Abstract

Petri net modeling approaches are presented for a flexible workstation for automatic assembly of printed circuit boards. In order to improve the productivity of such a system, the building of mathematical models is a crucial step. Concentrating on the operational aspects, the authors construct ordinary and temporal Petri net models for the AT&T FWS-200 physical flexible workstation. Three outcomes follow from such models. First, designers can have a better understanding of concurrency, synchronization, mutual exclusion, and sequential relations involved in the system control from the graphical representations of Petri nets. Second, the performance analysis of system operations under different settings can be conducted. Thus, the results can be used to help designers choose the best operational setting on a basis of the system parameters. Third, the models can be used as an aid for automatic generation of real-time control programs and construction of Petri-net-based simulation if needed. The approaches suggested can be generalized to many other applications of multirobot assembly systems.

Meeting Name

1991 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1991

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

AT&T; CAD; FWS-200; PCB Manufacture; Petri Net Models; Petri Nets; Concurrency; Digital Simulation; Engineering Workstations; Flexible Assembly Workstation; Flexible Manufacturing Systems; Flexible Workstation; Graphical Representations; Printed Circuit Boards; Printed Circuit Manufacture; Synchronization

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Final Version

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1991 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1991

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