The paper describes the concepts that must be considered in order to achieve a flexible manufacturing system that allows introduction of new products and new resources without total reprogramming of the control system. The basic structure of a resource model is presented and also guidelines for achieving a generic resource model. The description of how to manufacture the products is also essent...

Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is the one, which can be changed or adapted quickly to manufacture different components or products at different volumes of product. Flexible manufacturing system includes – a set of flexible machines, an automatic transport system and a sophisticated database with decision support system, to decide at each instant what is to be done on which machine. The obj...

The present investigation presents a stochastic model for a flexible manufacturing system consisting of flexible machine, loading/unloading robot and an automated pallethandling device. We consider unreliable flexible manufacturing cell (FMC) wherein machine and robot operate under individual as well as common cause random failures. The pallethandling system is completely reliable. The pallet o...

scheduling has become an attractive area for artificial intelligence researchers. on other hand, in today's real-world manufacturing systems, the importance of an efficient maintenance schedule program cannot be ignored because it plays an important role in the success of manufacturing facilities. a maintenance program may be considered as the heath care of manufacturing machines and equip...

Flexible Manufacturing system and design is an emerging area in management of technology across Organizations and Business in the manufacturing and services sector, addressing the need of the industry on Flexible Manufacturing for the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises to meet their strategic objectives and apply business process management approach to implement this emerging technology. An ove...

The paper presents problems arising during developing algorithms controlling workpiece flow subsystems in a flexible manufacturing system. The necessary signals as well as the general algorithm responsible for worpiece flow in a flexible manufacturing system were defined. On the basis of a structure of a flexible manufacturing system developed at the Institute of Manufacturing Engineering of Sz...