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The design of a control system for the material transport as used in gear-box flexible manufacturing system is presented in this paper. The scope of investigation covers material transport control, automatic vehicle, material exchange station, multi-storeyed warehouse system, NC and CNC machines and host computer etc. The paper describes the transport control system and its design, and briefly describes the communication among devices and warehouse access principles.
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He, Y., Guo, X. A control system of material handlingin FMS. J. of Shanghai Univ. 1, 55–58 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11741-997-0044-y
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11741-997-0044-y