• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.174-179
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• 2000

Proposed in the paper is a V-FMS (Virtual Flexible Manufacturing System) model to be used as a prototyping tool for FMS design. The proposed V-FMS framework follows an object-oriented modeling (OOM) paradigm and is based on a set of user requirements for FMS prototyping. The V-FMS model consists of four types of object: virtual device, transfer handler, state manager and flow controller. A virtual device model, which corresponds to a static model in OOM, consists of two parts, shell and core, for reusability. A transfer handler corresponds to a functional model of OOM and it stores low level device commands required to perform job flow operations between giving and taking devices. The state manager and the flow controller constitute a dynamic model of OOM. The proposed V-FMS model has been implemented for a couple of linear type FMS-lines

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.68-72
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• 2004

A practical method to investigate the user interface of web based Flexible Manufacturing System(FMS) on the internet environment is established. Because the industrial FMS controller requires a lot of gadget, such as switch, dial, button, etc., for actual work-site flexible operation sufficiently, the user interface of the controller is significantly complex. The support for operational convenience of FMS controller can increase productivity and efficiency of the user, operational personnel of FMS. While most FMS provide their application programming interface(API) and graphical user interface(GUI) with adequate mechanism itself when used in stand alone, there is increasing demand for FMS that can operate with the intuitional user interface find virtual reality(V/R) environment. This thesis considers the intuitional user interface of Web-based FMS first, and from this, goes a step further, improves as virtual reality environment of FMS on the internet environments by using the feature based modeling technique approach and cartoon rendering. The feature-based modeling technique approach is applied to FMS line which is consist of facilities such as machining center, CNC lathe, autonomous guided vehicle, rail guided vehicle, and various controllers. In this study, the FMS established the intuitional user interface is able to obtain not only the operational convenience but also the enough productivity and significant efficiency.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.786-789
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• 2000

제품의 설계, 생산, 운영/제어과정에서의 신속화, 고효율화, 저비용 등을 실현하기 위한 방법으로서 가상생산이 일반화되고 있다. 즉, 생산활동의 전 분야에 걸쳐서 인간의 의사결정을 신속하고 정확하게 할 수 있도록 지원하는 환경인 것이다. FMS 분야에서도 FMS 설계, 제어 및 운영단계에서 이와 같은 가상생산 개념이 적용될 수 있다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 이용한 FMS 설계분석은 이러한 대표적인 예이다. 본 연구에서는 FMS 운영단계에서 FMS 운영자에 의하여 사용되는 FMS 시스템 컨트롤러에 대하여 가상생산 개념을 적용하여 실제의 FMS 없이 FMS 운전과 스케줄링을 모의로 실행할 수 있는 FMS 가상 시스템 컨트롤러를 개발한 내용과 이의 활용에 대하여 간략하게 소개하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.413-418
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• 2001

민첩생산의 필요성이 날로 증가하고 있는 생산환경 하에서 대표적인 자동생산시스템인 FMS의 효율적인 운영과 동시에 원격지에서의 FMS 모니터링 및 제어는 필수화되고 있다. 최근에 시뮬레이션을 기반으로 하는 가상생산의 개념이 일반화되고 이를 지원하는 다양한 정보기술의 발전에 따라 FMS에도 적용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 웹환경 하에서 실재 FMS와 이에 대응되는 가상 FMS를 통합함으로서 원격지에서의 효율적 운영을 지원하는 모니터링 및 제어시스템 구축방법을 소개하고자 한다. 또한 키트형 FMS와 이에 대한 가상 FMS 모델를 대상하여 적용한 결과를 소개하도록 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.1935-1944
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• 1994

FMS is a distributed system composed of various programmable manufacturing hardware such as robots and NC machines. For the autonomous operation of such a system, an integrated software layer for the control and monitoring in needed on top of the manufacturing hardware. However, constructing and maintaining such a software layer is difficult due to the complexity of a underlying FMS and its frequently changing nature. To cope with this problem, this paper proposes an object-oriented FMS integration model, in which objects acting as virtual manufacturing cells are instantiated for each physical cell in the underlying object-oriented database. Various other entities involved in manufacturing processes and their relationship to the cell objects are also captured in the database. This paper describes the structure of this object-oriented FMS database on our prototype implementation called FREE.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.175-181
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• 2013

The primary element of machining automation is to maximize the utilization of machine tools, which determines the output and lead-time. In particular, 95% of raw materials for wing ribs are cut into chips and 0.6 ton of chips are generated every hour from each machine tool. In order to verify the chip recycling system that controls the chips from the machines in five-axis FMS line, a simulation of the virtual model is constructed using the QUEST simulation program. The optimum speed of the chip conveyor and its operating conditions that directly affect the efficiency of the FMS line are presented including the chip conveyor speed, the maximum capacity of the hopper, and the number of chip compressors.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.45-62
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• 1998

This research is concerned with buffer management in a multi-cell FMS with an AGVS. Buffers in manufacturing systems are required to reduce blocking and starving caused by breakdowns, variability in process times, and diversity of part routing. Due to the high per unit buffer cost, which primarily consists of floor space and equipment costs, the total capacity of buffers in and FMS is very limited. Proper buffer management can provide a high system efficiency. This paper presents a buffer management model for a multi-cell FMS with an AGVS and a simulation study to compare the proposed model to a conventional buffer management model in a job shop FMS.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.24-29
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• 1999

Proposed in this paper is a modeling and simulation methodology for a virtual manufacturing environment. Based on DEVS formalism[Zeigler 76], the proposed model, so called GKDEVS, is designed to descript the geometrical knematic structure as well as event-driven and continuous state dynamics. In terms of abstract simulation algorithm[Zeigler 84], the simulation method of GKDEVS is proposed for combined discrete-continuous simulation. Using the GKDEVS, and FMS model consisting of a turing machine, a 3-axis machine and a RGV-mounted robot is constructed and simulated.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.84-90
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• 2000

The importance of Virtual Manufacturing System is increasing in the area of developing new manufacturing processes, implementing automated workcells, designing plant facility layouts and workplace ergonomics. Virtual manufacturing system is a computer system that can generate the same information about manufacturing system structure, states, and behaviors as is observed in a real manufacturing. In this research, a virtual manufacturing system for flexible manufacturing cells (VFMC), (which is a useful tool for building Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), has been developed using object-oriented paradigm, and implemented with software QUEST/IGRIP. Three object models used in the system are the product model, the facility model, and the process model. The concrete behaviors of a flexible manufacturing cell are re[presented by the task-oriented description diagram, TIC. An example simulation is executed to evaluate applicability of the developed models, and to prove the potential value of virtual manufacturing paradigm.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07d
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• pp.1987-1988
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 필드버스를 이용한 지능형 전송기의 FOUNDATION 필드버스 응용계층에 관해 설계하였다. 필드버스 전송기에는 물리계층 데이터링크 계층 응용계층이 있는데 여기서는 응용 계층 중에서 FAS(Fieldbus Access Sublayer)에 대해서만 설명하고자 한다. FAS는 DLL(Data Link Layer) 계층과 응용 계층인 FMS(Fieldbus Message Specification)간에 인터페이스 기능을 수행한다. FMS에서 생성된 메시지가 DLL에서 제공하는 토큰 패싱 또는 스케줄 방식을 통해서 전송되기 위해서는 전송단과 수신단간에 통신관계가 설정되어야 하며, 이러한 기능이 FAS 계층에서 수행된다. FAS에서 통신관계를 설정하기 위한 서비스 종류는 VCR(Virtual Communication Relationship)에 의하여 결정된다. 하드웨어 설계 부분에 대해서는 본 논문에서 설명하지 않았다.