The active involvement of the computer in the manufacturing process and the control of production is the basis for computer-aided manufacturing (cam). Technological development has opened the way to more flexible shoo...
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The active involvement of the computer in the manufacturing process and the control of production is the basis for computer-aided manufacturing (cam). Technological development has opened the way to more flexible shoofloor automation. The key for the successful introduction of the computer integrated manufacturing concepts (CIM) is the ability to react fast and flexible to all new demands from the market side. In this paper we discuss a method based on the OCcam/Transputer parallel approach to deal with at least a part of the complex demands on the structure and operation of the manufacturing environment. We use the concept of decomposing a complex system into a number of sub-systems which react with each other. The whole system is decomposed twice: horizontally into a number of functionally equivalent subparts and vertically into various levels of abstraction, all within the unified OCcam model. The result is a hierarchical net structure which consists of local intelligent islands at various logical levels, which autonomously work in parallel and interact with the components of the adjacent logical levels. Subject area: 4.1 Digital Computer controlsystems, 8.1 Automatic control in Manufacturing.
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