Reconfigurable manufacturing system

ElMaraghy HA (2005) Flexible and recrarfigurable manufacturing systems paradigms. Int J Flexible Manufact Syst 17(4) 261-276 (Special issue Reconfigurable manufacturing systems)... 

Terkaj W, Tolio T, Valente A (2009b) Focused flexibility in production systems. In ElMaraghy HA (ed) Changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Springer, London, pp 47-66... 

In this context, reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) were introduced in the mid-1990s as a cost-effective reaction to market demands for responsiveness and customization (Koren et al. 1999). A RMS is designed for rapid change in structure, as well as in hardware and software components, in order to quickly adjust production capacity and functionality within a part family in response to sudden changes in market. 

Koren Y, Heisel U, Jovane F, Moriwaki T, Pritschow G, Ulsoy G, Van Brussel H (1999) Reconfigurable manufacturing systems a keynote paper. Ann CIRP 48(2) 527-540... 

Return System — AGV (Autonomous Guide vehicle Conveyor or Gantry Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, Fig. 1 Schematic diagram of a typical RMS... 

Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, Fig. 2 Two crmiigurations of aFeconfiginable machine tool with a modular structure... 

Modularity is the compartmentalization of production functions and requirements into operational units that can be manipulated between alternate production schemes to achieve the most optimal arrangement to fit a given set of needs. In a reconfigurable manufacturing system, many components are typically modular (e.g., machines, axes of motion, controls, and tooling - see example in the figure below). 

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems and flexible manufacturing systems have different goals. FMS aims at increasing the variety of parts produced. RMS aims at increasing the speed of responsiveness to markets and customers. RMS is also flexible, but only to a limited extent - its flexibility is confined to only that necessary to produce a part family. This is the customized flexibility or the customization characteristic. 

Mass Customization 836 Neural Network 911 Optimization in Manufacturing 929 Optimization in Manufacturing Systems, Fundamentals 932 Planning 946 Process 973 Production 995 Production Planning 1003 Productivity 1006 Reconfigurable Manufacturing System... 

Yoram Koren J.J. Duderstadt Distinguished University, NSF Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA... 

Problem-solving strategies applied to reconfigurable manufacturing systems entail developing (a) domain independent solution(s) templates at the macro level, (b) capability models for application specific domain dependent problems at the micro level, and (c) coordination models to integrate models developed in... 

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