Abstract:In modern industry, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) are indispensable to increase productivity and product quality. The cells that constitute them have several work stations connected to each other through a communication protocol, therefore, with which they are able to identify and distinguish between the different parts or products processed in the system. Furthermore, they have the ability of adaptation to the demand of processing different products and quantities. In the FMS communication protocols ar… Show more
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