Specification of a Generic Programming Language for the Control of Flexible Manufacturing Cells

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dc.contributor.authorAkkineni, Vamsi Krishnaen
dc.contributor.committeechairDeisenroth, Michael P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEllis, Kimberly P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberShewchuk, John P.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:57:48Zen
dc.date.adate2000-01-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:57:48Zen
dc.date.issued1999-08-24en
dc.date.rdate2001-01-22en
dc.date.sdate1999-12-18en
dc.description.abstractThe Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC) represents an important and widely utilized constituent of hierarchically structured automated manufacturing systems. The control of FMCs is therefore of great importance in automated manufacturing. However, there are few tools and methodologies available for specifying and developing the control logic. The few tools that do exist have proven to be impractical due to their requirements for compatibility by the constituent equipment. Therefore, this research focuses on the development of a solution to the control of FMCs through the development of a programming language that provides a methodology and capabilities for developing the supervisory control applications. Accordingly, a programming language was developed in which the control logic is specified in modules, each of which control an equipment or resource in the cell. These modules interact with each other according to well defined models of interaction to achieve the control. The language provides features to enable this modularity and the interaction between the modules. The process plan of the parts that are produced in the cell drive the control logic and are also the means of communication between the modules. Additionally, several features required for control such as the detection of deadlocks, part information and so on are also developed. In the proposed language, the communication problem is separated from the logic specification. Guidelines and requirements are developed for a language implementation system that will enable the communication with the cell devices and that works with the language structure.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Engineeringen
dc.identifier.otheretd-121899-133247en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-121899-133247/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37155en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectControl Languagesen
dc.subjectSupervisory Controlen
dc.subjectFlexible Manufacturing Cellsen
dc.titleSpecification of a Generic Programming Language for the Control of Flexible Manufacturing Cellsen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Engineeringen

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