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18. INTEGRATION ISSUES

18.1 CORPORATE STRUCTURES

First consider the major functions within a company,

-Production

-Materials

-Process Planning

-Design

-Customer Orders / Service

-Marketing

-Accounting

-Management

All of these functions generate and use common information which must be communicated between departments.

Since computers handle information, we must be aware of what we get, and what we pro-

duce.

18.2 CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Previous paper based systems provided support for data transfer between departments, and provided a good basis for the introduction of computers

ASIDE: Computers can make a good system better, but they will always make a bad system worse. This is because a system which is not well defined and poorly understood cannot be programmed, or optimized.

Characteristics of paper based manufacturing systems,

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-Multiple copies of same information.

-Revising information is hard when multiple copies exist.

-Delays for the transfer of paper.

-Easy to lose paper.

-Paper is not interactive.

-Paper requires bulky storage.

Computers overcome and reduce the problems above, but introduce some technological challenges,

-Creating programs to support corporate functions.

-Software to support interdepartmental communication and data sharing.

-Hardware to support the software.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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numerical Control)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dedicated

Programmable

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PROCESS

Sales

Orders

 

Communications

with other areas

 

Communications

with other

supervisory systems

Communications

with other

control systems

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• Report interfacing to corporate management and staff functional entities from the factory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCT

 

Cost

reporting

 

 

 

 

 

reporting

operational

performance

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Human

 

RES

Manpower

performance

data and reqmts

 

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MGMT

Corporate

Performance

 

 

 

MKTG

RD&E and

SALES

Requests for Status of

information, Production

plant tests orders

FACTORY LEVEL 0.0

 

 

 

 

External

Entities

 

 

PURCH

 

raw material, energy

and spare parts

orders

 

[source - find]

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• The Shop Floor Production Model (SFPM):

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Level

Sub-Activity

Responsibility

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supervise shop

Supervising and coordinating

4

Section/

floor production process

the production and supporting the

 

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jobs and obtaining and allocating

 

 

 

resources to the jobs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sequencing and supervising

3

Cell

floor production

the jobs at the shop floor produc-

 

 

process

tion process

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command shop

Directing and coordinating the

2

Station

floor production process

shop floor production process

 

 

 

 

 

 

Execute shop floor

Executing the job of shop

1

Equipment

production process

floor production according to com-

 

 

 

mands

 

 

 

 

The ISO Reference Model for Factory Automation adds a couple of layers

[ source - find]

Level/

Area of Con-

Responsibility

Basic Functions

Hierarchy

trol

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 /

Managing the

Achieving the

Corporate management

Enterprise

corporation

enterprise’s mission

Finance

 

 

and managing the

Marketing and sales

 

 

corporation

Research and Development

 

 

 

 

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Level/

Area of Con-

Responsibility

Basic Functions

Hierarchy

trol

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 /

Planning Pro-

Implementing

Product design and production

Facility or

duction

the enterprise func-

engineering

plant

 

tions and planning

Production management (upper

 

 

and scheduling pro-

level)

 

 

duction

Resource management (upper

 

 

 

level)

 

 

 

Procurement (upper level)

 

 

 

Maintenance management

 

 

 

(upper level)

 

 

 

 

4 /

Allocating and

Coordinating

Production management (lower

Section or

supervising materi-

production and

level)

area

als and resources

obtaining and allocat-

Procurement (lower level)

 

 

ing resources to jobs

Resource management (lower

 

 

 

level)

 

 

 

Maintenance management

 

 

 

(lower level)

 

 

 

Shipping

 

 

 

Waste material treatment

 

 

 

 

3 / Cell

Coordinating

Sequencing and

Shop floor production (cell level)

 

multiple machines

supervising shop

 

 

and operations

floor jobs and super-

 

 

 

vising various sup-

 

 

 

porting services

 

 

 

 

 

2 / Station

commanding

Directing and

Shop floor production (station

 

machine sequences

coordinating the

level)

 

and motion

activity of the shop

 

 

 

floor equipment

 

 

 

 

 

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Level/

Area of Con-

Responsibility

Basic Functions

Hierarchy

trol

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 / Equip-

Activating

Taking action on

Shop floor production (equip-

ment

sequences and

commands to the

ment level)

 

motion

shop floor equipment

 

 

 

 

 

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• A LAN (Computer Network) Hierarchy for Shop Floor Control [source - find]

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F a c to ry B a c k b o n e L A N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F a c ility o r P la n t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S e c tio n

 

 

 

 

 

S e c tio n

 

 

 

 

 

S e c tio n

 

 

 

 

 

C o n tro lle r A

 

 

 

 

C o n tro lle r B

 

 

 

 

 

C o n tro lle r C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

s im ila r to A

 

 

 

sim ila r to A

L e v e l 4 :

 

 

 

 

 

S e c tio n A L A N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S e c tio n o r A re a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C e ll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C e ll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C o n tro lle r A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C o n tro lle r B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L e v e l 3 :

 

C e ll A L A N

 

 

 

 

 

 

C e ll B L A N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C e ll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L e v e l 2 : S ta tio n

L e v e l 1 :

E q u ip m e n t

D e v ic e

D e v ic e

D e v ic e

D e v ic e

C o n tro lle r A

C o n tro lle r B

C o n tro lle r A

C o n tro lle r B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D e v ic e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 512

• Typical Architecture for Manufacturing Components [ update]

Item

Equipment

Workstation

Cell

 

 

 

 

EXAM-

Lathe, Mill, T-10

Robot tended

Variable Mission

PLES

Bridgeport Series I

Machine Center, Car-

System, Several Inte-

 

IBM 7545 Robot

trac Material Handling

grated workstations

Hardware

 

System

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Century

Allen-Bradley

Windows NT,

Controller

2000, Accuramatic

PLC-5, IBM-PC, etc.

SUN workstation, etc.

Hardware

9000, Custom-single-

 

 

 

board system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type Con-

Single-board pro-

PLC, PC, Mini-

PC, Microcom-

troller

cessors, Machine tool

computer

puter, Super-MiniCom-

 

controller, Servo-Con-

 

puter

 

troller, etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

Language

Assembler, Part

C, Ladder logic,

C, LISP, FOR-

Application

programming, Robot

Pascal and other

TRAN, and other high

 

programming, etc.

sequential languages

level languages

 

 

 

 

Memory/

8k-128k RAM

32M RAM, >1M

128M RAM,

Size Require-

plus custom ROM,

Hard Drive

>1Gigabyte Hard drive

ments

EPROM, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Response

< 10-3 sec

< 1 sec

< 20 sec

Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machines/

1-1 connect

1-many

1-many

Interconnects

 

1-[1,8] Machine

1-[1-15] worksta-

 

 

tools,

tions

 

 

1-[1-50] Material

 

 

 

handling

 

 

 

 

 

page 513

• Functional Breakdown of Control Architecture

 

Equipment

Workstation

Cell

 

 

 

 

Planning

Tool selection, parame-

•Resource allocation

Batching, Workload

 

ter specification, tool path

jobs

balancing between worksta-

 

refinement, GMT code, tool

•Batch splitting and

tions, Requirements planning

 

assignment to slots, job setup

equipment load balancing

Task allocation to

 

planning

 

workstations

Planning

Milliseconds - Minutes

Minutes - Hours/Days

Hours - Days/weeks

Horizon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedul-

•Operation sequencing

•Sequence equipment

•Assignment of due

ing

at individual equipment

level subsystems

dates to individual worksta-

 

 

•Deadlock detection

tions

 

 

and avoidance

•Look ahead ES/simu-

 

 

•Gantt chart or E.S.

lation based scheduling

 

 

based scheduling

•Optimization based

 

 

•Buffer management

tech

 

 

 

•Batch sequencing

 

 

 

 

Control

•Interface to worksta-

•Monitor equipment

Organizational control

 

tion controller

states and execute part and

of workstations, Interface

 

•Physical control

information flow actions

with MPS, generation of

 

(motion control at NC and

based on states

reports, etc.

 

robot pick and place level)

•Synchronize actions

 

 

•Execution of control

between equipment (eg.

 

 

programs (APT, AML, etc.)

robot & machine while load-

 

 

 

ing/unloading parts)

 

 

 

• Ladder logic execu-

 

 

 

tion

 

 

 

 

 

• In all of these models we must consider the value of the information being passed. At the low level control stages, information that is more than a few seconds old may be completely