Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing 1994

ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-018-4

This book features the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing (FAIM). This conference is an annual, international conference jointly organized by the University of Limerick and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). The first conference, "Factory Automation and Information Management-FAIM," was hosted in March 1991 by the University of Limerick, Ireland. Authors from more than eighteen countries contributed over 100 papers, and each paper was thoroughly refereed. The second conference, "Flexible Automation and Information Management," was hosted by Virginia Tech in Washington, D.C. on June 30, July 1-2, 1992. The third conference, "Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing," was hosted a second time in June 1993 by the University of Limerick, Ireland. These conferences have been endorsed by numerous societies, associations, university affiliates, and international organizations. Based on the huge success of previous FAIM conferences, FAIM 94 is being hosted this year by Virginia Tech. Again the conference is sponsored by many international professional institutions, societies, and major organizations.
The last decade has been characterized by global competitiveness and rapidly advancing technology in flexible automation, information management and integrated manufacturing. FAIM 94 focuses on state-of-the-art and future trends within the general area of flexible automation and integrated manufacturing. The FAIM conference series differs from many other conferences in that it presents an integrated picture of these related technologies, rather than focusing on one single technology.
This year, authors from twenty-five countries have contributed more than 100 papers, and as in the case of previous FAIM conferences, each paper has been thoroughly refereed by at least two reviewers The papers are divided into five sections which span die three-day conference:
1. Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Systems Design
2. CAD/CAM and Concurrent Engineering
3. Quality/Quality Management
4. Manufacturing Automation
5. Processes and Systems
FAIM aims at providing high quality, refereed papers for upper and middle managers, industrial and manufacturing engineers, and practitioners/researchers in the field of computer assisted design and manufacturing.

Table of Contents

Part I: CIM and Systems Design

A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM APPROACH TO BENCHMARKING THE TRANSITION TO AGILE MANUFACTURING H. Fred Walker, Eugene Wallingford, Ronald L. Meier DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.10 pages 3-12
AN MRP II BASED HYBRID PRODUCTION PLANNING SYSTEM James F. Caffrey, M. Munir Ahmad, Huw J. Lewis DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.40 pages 34-42
CAPACITY MODELS FOR INTEGRATED EQUIPMENT IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Roland E. A. Schelasin, Steven Hayes, Frederick M. Parks DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.60 pages 56-65
INFORMATION MODELS FOR CONTROL OF A FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELL Dong Xiang, Christopher O'Brien, Chanan S. Syan DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.80 pages 79-88
MODELING AND CONTROL OF INFORMATION FLOW IN MANUFACTURING David Ben-Arieh, Eric D. Carley DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.90 pages 89-98
SHOP FLOOR DATA CAPTURE FOR CIM IN A JOB SHOP ENVIRONMENT B.F. Ahearne, Huw J. Lewis, M. Munir Ahmad DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.130 pages 128-137
SIMULATION IN A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD SHOP James J. Childs, Jr. DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.170 pages 167-175
A FINANCIAL MODEL FOR SET UP REDUCTION (SUR) JUSTIFICATION Andrew M. Fernihough, Stephen J. Culley, Antony R. Mileham DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.200 pages 198-207
A FINITE PRODUCTION SCHEDULING SYSTEM BASED ON FUZZY LOGIC Paulo C. Lima, Oswaldo Luiz Agostinho DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.240 pages 243-252
TEMPORAL ANALYSIS IN AN INFORMATION MODEL OF SHOPFLOOR AUTOMATION Kong B. Chuah, Edmund H.M. Cheung, Zheng Kang Lu DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.250 pages 253-260
IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTEGRATED LOGISTICS ARCHITECTURE IN A MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANY Ricardo Chalmeta, Salvador Capuz, Salvador Grau DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.260 pages 261-269
THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY BY APPAREL MANUFACTURERS Doris H. Kincade, Cynthia L. Regan DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.270 pages 270-279
INTEGRATED WORKFLOW MODELLING FOR SHORT-TERM PRODUCTION PLANNING SYSTEMS A.M. Tjoa, Roland R. Wagner, Christian Gierlinger DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.280 pages 280-289

Part II: CAD/CAM and Concurrent Engineering

CONTRASTING VARIATIONAL AND PARAMETRIC DESIGN METHODOLOGIES M. Munir Ahmad, Philip G. Ryan DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.340 pages 341-351
THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION TRANSFER BETWEEN THE DESIGNER AND MANUFACTURER Andrew W. Court, Stephen J. Culley, Christopher A. McMahon DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.350 pages 352-361
SESAME: A SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS ENGINEERING Hans Kurt Tonshoff, Thomas Baum, Marc Ehrmann DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.380 pages 380-389
IDAM: AN ARCHITECTURE FOR AN INTEGRATED DFM/DFA SYSTEM P. Kesteloot, S. Tilley, E. Sleeckx DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.410 pages 409-418
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO DESIGNING FOR MAINTAINABILITY Samir B. Billatos , Nadia A. Basaly DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.420 pages 419-426
LINKING CAD TO CAPP Brian F. Swift, M. Munir Ahmad, Huw J. Lewis DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.440 pages 437-445
TOOL SELECTION AS A STEP TOWARDS A SOLUTION TO AUTOMATE PROCESS PLANNING C.R. Воeг, G. Bramati, Sergio Cerutti, J. El-Chaar, R. Rinaldi DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.480 pages 474-482
INTEGRATED MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Samir B. Billatos , George H. Abdou DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.490 pages 483-492
SETTING UP DISAGGREGATED MANUFACTURING CELLS IN THE PARTS MANUFACTURING PLANT Rasaratnam Logendran , Parthasarathi Ramakrishna DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.500 pages 493-503
A FRAMEWORK FOR THE COORDINATION AND CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS Nicholas G. Odrey, Khaldoun K. Tahboub, George R. Wilson DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.520 pages 515-525

Part III: Quality/Quality Management

MANUFACTURING QUALITY RELATED COSTS Edward J. Doran DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.550 pages 540-549
KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND MONITORING Hans Kurt Tonshoff, Jens Buttuer DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.590 pages 578-587
PROCESS INTEGRATED QUALITY IN PRECISION FORGING Eckart Doege, Bernd-Arno Behrens DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.610 pages 597-606
PROFIT AND QUALITY Noel Mulcahy DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.630 pages 616-621

Part IV: Manufacturing Automation

A DISCRETE EVENTS CONTROLLER BASED ON AUGMENTED TIMED PETRI NETS O. Masory, V. Kurapati, S. Chenthilvel DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.650 pages 635-644
THE ROLE OF SENSOR SYSTEMS IN AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING Hossein Golnabi, Ashkan Ashrafi DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.660 pages 645-654
A LOW COST INDUSTRIAL REALTIME IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT AND PART RECOGNITION Herbert Hufnagl, Harald Rihl, Berndt Weichselbaumer DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.670 pages 655-663
A LASER-GUIDED MOBILE ROBOT FOR THE FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION OF THE SMALL-SIZED INDUSTRY Francesco Giusti, Giovanni Tantussi, Gino Dini DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.680 pages 664-673
SIMULATION STUDY OF AGV AND JOB DISPATCHING RULES IN A FMS Malay A. Dalal, Timothy J. Greene DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.710 pages 693-702
RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION IN FACTORY AUTOMATION Kwan H. Lee, Hampton R. Liggett, George A. Pauls DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.730 pages 713-724
USE OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR HIGH QUALITY RECYCLING OF PRODUCTION REWORK IN THE TIRE INDUSTRY Eberhard Kurz, Andreas Grable, Wolfgang Holzbach, Frank Weber, Karl-Heinz Kramer DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.750 pages 735-745

Part V: Processes and Systems

A DYNAMIC-B MODEL OF LEARNING E. Dar-EI, H. Altman DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.760 pages 749-759
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A FLEXIBLE HYBRID ASSEMBLY SYSTEM Mike D. Byrne, Sameh M. Saad DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.770 pages 760-773
ASSEMBLY CONSIDERATIONS IN AXIOMATIC DESIGN Fredrik Hillstrom, Johan Vallhagen DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.780 pages 774-783
INTELLIGENT PROCESSING OF MATERIALS S. Parthasarathi, J. R. Cook, J. Kajuch DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.810 pages 804-813
MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION OF TOOL LIFE IN END MILLING M. Alauddin, M. A. El Baradie, M. S. J. Hashmi DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.820 pages 814-823
A REPRESENTATIONAL SCHEMA FOR MANUFACTURING ENTITIES Gurshaman S. Baweja, Chell A. Roberts, Terrence G. Beaumariage DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.830 pages 824-833
DESIGNING A PRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FMS Jannes Slomp, Gerard J. C. Gaalman, Jatinder N. D. Gupta DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1994.860 pages 854-864