NSF/CONACyT: Bi-National Effort on Distributed Manufacturing Supervisory Control Systems

NSF/CONACyT：两国在分布式制造监控系统方面的努力

• 批准号: 0219195
• 负责人: Frank Lewis
• 金额: $ 8万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Arlington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-15 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0219195&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; CONACyT; Bi; National; Effort

This NSF/CONACyT grant provides funding for the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) to work with the Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN Unidad Guadalajara (CINVESTAV) and the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (UACJ) to carry out collaborative research in Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) control and implementation of novel Discrete Event (DE) Supervisory Controllers over the internet. By combining current results and developing new results by joint research, this research will develop an integrated approach to FMS design, decision-making, and on-line supervisory DE control.There are two goals in this NSF/CONACyT research: 1) Structure and performance of DE supervisory controllers for manufacturing systems using UTA's patented matrix-based discrete event controller as a tool to perform high-level design of supervisory controllers for manufacturing systems and improve dispatching, routing, and part release; study bottlenecks and optimal dynamic rebalancing of jobs to alleviate bottlenecks; design, and study the performance and complexity of, distributed decentralized supervisory controllers for multiple networked cellular manufacturing workcells; and 2) improve academic and broader impact goals by offering a summer course at UTA for formal training on the analysis and design of DE controllers for undergraduate and graduate students from USA and Mexico; involve local high school students in course projects on actual manufacturing and robotic systems; jointly co-advise Mexican Ph.D. students, including visits to UTA for research and development; design and develop an internet-based supervisory control system for manufacturing workcells; and set up a distance-learning program over the internet to train Mexican students to program workcells. Also, the research will work on industrial partner chemical flowline implementation by designing a chemical processing flowline for aircraft parts for an industrial partner, designing a DE supervisory controller for part routing and resource assignment, and simulate various strategies for part routing and resource assignment. The automated, dynamically controlled chemical flow line is a new concept in aircraft manufacturing that has the potential to gain significant market share in a new industry.

NSF/CONACyT 赠款为德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校 (UTA) 与瓜达拉哈拉 IPN Unidad Guadalajara 调查中心和研究中心 (CINVESTAV) 以及华雷斯城自治大学 (UACJ) 合作开展合作研究提供资金从事灵活制造系统 (FMS) 控制和通过互联网实施新型离散事件 (DE) 监控控制器的研究。 通过结合现有成果并通过联合研究开发新成果，本研究将开发一种 FMS 设计、决策和在线监督 DE 控制的集成方法。 这项 NSF/CONACyT 研究有两个目标： 1) 结构和用于制造系统的 DE 监控控制器的性能，使用 UTA 获得专利的基于矩阵的离散事件控制器作为工具来执行制造系统监控控制器的高级设计，并改进调度、路由和零件发布；研究瓶颈和工作的最佳动态再平衡，以缓解瓶颈；设计并研究用于多个网络化单元制造工作单元的分布式分散监控控制器的性能和复杂性； 2) 通过在 UTA 提供暑期课程，为来自美国和墨西哥的本科生和研究生提供 DE 控制器分析和设计的正式培训，提高学术水平和更广泛的影响目标；让当地高中生参与实际制造和机器人系统的课程项目；共同指导墨西哥博士。学生，包括参观UTA进行研究和开发；设计和开发基于互联网的制造工作单元监控系统；并通过互联网建立远程学习计划，培训墨西哥学生对工作单元进行编程。 此外，该研究还将致力于工业合作伙伴化学流程的实施，为工业合作伙伴设计飞机零部件的化学加工流程，设计用于零件路由和资源分配的DE监控控制器，并模拟零件路由和资源分配的各种策略。 自动化、动态控制的化学品生产线是飞机制造领域的一个新概念，有可能在新行业中获得巨大的市场份额。