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AMS – Advanced Manufacturing Systems Oral Questions • Differences between general purpose and specialized machines • Process Control: what it is and the three main models • Megatrends • Production planning system architecture • MaxMachino system → Flexible Manufacturing System components • Different types of handling systems • Artificial Neural Networks • Genetic algorithms • Flexible Assembly System components • loading and dispatching rules: what and where they are used • traditional measurement chain • pressure sensors • temperature sensors • OPC UA • mobile vs wireless communication • integration concept in industry 4.0 • RFID: how they works and where they can be used • Technologies in Industry 4.0 • the concept of human centric manufacturing • reshoring vs offshoring • procedure to compute number of machines and transporters (with formulas) • queue theory: what happens if we keep feeding? If the number of buffers is infinite, we have no interferences • Flexible Assembly Systems → technologies to feed the parts • Role of RTCS (Real Time Control System) • Mass customisation • Industrial Measurement System: elements and roles • Types of buffer in the FMS • FMS Design: goals and needs • Position and speed sensors • Industrial robots: why, their usage… • Constraints of Production Planning Systems • Types of data needed to measure performances of production process • Industry 4.0 paradigm to collect data (CIM model) • PLC role in Industry 4.0 • ERP evolution • Enabling technologies in industry 4.0 • Digital twin • Flow sensor