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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2000
Ronald Schoop, Hainburg, DE;
Siegfried Ralf Neubert, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Eckart I. Tietze, Seligeustadt, DE;
Schneider Automation GmbH, Seligenstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for adjusting the workpiece flow in a production system ( ), including workpieces ( ) and workpiece agents ( ) associated with the workpieces, machines ( ) for machining the workpieces ( ), and machine agents ( ) associated with the machines ( ) and transportation device ( ). To make a flexible production system available that is tolerant of at least partial failures of system components, it is provided that each transportation agent ( ) is assigned at least one machine ( ) with a specified machine address Mn; that the transportation agent ( ) is tasked to transport the workpiece ( ) to a desired destination machine address Mz; and that the transportation agent ( ) autonomously controls the transportation device ( ) in such a way that the workpiece ( ) is transported to the machine with the destination machine address Mz via a specified destination exit (A -A ).