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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Flexible manufacturing"”.
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Miniature automated flexible manufacturing system
Industry's move toward automated manufacturing has made it mandatory for universities to take an active interest in incorporating automated machines in their laboratory programs. Automated manufacturing machines are, in general, much too large and expensive for universities to consider purchasing, …
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Coordination control of flexible manufacturing systems
… model driven system for coordination control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs).
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Effectiveness analysis of flexible manufacturing systems
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1985.
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Fuzzy Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) are production systems consisting of identical multipurpose numerically controlled machines (workstations), automated material handling system, tools, load and unload stations, inspection stations, storage areas and a hierarchical control system. The latter has …
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Intelligent Feedback Control for Flexible Manufacturing Systems
To many, the Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) is a key element in addressing the urgent need to rebuild and streamline the current industrial base. Combining flexibility with efficient production, these systems provide industry with the needed economic benefits to produce with high quality and …
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Development of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS)
… and interfacing has been used in a traditional manufacturing environment to integrate old stand-alone CNC machines, a FANUC robot, a conveyor and a Robot Positioning Device (RPD) into a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS). Also described are the benefits that South African manufacturers still …
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Flexible manufacturing systems and the housing industry
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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Flexible manufacturing system software development using simulation
… modeling method that can be used to simulate a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) at all levels of detail. The method was developed specifically to aid the software development needed for the hierarchy of computers that are present in an FMS. The method was developed by modeling an existing …
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Studies on Performance Analysis of Flexible Manufacturing Cells
本文データは平成22年度国立国会図書館の学位論文(博士)のデジタル化実施により作成された画像ファイルを基にpdf変換したものである
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Structural analysis and control of flexible manufacturing systems
"This work develops the theory of FMS structural analysis and control. Structural analysis in discrete event systems refers to the characterization of states and regions in the system state space which are logically inconsistent with ""normal"" system operation. The structural characteristics of an …
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Time scale analysis techniques for flexible manufacturing systems
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1988.
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Attracting new coating businesses by offering flexible manufacturing
… Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2001.
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Hierarchial control of production in flexible manufacturing systems
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1982.
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Models and algorithms for a flexible manufacturing system
This thesis considers a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) comprised of programmable machine tools which are capable of performing multiple operations and which are interconnected by computer-controlled automated material handling equipment. The specific problem addressed is a job-shop type of …
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Hardware-based Parallel Simulation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
… can dramatically improve the speed of simulating flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) by applying appropriate enabling hardware technologies. The hardware-based parallel simulation refers to running a simulation on a multi-microprocessor integrated circuit board, called the simulator, which is …
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Modeling and Control of Stiff Robots for Flexible Manufacturing
… industrial automation for high quality flexible manufacturing. This thesis contributes to the development of robot concepts that fit the needs of SMEs. A major part of the thesis deals with the modeling of the three degree-of-freedom (DOF) Gantry-Tau parallel kinematic robot, which has …
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Leveraging flexible manufacturing to streamline new product launch processes
… edge and long-term relevancy. However, manufacturing lines currently operate at high utilization rates to satisfy steadily growing demand, limiting opportunity to beta test new products or validate manufacturing lines. Beta testing provides feedback on product design and …
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An optimal Bayesian process control for flexible manufacturing processes
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1992.
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An economic equipment replacement model for flexible manufacturing systems
… equipment replacement model suitable for Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs). An FMS represents an integrated machining system which produces multiple products and utilizes multiple inputs including avital materials handling system. The system's interactive nature defies traditional …
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Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Simulation Modeling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
… the speed of simulating the operations of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). Here reconfigurable hardware-based simulation refers to running simulation on a reconfigurable hardware platform, realized by Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The hardware model, also called simulator, is …
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