This work aims to improve the simulation model of an experimental production system. We
can did that by running simulations of individual subsystems of the production system by
using two different simulation programs to execute a specific simulation and
correspondingly interconnecting them to achieve an exchange of information and data.
For the study, two simulation models were developed and built. The first, made with the
software tool Plant Simulation, represents a model of a production line, and the second, made
with the software tool Visual Components, represents a more intricate model of a robotic
cell and a manufacturing machine from a production line. In this manner, we can better
simulate the robotic cell and the machine in Visual Components and extract more accurate
times of processing and times of the robotic cell. These are then carried over and used in the
software platform Plant Simulation for a more precise analysis of the production line. The
two programs are connected through the SIMIT interface, through which signals are sent
and orders are executed mutually. This way, we simulate the communication within actual
production processes, with the exchange of information also being useful in reality.
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