Affiliation:
1. Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Abstract
This paper analyzed the demand for equipment capability analysis in virtual cellular manufacturing systems, and then recognized that the traditional methodologies for equipment capability analysis can no longer present unique and shared capability boundaries of equipments. A new methodology for equipment capability analysis termed resource elements was reported. Moreover, the concrete realization process of resource elements was proposed. After did clustering analysis on the distribution of form generating schema among the equipments using SAS analysis software, an equipment resource model was constructed based on resource elements. The reported results show that the use of resource elements makes description about the functional characteristics among the equipments more clearly. Furthermore, the proposed method laid a foundation of recognition for virtual formation.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
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