Modelling and analysis of an Integrated Automated Guided Vehicle System using CPN and RSM

Number: 007-0141 Modelling and analysis of an Integrated Automated Guided Vehicle System using CPN and RSM. Tauseef Aized, Doctoral candidate, Hagiwara Lab, Mechanical Sciences and Engineering Department, email: [email protected] Koji Takahashi, Associate Professor, Takahashi Lab, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, email: [email protected] Ichiro Hagiwara, Professor, Hagiwara Lab, Mechanical Sciences and Engineering Department email: [email protected] Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan. POMS 18th Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. , May 4 to May 7, 2007 Summary: The objective of this study is to analyse an integrated Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVS) which is embedded in a pull type multi-product, multi-stage, multi-line Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS). This study analyses the guide path configurations of the AGVS. For this purpose, three different guide path configurations have been developed and their impact on the performance of the Flexible manufacturing system has been presented. The system is modelled using coloured Petri net (CPN) methodology and the study has been extended to seek near-optimal conditions of the configurations using Response surface method (RSM).