INEN 655 Spring 2005

Control Issues in Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Instructor: / Amarnath Banerjee / Laboratory Coordinator: / Onur Karnabat
Office: / 237M Zachry / Laboratories: / 12C Zachry
Phone: / 845-5110 / Lab Phone: / 847-8939
Email: / / Email: /
Office Hrs: / W: 9:00 – 10:00;R: 11:00 – 12:00; or by appointment / Office Hrs: / TBA
Course Website:

Please send me an email message with the subject line “your_name: 655 S05” at your earliest convenience so that I can compile a mailing list for the course. You are responsible for keeping your mailing address uptodate and sufficient space in your mailboxes. Excuses for non receipt of emails due to incorrect/expired email addresses and/or full mailboxes will not be entertained.

1Course Description:

Examines the nature of computer aided manufacturing systems with emphasis on control of automated flexible manufacturing systems. An architecture for control of these systems is presented; control issues, problems and procedures to control CAM systems are studied and developed.

2Course Text:

  • Joshi, S. B. and Smith, J. S. (eds.), Computer Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Research and Development, Chapman-Hall, New York, 1994.

In addition, the following books will be used as reference:

  • Bollinger, J. G. and Duffie, N.A., Computer Control of Machines and Processes, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1988.
  • Chang, T. C., Wysk, R. A., and Wang, H. P., Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991.
  • Asfahl, C.R., Robots and Manufacturing Automation, Second Edition, John Wiley, 1992.
  • Hopcroft, J.E. and Ullman, J.D., Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, Addison-Wesley, 1979.
  • Zhou, M-C. and Venkatesh, K. (eds.), Modeling, simulation, and control of flexible manufacturing systems : a Petri net approach, World Scientific, 1999.

Reference Journals:

The following journals typically publish articles on topics covered in this class. These articles can be helpful in developing project ideas.

Computers in Industrial Engineering

Computers in Industry

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

IIE Transactions

International Journal of Production Research

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Manufacturing Review

Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Furthermore, a set of papers from the open literature will also be used as reference. I will provide a copy of the relevant papers prior to discussion in class.

3Course Outline:

  • Introduction to Manufacturing systems, CIM, and shop floor control
  • Control Computers
  • Computer Architecture and Binary Logic
  • Digital Communications and Networks
  • Logic-based Automation and Programmable Controllers
  • Shop floor control
  • Architectures
  • Hierarchical
  • Heterarchical
  • Hybrid
  • Control Methods
  • System Deadlocks
  • Scheduling Approaches for FMS
  • Formal Models for Control
  • FiniteState Machines
  • Discrete Event Dynamic Systems
  • Petri Nets

4Useful Course Information

Grading/Evaluation:

Participation10% (Class attendance, participation in discussions, laboratory involvement)

Homework20%

Midterm Exam20%

Final Exam20%

Course Projects30%

Homework will be submitted no later than the beginning of the class period on the day it is due. Late homework will be penalized 25% per day. There will be no exceptions or negotiation on the homework deadline.

Laboratory Usage

We will be using some of the equipment in 12C Zachry for the assignments. You are welcome to work on the equipment in 12C-Z for your project. Please follow all the laboratory operation and safety procedures, and all the instructions provided by the laboratory coordinator. It is your responsibility to take a backup of all your programs for the assignments and the project. Please ensure that you have scanned diskettes while using the computers in the lab. A sign-up sheet will be maintained in the lab to facilitate proper equipment usage for all students in the course, especially for the days leading up to an assignment/project deadline.

Examinations

The tentative midterm dateis 3/07/05. The announcement of the exact date of the midterm will be made in class and on the website at least two weeks in advance. The tentativefinal will be during the final exam period set by the University Final Examination Schedule (5/6/05, 7:30a – 9:30a). Missing an examination without a written authorized excuse will result in a zero grade.

Projects

A final project related to the domain of the course is required. The final project will demonstrate advanced learning of the chosen subject material. Projects maybe done individually, or in groups of two. Feel free to come by and discuss potential project topics at anytime. The earlier you start on the course project, the easier it will be to complete. A brief abstract describing the proposed project will be due on 3/21/05. A progress report is due on 4/11/05 The final project is due on 4/27/05. Late projects will not be accepted. The projects will include a 20-minute presentation to be given during the last week of class.

Notice

As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one’s own the ideas, words, writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have any questions regarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules, under the section “Scholastic Dishonesty.”

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