Integrated Planning of RFID-based material flow and manufacturing systems

该研究项目研究了基于RFID的物流系统和制造系统的集成规划。其目的是开发集成的基于模型的规划方法，以便在物流系统和制造系统的早期规划阶段整合RFID系统规划。伴随而来的是在相关规划过程的所有阶段，特定于应用的模拟工具之间的各个模型的互操作性。另一个焦点是RFID系统的规划过程与传统工厂规划的同步。这一目标被认为是通过开发基于RFID的物料输送系统和基于RFID的制造系统的基于连续仿真模型的相关规划方法来实现的。该研究项目的结果将是两种具体应用的规划方法，这两种方法允许在对象数据库和用户界面的基础上，为材料处理系统和制造系统提供基于模型的综合规划方法和相应的模型说明。为了实施这一综合规划方法，机械和电气工程学科正在开展跨学科的工作，各自的专业知识对于执行该项目是不可或缺的。科学研究的问题一方面是探索如何设计材料搬运和制造系统的模型描述，以便将其适用性从例如几何和工艺模拟扩展到电磁波模拟。另一方面是获得关于如何设计一个整体规划过程的知识，使其能够与几个单独的过程相互作用，并且它们可以彼此同步。这些研究成果预计将提高基于RFID的材料处理系统和制造系统的操作特性，并避免因重新规划工艺而产生的额外成本，由于缺乏对RFID系统的下游规划和调整，重新规划工艺在今天仍然是工艺安全所必需的。

The research project investigates the integrated planning of RFID-based material handling systems and manufacturing systems. The aim is to develop integrated model-based planning methods for the integration of RFID system planning in the early planning phases both of material handling systems and manufacturing systems. This is accompanied by the interoperability of the respective models between application-specific simulation tools at all stages of the associated planning processes. Another focus is the synchronization of the planning processes of RFID systems with the conventional factory planning. This aim is assumed to be reached by the development of relevant planning approaches both for RFID-based material handling systems and RFID-based manufacturing systems based on continuous simulation models. The result of the research project will be two application-specific planning methods that allow, based on object databases and a user interface, an integrated, model-based planning approach and corresponding model descriptions for material handling systems and manufacturing systems. For the implementation of this integrated planning approach, mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines are working interdisciplinary and the respective expertise is indispensable for the execution of this project. The scientific research questions are on the one hand to explore how a model description for material handling and manufacturing systems has to be designed in order to extend their applicability from e.g. geometric and process simulation also to electromagnetic wave simulation. On the other is to gain knowledge about how a holistic planning process has to be designed that it can interact with the several single processes and that they can be synchronized to each other. The research findings are expected to increase the operational characteristics of RFID-based material handling systems and manufacturing systems and to avoid additional costs due to replanning processes, which are today still necessary for process safety due to a lack of downstream planning and adjustment of the RFID system.