Abstract Number: 007-0141 Modelling and analysis of an Integrated Automated Guided Vehicle

The objective of this study is to analyse an integrated Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVS) which is embedded in a pull type multi-product, multi-stage, multi-line Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS). This study analyses the guide path configurations of the AGVS. For this purpose, three different guide path configurations have been developed and their impact on the performance of the Flexible manufacturing system has been presented. The system is modelled using coloured Petri net (CPN) methodology and the study has been extended to seek near-optimal conditions of the configurations using Response surface method (RSM). Key words: automated guided vehicle system, flexible manufacturing system, guide path configurations, coloured Petri net, multiple response optimization, response surface metho