The New Jersey Institute of Technology's
Electronic Theses & Dissertations Project

Title:	A machine entity for a coordinate measurement machine : the generic workcell project
Author:	Meyer, Richard C.
View Online:	njit-etd1992-099 (ca. 97 pages ~ 4.5 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Computer and Information Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Computer and Information Science
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Stoyenko, Alexander D. (Committee chair)
Date:	1992-01
Keywords:	Coordinate measuring machines -- Data processing Flexible manufacturing systems Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	The Center for Manufacturing Systems (CMS) department at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Siemens Corporate Research located in Princeton have agreed to jointly implement a research project in generic workcell control architectures. This paper discusses the module, called a Machine Entity, developed by the author that interfaces the Brown & Sharpe Coordinate Measurement Machine located on the CMS factory floor with the cell control software. The module has been designed in such a manner to simplify the development of future Machine Entities, thereby reducing the time required to integrate the CMS factory floor.