RESQME and Stand-Alone Simulation on a Workstation

RC 16037 (#71232) The Research Queueing Package Modeling Environment (RESQME) provides a graphical environment for constructing and solving extended queueing network models ofmanufacturing systems, for plotting graphs of results and for viewdng animations of models. The modeling environment can be run entirely on a workstation or optionally can execute large simulations on a host system using cooperative processing. In this paper we give a brief introduction to RESQME and to the RESQ modeling elements. We demonstrate how to use the package by constructing a simple model of part of a manufacturing line and solve this model to produce charts of performance measures and an animation which shows how the jobs flow through the system. By having the simulation available for use on the workstation and cooperatively on the host, RESQME provides a unique tool for understanding the performance of manufacturing systems. A user can do most of the model debugging locally on the workstation and make short püot runs to get a feeling for the amount of resources necessary to make more realistic experiments on the • host. Then long runs which investigate large parts ofthe parameter space can be done cooperatively on the host. Whether the model is solved on the workstation or on the hosMhe graphics environment provides the same user interface to all of the underlying files. The processor where the model is solved is transparent to the user. In aU cases, the user has easy access to plots ofresults and to the animation ofthe model diagra

On flexibly integrating machine vision inspection systems in PCB manufacture

The objective of this research is to advance computer vision techniques and their applications in the electronics manufacturing industry. The research has been carried out with specific reference to the design of automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems and their role in the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCBs). To achieve this objective, application areas of AOI systems in PCB manufacture have been examined. As a result, a requirement for enhanced performance characteristics has been identified and novel approaches and image processing algorithms have been evolved which can be used within next generation of AOI systems. The approaches are based on gaining an understanding of ways in which manufacturing information can be used to support AOI operations. Through providing information support, an AOI system has access to product models and associated information which can be used to enhance the execution of visual inspection tasks. Manufacturing systems integration, or more accurately controlled access to electronic information, is the key to the approaches. Also in the thesis methods are proposed to achieve the flexible integration of AOI systems (and computer vision systems in general) within their host PCB manufacturing environment. Furthermore, potential applications of information supported AOI systems at various stages of PCB manufacturing have been studied. It is envisaged that more efficient and cost-effective applications of AOI can be attained through adopting the flexible integration methods proposed, since AOI-generated information can now be accessed and utilized by other processes

Simulação aplicada a manufatura flexivel

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro TecnologicoOs sistemas flexíveis de manufatura resultam do desejo de alcançar a produtividade da produção de massa com a agilidade da fabricação por encomenda. Em virtude do grau de automação, da flexibilidade, do número elevado de diferentes produtos fabricados em pequenos lotes, estes sistemas apresentam uma complexidade maior do que os tradicionais. A obtenção da eficiência produtiva destes sistemas envolve otimizar um grande número de variáveis decisórias e solucionar uma problemática variada que vai de problemas de longo prazo, como os de projeto, médio prazo, representado pelo planejamento, curto prazo, identificado pelos problemas de programação e, ainda, por problemas de curtíssimo prazo, relacionados com o controle em tempo-real do sistema. A complexidade destes sistemas fez da simulação senão a única ferramenta para sua análise, pelo menos, a mais importante. Com o barateamento dos custos de hardware e a crescente aceitação da simulação como técnica da solução de problemas, o número de recursos de software relacionados aos SFM cresceu muito além do que qualquer um seria capaz de acompanhar. O propósito deste trabalho é descrever estes sistemas, sua origem, vantagens e problemática, classificando e analisando os instrumentos de software disponíveis possibilitando, desta forma, decisões melhores e mais rápidas por parte de quem pretenda faser uso da simulação para estudá-los