TY - JOUR N2 - The paper outlines the methodology of virtual design of a foundry plant as a system. The most important stage in the procedure involves the development of a model defined as a set of data about the system. Model development involves two stages: defining the model’s architecture and specifying the model data in the form of parameters and input-output relationships. The structure is understood as configuration of machines and transport units, representing the sub-systems and system components. As the main purpose of the simulation procedure is to find the characteristics of the system’s behaviour, the merits of the iterative method involving analysis, synthesis and evaluation of results are fully explored. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/87302/PDF/22_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/87302 PY - 2013 IS - No 1 DO - 10.2478/afe-2013-0022 KW - automation and robotics in foundry KW - Application of Information Technology to the Foundry Industry KW - Virtual Factory Design A1 - Stawowy, A. A1 - Ziółkowski, E. A1 - Brzeziński, M. A1 - Wrona, R. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences DA - 2013 T1 - Virtual Factory as a Method of Foundry Design and Production Management UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/87302 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -