Manufacturing adapter of distributed simulation systems using HLA

Author

Hibino, Hironori ; Fukuda, Yoshiro ; Yura, Yoshiyuki ; Mitsuyuki, Keiji ; Kaneda, Kiyoshi

Author_Institution

Tech. Res. Inst., JSPMI, Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2002

Firstpage

1099

Abstract

In this research, a distributed simulation system to easily evaluate a very large manufacturing system by synchronizing several different simulators is developed. We designed the distributed simulation system using the High Level Architecture (HLA) as the IEEE1516 standard. A manufacturing adapter to connect manufacturing system simulators with HLA using a plug-in style is proposed. The developed distributed simulation system is confirmed using a case to evaluate a hypothetical manufacturing system which produces motors. Three major commercial based manufacturing system simulators, QUEST, SIMPLE++, and GAROPS, are connected using the developed manufacturing adapter. The storage model method to connect simulation models and synchronize the simulators is used in the case study. A case study is then carried out to evaluate the performance of the cooperative work.

Keywords

IEEE standards; digital simulation; manufacturing data processing; synchronisation; GAROPS; HLA; High Level Architecture; IEEE1516 standard; QUEST; SIMPLE++; cooperative work; distributed simulation systems; manufacturing adapter; motors; performance evaluation; plug-in style; simulators; synchronization; very large manufacturing system; Collaborative work; Joining processes; Machinery production industries; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing systems; Metalworking machines; Production engineering; Research and development; Standards development; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Winter

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7614-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2002.1166363

Filename

1166363