Js. Smith et Sb. Joshi, A SHOP-FLOOR CONTROLLER CLASS FOR COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING, International journal of computer integrated manufacturing, 8(5), 1995, pp. 327-339
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29
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications","Engineering, Manufacturing","Operatione Research & Management Science
Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) has not yet provided the expec
ted benefits for small-to-medium volume discrete parts manufacturing o
perations. Typically, these systems come in over budget and yet do not
provide the promised flexibility. This can be directly attributed to
the high cost of control software development for integrated systems.
Reusable software has been proposed as a solution to the high software
development and maintenance costs. One paradigm for reusable software
, object-oriented modeling and programming, has emerged as an importan
t method for specifying, creating, and reusing software modules. This
paper describes an object-oriented approach to specifying and developi
ng shop floor controllers for automated manufacturing environments. Sp
ecifically, a shop floor controller class hierarchy has been developed
based on the behaviour of specific shop floor equipment and is descri
bed in this paper. User experience has shown that software development
time can be significantly reduced through the use of this controller
class.