Analysis of the possibility of applying radio frequency identification in the flexible production process

• Main Authors: Mirkov Gligorije I., Bakić Zoran B., Žunjanin Radiša Ž.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Savez inženjera i tehničara Srbije 2017-01-01
• Series: Tehnika
• Subjects: RFID technology; distribution management system; FMS; multi-agent system; HMS
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0040-2176/2017/0040-21761706852M.pdf
• ISSN: 0040-2176; 2560-3086

Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) as a complex and stochastic environments require the development of innovative, intelligent control architectures in order to improve flexibility, agility and reconfiguration. Distribution management system addresses this challenge by introducing the optimal process management which is supported by the autonomous control units that cooperate with each other. Most of the existing transport management system, has a lack of flexibility and agility, especially in cases where a large variety of products, a small representation of parts of smaller dimensions. In such cases, the system is insensitive to random ‘ad-hoc’ events. Phase transport parts through flexible manufacturing system can be potentially used to obtain information about the product in order to process management. Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been introduced as new technology allows monitoring, identifying and categorizing parts. This paper gives grounds on the flexible cell architecture (FMC) and the deployment of RFID devices with the aim of the distribution and tracking of parts. The paper gives an example of setting agent base control architecture FMC.