Manufacturing flexibility

These are known as bonded magnets and because they are flexible, they find wide use. The 3M Co. manufactures flexible magnet strip under the name Plastiform. 

PE is used in manufacturing flexible bottles, films, sheets, and insulation for electric wires. 

S. Marino, Product consistency and manufacturing flexibility using process NMR, available www.progression-systems.com/pdfs/PP paper 2003.pdf accessed 19 November 2009. 

Beckman SL (1990) Manufacturing flexibility The next source of competitive advantage. In Moody PE (ed) Strategic Manufacturing. Dow-Jones Irwin, Homewood, pp 107-132... 

The plastic film with interconnection layers, denoted (2) in Fig. 16.1, can be made by a process similar to that used to manufacture flexible circuit boards. First, plastic films coated with copper foil are processed by a numerically controlled (NC) drilling machine to make via holes. Plating is then used to make interconnections between top and bottom sides though via holes. Finally, the copper layers are patterned by conventional photolithography and etching. Gold plating is occasionally employed to improve electronic interconnections. 

The concept of process intensification aims to achieve enhancement in transport rates by orders of magnitude to develop multifunctional modules with a view to provide manufacturing flexibility in process plants. In recent years, advancement in the field of reactor technology has seen the development of catalytic plate reactors, oscillatory baffled reactors, microreactors, membrane reactors, and trickle-bed reactors. One such reactor that is truly multifunctional in characteristics is the spinning disk reactor (SDR). This reactor has the potential to provide reactions, separations, and good heat transfer characteristics. 

Zukin M, Young RE (2001) Applying fuzzy logic and constraint networks to a problem of manufacturing flexibility. Int J Prod Res 39(14) 3253-3273... 

For lamination, waterborne adhesives have actually been used in manufacturing flexible packaging and industrial laminates (91). Other latexes used besides acrylic are vinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate, vinylidene chloride, etc. The flexible packaging systems using these adhesives are PVDG-Gello/LDPE, OPP/OPP,... 

Upton, David M., The management of manufacturing flexibility, California Business Review, Winter 1994, pp. 72-89. 

Polyethylene has been produced commercially since 1943. It is used in manufacturing flexible bottles, films, sheets, and insulation for electric wires. Polyethylene produced by radical polymerization has a softening point of about 110 °C. 

Chen, I.J., R.J. Calantone, C.-H. Chung. 1992. The Marketing-Manufacturing Interface and Manufacturing Flexibility. OMEGA 20(4), 431-443. 

Manufacturing Flexible Packaging, Thomas Dunn (ISBN 9780323264365)... 

Transportation industry, mechanical industries and medical engineering have manifested their interest in the development of both the integration of materials and the integration of processes because of the manufacturing flexibility and cost-efficiency. 

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