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FESTO Modular Production

System

(FESTO MPS)

Kleanthis ThramboulidisSoftware Engineering Group

Electrical & Computer Engineering

University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece

11th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation,

19-22 Sept., Prague, (ETFA’06).

FESTO MPS

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Description - I

• Each one of the three units that constitute the

system i.e., distribution unit, test unit and

processing unit, is further defined as an

aggregation of other mechanical units.

• The distribution unit, which is composed of a

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• The distribution unit, which is composed of a

pneumatic feeder and a converter, forwards

cylindrical work pieces from the Stack to the

Testing unit. The testing unit is composed of the

detector, the elevator and the shift out cylinder.

Description - II

• The detection unit performs checks on work pieces

for height, material type and colour. Work pieces

that successfully pass this check are forwarded to

the rotating disk of the

• processing unit, where the drilling of the work piece

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• processing unit, where the drilling of the work piece

is performed as the primary processing of this MPS.

• The result of the drilling operation is next checked

by the checking machine and the work piece is

forwarded for further processing to another

mechanical unit.

Festo MPS: Environmental modeling

Operator

Festo MPS Control System

Festo MPS

Control application

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workpiece

Producer

Legal workpiece

Consumer

Illegal workpiece

Consumer

Operator

Festo MPS

Mechanical Process

Communication & Processing

System

FESTO MPS – The mechanical Process

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FESTO MPS – Schematic diagram

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Feeder

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Converter

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Testing Unit

• Position Β

– Color and material check.

• Up Position

– Workpiece height check.

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Testing Unit

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Drilling Machine and rotating disk

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Rotating Disk

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Drilling Machine

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Checking Machine

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Warehouse Unit

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