Key Technologies for Sharing NC Machine Tool Based on Multi-agent

Taking the NC milling machine as a study case, multi-agent technologies are applied to overcome the difficulties of low clarity and efficiency, which are faced by traditional resource sharing technologies. First, based on analyzing the function model of the NC machine tool sharing system, a 4-layer architecture for net is proposed and constructed; Second, the function-oriented model of information flow for multi-agent, which is employed to implement the interactions between the 4-layer architecture, is constructed; Third, the station function for agent is defined, based on which the negotiation mechanism is built. The final product, a prototyping system for sharing NC machine tool, shows that the above novel technologies make a strong impact on improving the clarity and efficiency of resource sharing.