tool maintenance, and manual and/or robotized tool assembly at FMS system level are very important. Tooling information in FMS is used by several subsystems, including: production planning, process control, dynamic scheduling, part programming, tool preset and maintenance, robotized and/or manual tool assembly, stock control and materials storage.

The paper summarizes the major tasks to be solved when designing tool management systems for FMS, as well as gives a solution for describing the data structure of a tool data base integrated with a generic tool description method, and shows a sample transaction of the way the FMS real-time control system can access and use this data base.

Keywords

FMSTool managementTooling informationTool database

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Research Article
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Robotica , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , July 1988, pp. 221 - 234
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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