Professor Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13901, USA
Abstract:
A framework for combining Petri Nets with Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) systems is presented. The Petri Nets are used to provide realtime facility status information while the CAPP system is used to generate the revised process plans. Combining these two methodologies overcomes most of the weaknesses with the traditional CAPP systems. The result is a dynamic, realtime CAPP system.