Publication Date

1990

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Lee, Kwan-Heng

Degree Name

M.S. (Master of Science)

Legacy Department

Department of Industrial Engineering

LCSH

Automatic control; Manufacturing processes--Automation

Abstract

An approach to simplify the complexity of controlling a manufacturing system is to break the task into a hierarchy where each level has a narrow responsibility. Among these levels (plant, cell, equipment), the cell is important because it contains hardware and control elements to create a work environment that can run relatively independently of the rest of the factory. In this thesis, an autonomous object-oriented cell control system is designed using object-oriented system to represent the cell hardware knowledge and the cell control knowledge. The cell control system consists of two parts: a core that contains the cell control knowledge, and a shell that allows the core to propagate Itself and to interact with the cell environment. A prototype emulation system is developed on a microcomputer. The prototype system demonstrates the capability of the ICO by running different scenarios. The ICO propagation between cell control computers is also demonstrated by the prototype system.

Comments

Includes bibliographical references (pages [102]-104)

Extent

x, 160 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

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In Copyright

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NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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