Supervisory Management of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (EE 48499)
University of Notre Dame
Spring 2021 - Enroll in EE48499
contact primary research advisor, M.D. Lemmon (lemmon@nd.edu)
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Supervisory Management of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (EE 48499)University of Notre Dame
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Description: Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) are product methods that adapt to changes in the type and quantity of product being manufactured. Most FMS systems consist of a material handling system to optimize the flow of parts, a computer that controls material movement, and computer numerical control (CNC) machines or robots. An important problem in FMS concerns the scheduling of product flows so they can adapt to unexpected changes in machine availability. This project will be working with a local company (ITAMCO)to evaluate the use of Petri Nets in adaptively scheduling and predicting FMS product flows. A Petri net is a discrete abstraction that is often used by computer scientists in the modeling and management of concurrent computer processes and flexible manufacturing systems. An introduction to the use of Petri Nets in FMS will be covered in the first five weeks, after which students will work with a Python based Petri net simulator to model and schedule one of ITAMCO's small work cells. Students will participate in weekly ZOOM meetings between ITAMCO FMS engineers and Notre Dame advisors. |