Modelling of a discrete manufacturing system by Parts of plant

The paper presents an original approach to model a discrete manufacturing system by Parts of Plant (PoP). This approach takes into account technical and technological specifications of each plant element. The aim of this works is to realize a reliable simulation of discrete manufacturing systems during the design stage before producing them. Models are established from the process functional chain. They take into account the information distribution of manufacturing system through each PoP with its sensors, pre-actuators and actuators. A PoP library is proposed with their corresponding model. An application example is used to illustrate the approach.