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Distributed design of product oriented manufacturing systems
Manufacturing leanness and agility are requirements of today’s manufacturing
systems. Leanness call for a best fit of the manufacturing systems to products,
therefore requiring product oriented manufacturing systems (POMS).
Manufacturing agility can be achieved through easy systems reconfiguration to
fit changing manufacturing requirements, which may mean dynamically
configuring POMS. For this a suitable design system is required. Due to
complexity of this design, and to the need for using suitable design methods,
which may not be available locally, distributed sources of design services can
be used. This paper presents and describes a prototype of a Distributed Design
system for POMS based on a POMS design methodology and distributed
suppliers of design services
Revolution of Production System for the Industry 4.0
Nowadays, good coordination of production and logistics at a production operational level is required to handle rapidly evolving technology, frequently changing customer demand and satisfaction, and remain competitive. Accelerated by exponentially growing technologies in information and communication technology, production industries are in the throes of a digital transformation, which is referred to as the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0. The shorter product life cycles due to market-demand variables and volatile developments in the production system have forced manufacturing company to work flexibly in order to adapt to changing customer needs. These environments cannot be managed through traditional production systems such as job shops and dedicated production lines. Reconfigurable manufacturing system, which combines the versatility and capability to re-configure of job shops and the dedicated production lines, has been seen as a potential solution in such situations. As the main component of production systems, a new concept of material handling, a reconfigurable conveyor system is introduced
Engineering framework for service-oriented automation systems
Tese de doutoramento. Engenharia Informática. Universidade do Porto. Faculdade de Engenharia. 201
Recent developments and future trends of industrial agents
The agent technology provides a new way to design and engineer control solutions based on the decentralization of control over distributed structures, addressing the current requirements for modern control systems in industrial domains. This paper presents the current situation of the development and deployment of agent technology, discussing the initiatives and the current trends faced for a wider dissemination and industrial adoption, based on the work that is being carried out by the IEEE IES Technical Committee on Industrial Agents
The development of factory templates for the integrated virtual factory framework
Páginas numeradas: I-XVI, 17-123Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Major Automação). Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 201
The development of factory templates for the integrated virtual factory framework
Páginas numeradas: I-XVI, 17-123Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Major Automação). Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 201
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