Control apparatus for an FMS line

Details Control apparatus for an FMS line Control apparatus for an FMS line

1990-05-01

1993-05-25

Smith, Jerry

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364478, G06F 1546

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ABSTRACT:
A control apparatus provided for an FMS line having a robot for carrying a workpiece and an AGV for carrying a jig to be coupled to the workpiece. The control apparatus generally includes a production instruction device and an AGV movement control device. The production instruction device determines a schedule for supplying jigs on the basis of a work supply order schedule. The AGV movement control device causes an AGV to skip an unavailable station and to move to an available station in accordance with the presence or absence of a workpiece and/or a jig and a kind of a cell to which the AGV is to be moved. The robot operates continuously in the order of the disposition of cells. According to the structure, simplification and cost reduction of the control apparatus are attained.

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Japanese Patent Publication No. HEI 2-109665.
Japanese Patent Publication No. HEI 2-205457.

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