Energy Efficient Manufacturing from Machine Tools to Manufacturing Systems

Energy efficient manufacturing from machine tools to manufacturing systems

Energy efficiency is one of the key drivers for sustainability. Within manufacturing environments, energy efficiency importance has grown, and it is now considered among other decision-making factors such as productivity, cost and flexibility. However, in most cases the energy consumption of the various components of the manufacturing systems, such as machine tools, are considered using average...

Implementation of Networked Machine Tools in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

This paper discusses the hierarchical model and implementation considerations of network architectures for RMS. Using a 3-axis machine tool, system performance and reconfiguration issues are parameterized and analyzed. We utilize this machine tool to address issues associated with evaluating system performance and developing control network solutions. The implementation considerations of a netw...

Rapid Reconfiguration of Machine-tools for Holonic Manufacturing Systems

In the automotive industry SME suppliers are forced to keep the innovative pace with OEMs, resulting in the key requirement for economic production of small lot-sizes. State of the art technology in manufacturing systems is inadequate to meet this requirement. Current production equipment is either tailored towards a specific product or is flexible, but at the expense of expensive machinery; pr...

An Efficient Algorithm to Solve Utilization-based Model for Cellular Manufacturing Systems

The design of cellular manufacturing system (CMS) involves many structural and operational issues. One of the important CMS design steps is the formation of part families and machine cells which is called cell formation. In this paper, we propose an efficient algorithm to solve a new mathematical model for cell formation in cellular manufacturing systems based on cell utilization concept. The p...

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: Key to future manufacturing