An improved cell controller for the aerospace manufacturing

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dc.contributor.authorAsif, Seemal
dc.contributor.authorWebb, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-13T23:03:57Z
dc.date.available2015-09-13T23:03:57Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-19
dc.description.abstractThe aerospace manufacturing industry is unique in that production typically focuses on high variety and quality but low volume. Existing flexible manufacturing cells are limited to certain types of machines, robots and cells which makes it difficult to introduce any changes. In this paper idea of treating machines, robots, any hardware and software as resource has been introduced. It describes the development of the Flexa Cell Coordinator (FCC), a system that is providing a solution to manage cells and their resources in a new flexible manner. It can control, organise and coordinate between cells and resources and is capable of controlling remote cells because of its distributed nature. It also provides connectivity with company systems e.g., Enterprise Resource Planner (ERP). It is extendable and capable of adding multiple cells inside the system. In FCC resources (e.g., tracker) can also be shared between cells. The paper presents its development and results of initial successful testing.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAsif S. and Webb P. (2013). An improved cell controller for the aerospace manufacturing. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2013), Cranfield University, UK, 19th – 20th September 2013, pp 57-62en_UK
dc.identifier.isbn9781907413230
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9428
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield University Pressen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDesign Process and Methodsen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseries10en_UK
dc.subjectFlexible Manufacturing System (FMS)en_UK
dc.subjectDistributed Network Cell Controlleren_UK
dc.subjectCell Controlleren_UK
dc.subjectSoftPLCen_UK
dc.subjectAerospace Cell Controlleren_UK
dc.subjectWeb Servicesen_UK
dc.titleAn improved cell controller for the aerospace manufacturingen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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