Material Flow Transportation Monitoring System

TRAMON - 5608

Keywords transportation monitoring, material flows monitoring, material identification

Start Date: 01-JAN-91 / Duration: 9 months

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Objectives

In modern manufacturing industry, facilities are frequently distributed across several sites, resulting in increasingly complex material flows. In parallel, transportation is developing into an increasingly important activity. There is a need for a CIM-based system to monitor material flows and transportation.

The objectives of this exploratory action were to:

• report on present and evolving technology in material identification, flow monitoring and transportation monitoring
• propose an effective, large-scale research programme to develop a high-speed, CIM-based material flow and transportation monitoring system.

The project team completed the following tasks:

• investigate current and evolving technology in material flow and transportation monitoring
• briefly investigate the economic feasibility of high-speed, CIM-based materials identification, flow monitoring and transportation monitoring
• conduct a workshop to receive comments and disseminate the main findings of the investigation
• present the findings of the exploratory action in a report.

The results of this exploratory action will be used as the basis for a large-scale research programme to develop a high-speed, CIM-based material flow and transportation monitoring system.

CONTACT POINT

Mr Nikolaus Steinhauer
POLYDATA LTD
6 Loukianou Street
GR - 10675 ATHINAI
tel: + 30/ 1-729-0708
fax: + 30/ 1-724-2040
telex: 216692 DREU GR

Participants

POLYDATA LTD - GR - C
CLB ELECTRONICS BV - NL - P
REDAR NAH-ORTUNGSTECHNIK GMBH - D - P
ORE - OFFICE DE RECHERCHES
ET D'ESSAIS UIC - NL - P

TRAMON - 5608, December 1993

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