Research on the Multi-agent Based Integration Management of Production Equipment

The integrated management of production equipment plays a vital role in improving the production efficiency and the ability to handle complicated condition. Therefore, an information integration framework oriented to workshop production equipment is proposed. This framework is composed of three layers: Device Control Layer, Device Information Exchange Layer, and Enterprise Application Layer. The vertical integration of information between the application systems and the control systems and the horizontal integration of information from manufacturing process and equipment can be achieved by the information interaction platform . The interactive mode with the core of production equipment is formed. A multi-agent based information interaction platform including five main agents is modeled. Finally the interactive cooperation processes among agents in the equipment scheduling and the integrated maintenance management of equipment are emphasized.