An example of engineering research center programs: design and implementation of a FMS/CIM test-bed

Author

Kim, Jongwon ; Lee, Eun-Ho ; Kwon, Wook-Hyun

Author_Institution

Eng. Res. Center for Adv. Control & Instrum., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

fYear

1994

fDate

10-12 Oct 1994

Firstpage

378

Lastpage

383

Abstract

A FMS/CIM test-bed, which is called the `ERC-ACI FMS/CIM Center,´ has been designed and implemented at the Engineering Research Center for Advanced Control and Instrumentation (ERC-ACI) at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea. This paper presents the ERC-ACI FMS/CIM Center, which consists of an FMS model plant and a CIM computer room. Designing and implementing the FMS/CIM Center involved: 1) integrating major manufacturing processes such as machining, assembly and inspection; 2) maintaining extreme flexibility to automatically accommodate any product mix; and 3) solving out the problems which occur during integration of the various automation machines and computing resources from different vendors

Keywords

computer integrated manufacturing; flexible manufacturing systems; production engineering computing; resource allocation; test facilities; testing; CIM computer room; ERC-ACI FMS/CIM Center; FMS model plant; FMS/CIM test-bed; Seoul National University; assembly; automation machines; computing resources; engineering research center; inspection; machining; product mix; Assembly; Computer integrated manufacturing; Design automation; Design engineering; Flexible manufacturing systems; Inspection; Instruments; Machining; Manufacturing processes; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Automation Technology, 1994., Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Troy, NY

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6510-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIMAT.1994.389045

Filename

389045