Hardware and Software components with some commercial examples

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FMS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
COMPONENTS
KATHIRAVAN R
Roll No: 17MI04
07-10-2018

2. CONTENTS:
1. Flexible Manufacturing Systems
2. Hardware components
3. Software Components
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FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
 A flexible manufacturing system is a highly automated system consisting of a group of
workstations interconnected by an automated material handling and storage system and
controlled by a distributed computer system.
 Inter-connection ,proper operation and supervisory control of FMS is achieved with the
help of hardware and software components.

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Fig.1 FMS

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
 Transport System
 Material Handling System
 Storage System
 Ethernet Hardware
 Programmable Logic Control
Fig.5.Ethernet cable
Fig.2.FMS Overview

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
An Automated Guided
Vehicle or Automatic Guided
Vehicle (AGV) is a
portable robot that follows
markers or wires in the floor, or
uses vision, magnets, or lasers
for navigation.
Fig.3.Optimatik 160 AGV

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEM
 Battery Management
 Traffic Management
 Supporting elements of the automation, PLC
 Error management and information – Plant
Maintenance,
 Advanced planning and scheduling –
WMS(Warehouse Management System),
MES(Manufacturing Execution System)
1.Open Source Solution,
2.LabVIEW basis.
Fig.4.CCS Interface

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM
Robotic Automation Systems employs 6-axis
robots, also known as articulated robots, are used in
flexible automation for increased flexibility in
upstream and downstream operations, utilization of
a larger working envelope, and to address floor
space or ceiling height constraints.
Fig.5.ABB 6-Axis Robot

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
ROBO DK
RoboDK software is used to
program industrial robots
 Commercial robot library.
 Inbuilt demo for 18 case
studies.
 Python programming
integration.
 Offline programming tool.
Fig.6.RoboDK Interface

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
STORAGE SYSTEM
An automated storage and retrieval
system (ASRS) consists of a variety of
computer-controlled systems for
automatically placing and retrieving
loads from defined storage locations.
Fig.7.ASRS Material Storage

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET SOLUTIONS
ETHERNET HARDWARE:
 Industrial Ethernet Solutions
1) Industrial 10Gb Core Switches
2) Rackmount Ethernet Switches
3) DIN-Rail Ethernet Switches
4) Industrial PoE Switches
 Industrial computing
 Serial connectivity
Fig.8. Moxa ICS-G7748A
Fig.9. Moxa UC-8100-ME-T Series Fig.10. Moxa NPort S9650I Series

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
INDUSTRIAL 10GB CORE SWITCHES
 Up to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports plus 4 10G Ethernet ports
 Up to 52 optical fiber connections (SFP-Small Form factor
pluggable slots)
 Up to 48 PoE(Power over Ethernet) ports with external power
supply (with IM-G7000A- 4PoE module)
 Fanless, -10 to 60°C operating temperature range
 Modular design for maximum flexibility and hassle-free future
expansion
 Turbo Ring and Turbo Chain (recovery time < 50 ms @ 250
switches), RSTP/STP, and MSTP for network redundancy
 Isolated redundant power inputs with universal 110/220 VAC
power supply range
 Supports MXstudio for easy, visualized industrial network
management
 V-ON™ (Video-always-ON) ensures millisecond-level multicast
data and video network recovery
Fig.11. Moxa ICS-G7748A

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KNOW THE TECH BEHIND
Ethernet Versions
Table.1. LAN specification

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SFP Ports
Fig.12.SFP Port and Plug
 The small form-factor
pluggable (SFP) is a compact , hot-
pluggable optical module transceiver
used for both telecommunication and
data communications applications.

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SFP Ports Variants
Table.2. SFP Ports
GigaBit Interface Converter
Large form factor
Digital Optical Monitoring

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Turbo Ring
Fig.13. Turbo ring
 Turbo Ring is the backbone of our self-healing
innovations, conferring fast, 20-millisecond-or-
better fault recovery onto a full load of 250
switches in any of three basic topologies.
 Turbo Ring is an efficient means for automation
engineers to reduce redundancy planning and
cabling costs while simultaneously ensuring the
reliability and high availability of your
industrial network.

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Turbo Chain
Animation.1. Turbo chain
 Turbo Chain is a technological
adaptation of daisy chains that allows
unrestricted network expansion
without requiring the full
reconfiguration or rewiring of an
existing network.

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KNOW THE TECH BEHIND
MX Studio
Fig.14. Screenshot of MX Studio application interface

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROL (PLC)
 A programmable logic controller (PLC) or programmable controller is an
industrial digital computer which has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of
manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, or robotic devices, or any activity that
requires high reliability control and ease of programming and process fault diagnosis.
Fig.15. Basic components of PLC

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
Fig.16. Siemens PLC selection graph

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
 Hitachi “MICRO-EHV+” is an all-in-one type compact
PLC packed with powerful functions with no
proprietary programming languages.
Fig.17.Hitachi Micro series PLC

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
PORTS
Fig.18.Ports in Hitachi PLC

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
PROGRAM LANGUAGES
 Standardized programming style with 5 programming languages (LD, FBD, IL, ST, SFC)
Fig.19.Standard Languages

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HARDWARE COMPONENTS
MODULAR SUPPORT
 Basic unit can be expanded upto 320 I/O using 64 I/O expansion module.
Fig.20.Modules Supported

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
INTRODUCTION
 FMS Software is used to program ,control ,supervise the hardware components to
achieve flexible automation for utilizing the resources at full capacity.
 CIMCO a manufacturing software solutions expert from china.
1) CIMCO Edit
2) CIMCO DNC Max
3) CIMCO MDC

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO EDIT
 CIMCO Edit is a popular CNC
Programming software used to create
and edit CNC programs.
 Above 1 lakh active licensed users till
date.
 Approximate cost of the software is
around Rs.42,000.
Fig.21.Edit Interface

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO EDIT
Graphical Plotter
Intelligent File Compare
In-built Library
DNC File Sharing
Fig.22.Edit Features

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO CNC CALC
 CNC Calc is a module in CIMCO Edit
which provides the option to create
2D/3D drawings and use them to create
NC files.
Fig.23.Calc Interface

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO CNC CALC
Milling
 Facing
 Contouring
 Pocket
 Drilling
 Thread Milling
 Letter Milling
Turning
 Roughing
 Facing
 Finishing
 Grooving
 Thread (ID, OD)

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO NC Base
 NC Base module is used to access
the part programs and associated
documents from the database
within a computer or enterprise
server.
Fig.24.NC Base Interface

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO NC Base
Storage and retrieval
DNC Max integration
Users with
predefined access
Fig.25.NC Features

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO DNC MAX
 DNC-Max controls the sending
and receiving of CNC programs to
your range of machine tools.
Fig.26.DNC Interface

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO DNC MAX
Fig.27.

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO MDC MAX
 MDC-Max is the software responsible
for collecting all the machine tool data
for in-cycle and number of parts
produced.
Fig.28. Data collection

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
CIMCO MDC MAX
Produced parts and Scrap
Status
OEE
Performance
Machine
Availability
Machine ID
Program No
Operator ID
Fig.29.MDC Interface

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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
REPORTS & GRAPHS
 Cycle Time per Part (min, max and
average)
 Number of parts per shift / operator
 Number of scrapped parts
 Machine downtime
 Scheduled maintenance
 Unscheduled maintenance
 Setup Time per part
 Operator effectiveness
 Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
 Real-time Machine Display (see which
machines are running at a glance)
Fig.23.Reports

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REFERENCES
1) https://www.lantronix.com/
2) http://www.cimco.com/
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/
4) https://www.tpv.si/en/agv-solutions/
5) http://www.mhi.org/as-rs
6) https://robodk.com/index
7) Study Material