本文主要係探討彈性製造系統中工作物件與加工機台間的關係,藉由斐氏網路圖(Petri Nets)來描述之,並針對經過模組化的彈性製造系統圖形進行分析。具體完成的目標有二;第一,藉由斐氏網路圖特性中活性(liveness)指標,分析彈性製造系統是否有死鎖(deadlock)現象。第二,藉由時間性的圖形事件,建構一個週期性的製造系統,而將具有時間效率的圖形事件數學化,求取最佳的執行效率。本研究以彈性製造系統單元為依據,藉由斐氏網路圖建立系統模型,進行系統死鎖偵測與預防,並應用時序斐氏網路圖(timed Petri Nets),藉由時間性的圖形事件,建構加工件所有的工作排程模型,求其工作效率,繼而從中求取最佳排程;另方面,在不同的時序斐氏圖網路圖,其可能有同形的狀態圖形,亦可藉由同形狀態圖形的轉換,簡化一個龐大複雜的斐氏網路圖,而有助於彈性製造系統的執行效率分析。
In this paper modelling of the workstations and the machining parts in a flexible manufacturing system is described. Petri Nets (PN) are a graphical and mathematical tool applicable to a flexible manufacturing system. Two approaches to analyse of such models are presented: (1) Deadlock detection and avoidance are performed by the live property of PN. (2) Timed Petri Nets for building a cyclic manufacturing system are used for optimal performance analysis. To illustrate the methodology presented in this paper, a timed Petri Nets to describe parts and machines in a flexible manufacturing cell is implemented. Performance-preserving reduction nets are proposed which simplify the original nets to an analytical form for use. Using PN to analyse and verify a flexible manufacturing system is a specific and convenient method.