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  • Front Cover; Manufacturing Cells: Control, Programming and Integration; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Contributors; Chapter 1. An introduction to the manufacturing cell and its integration and control; 1 THE MANUFACTURING CELL; 2 WHAT DOES THIS BOOK ADDRESS?; 3 WHAT IS IN THE BOOK?; 4 CELLULAR APPROACHES; 5 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CELLULAR APPROACHES; 6 CONTRIBUTIONS; 7 CLOSING COMMENTS; Chapter 2. Generally applicable cell controllers and examples of their use; 1 FACTORY INTEGRATION AND THE ROLE OF CELL CONTROLLERS
  • 2 IMPORTANT CELL CONTROLLER DESIGNC ONSIDERATIONS3 EXPERIMENTAL CELL CONTROL SYSTEM; 4 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS RELATING TO CELL CONTROL IN A CIM ENVIRONMENT; 5 INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURES AND THE ROLE OF AUTOMAIL; 6 MAIN FEATURES OF AN INDUSTRIAL CELL CONTROL DEMONSTRATOR; 7 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. The cell as part of a manufacturing system; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 WHAT IS A CELL?; 3 DECENTRALIZED CONTROL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; 4 SHOP-FLOOR CONTROL STRATEGIES; 5 A NEW CELL CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; 6 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. The cell management language
  • 1 INTRODUCTION2 BACKGROUND; 3 MACHINE SPECIALISTS; 4 PROGRAM GENERATION; 5 SYSTEM OF INTERPRETERS; 6 TEACHING COOPERATIVE ACTIONS; 7 INSTALLATION OF AI IN THE FACTORY; 8 SUMMARY; 9 REMAINING WORK; 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. A manufacturing controller implementation environment and its application at Rolls-Royce Sunderland; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CIMPICS; 3 THE CIM WORKSTATION; 4 GRAFCET/GRAFLEX; 5 INTEGRATION UTILITIES; 6 CIMPICS APPLICATIONS; 7 CASE STUDY; 8 THE BENEFITS OF CIMPICS; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6. The quick turnaround cell
  • anintegrated manufacturing cell with process planning capability1 INTRODUCTION; 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; 3 SYSTEM INTEGRATION ISSUES; 4 SYSTEM APPROACH; 5 THE QTC SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; 6 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; 7 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Non-hierarchical cell control; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; 3 PARTITIONING; 4 FAULT TOLERANCE; 5 NON-HIERARCHICAL CONTROL OF MACHINE DRIVES; 6 CONTROL OF A MACHINING CELL; 7 MULTIPLE-CELL CONTROL; 8 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Representation of the cell control task
  • 1 INTRODUCTION2 THE CHALLENGE FOR INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; 3 THE DESIGN OF MANUFACTURING CELLS AND SYSTEMS; 4 STATE-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING; 5 MODELLING TECHNIQUES SURVEYED; 6 OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELLING; 7 OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELS OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; 8 UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS IN OBJECT ORIENTED MANUFACTURING MODELLING; 9 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Index