Machine serving principle evaluated by necessary part transport speed (EN)

Makris, P (EN)

Sfantsikopoulos, M (EN)

A critical technical characteristic of a part handling and transport system which supports a factory layout of machine tools or an FMS is the required part transport speed from machining-(inspection-, assembly-) station to station. This speed is imposed by the production programme for which the layout has been designed and is a function of more parameters: number of stations; net production plus part loading-unloading times; buffer capacities; topology; and size scale of the machine layout. It is also dependent on the machine operation scheduling and on the maximum machine utilization requirement. In the paper, a new machine serving methodology is presented and analysed. It takes into account, in addition to the mentioned parameters, the position of the part transport means at each decision step, the part availability for further processing as well as the space availability in the machine buffer storages and evaluates the required minimum part transport speed. This minimum transport speed can then be used as a criterion for the final design of the part handling and transport system. The method is demonstrated and assessed in a case study. © 1992. (EN)

journalArticle (EN)

Operations research (EN)

Computer integrated manufacturing (EN)

Process control (EN)

Machining (EN)

Scheduling (EN)

Machine shops (EN)

Engineering, Mechanical (EN)

Machining times (EN)

Efficiency (EN)

Downtime (EN)

Work-rest schedules (EN)

Engineering, Manufacturing (EN)

Plant layout (EN)

Machine tools (EN)

Part handling (EN)

Workpiece transfer (EN)

Flexible manufacturing systems (EN)

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International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture (EN)

Αγγλική γλώσσα

1993 (EN)

http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10988

33 (EN)

1 (EN)

25 (EN)

0890-6955 (EN)

ISI:A1993KH66600003 (EN)

29 (EN)

10.1016/0890-6955(93)90061-X (EN)

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD (EN)