Research on Intelligent CAPP System Based on Multi-agent System

The factors such as manufacturing technology, manufacturing resource, product architecture and so on, influence on the function of CAPP system greatly. Different CAPP systems need to be developed for different manufacturing enterprises, their function and application range are restricted severely, so the traditional CAPP systems lack for the agility and dynamic adaptability under the different production environment. In order to improve flexibility, expansibility, reusability, dynamic adaptability of CAPP system, the architecture of an intelligent CAPP based on MAS under concurrent engineering environment was put forward in this paper. Work mechanism and conflict elimination mechanism of intelligent CAPP were researched, and the reasons of conflict generation were analyzed, the conflicts which intelligent CAPP generated were resolved by use of rule-based reasoning and case-based reasoning, the investigation achievement was applied in the process of producing shearer. It is shown that the intelligent CAPP based on multi-agent system has good expansibility and reusability, it can adapt to the changes of products and production conditions in the enterprise.