Analysis of pyramid in-line production at higher-than-nominal speeds

Author

Daoud, Ramez M. ; Amer, Hassanein H.

Author_Institution

Univ. de Valenciennes, Valenciennes

fYear

2007

fDate

27-29 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper studies fault-tolerant hierarchical (Pyramid) production lines. Gigabit Ethernet is used to implement machines´ networks (workcells) as well as inter-controllers´ and supervisor connections in a Networked Control System (NCS) fashion. Simulation analysis for 2 and 3-machine production lines with a supervisory node are done using OPNET. Appropriate supervisor computational power capabilities to run the complete system in the most critical conditions, are obtained at higher-than-nominal speeds.

Keywords

control engineering computing; distributed control; fault tolerant computing; optical fibre LAN; production control; production engineering computing; Gigabit Ethernet; OPNET; distributed control system; fault-tolerant pyramid in-line production lines; manufacturing control; networked control system; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Distributed control; Ethernet networks; Fault tolerance; Intelligent actuators; Intelligent sensors; Production; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control & Automation, 2007. MED '07. Mediterranean Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1282-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1282-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MED.2007.4433775

Filename

4433775