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Showing 1 to 20 of 210 for “"Manufacturing System"”.
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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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Impact of manufacturing system design, organizational processes and leadership on manufacturing system change and implementation
Manufacturing system design methodologies often ignore the importance of enterprise related issues that affect the implementation and improvement efforts. Systems Engineering provides a rigorous approach to system design and coupled with a decomposition approach can result in effective system …
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Methodologies for manufacturing system selection and for planning and operation of a flexible manufacturing system
… is developed for the overall design of manufacturing systems. The methodology consists of solutions to four levels of problems, namely, (1) manufacturing system selection, (2) shop loading, (3) machine loading and tool allocation, and (4) testing the feasibility of a schedule and …
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Stochastic Cellular Manufacturing System Design and Control
Cellular manufacturing has been an important phenomenon in manufacturing in recent decades. Tremendous amount of work has been done regarding issues such as cell formation, cell loading and job scheduling. However, majority of literature lacks consideration of uncertainty in the problem definition …
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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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Curved brick design methodology and manufacturing system
For many people in developing contexts, the financial expense of construction can be overwhelming. There is a need for more appropriate technologies for low-cost construction. This thesis presents a concise review of construction technologies and then offers a design methodology for creating …
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Flexible manufacturing system software development using simulation
… 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 FMS. The …
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Machine requirements planning for cellular manufacturing system
… in order to minimize total cost in a Cellular Manufacturing System. In addition, all aspects and design of a Cellular Manufacturing System are discussed along with other related topics such as Group Technology and Plant Layout as applied to Cellular Manufacturing.
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Integrated process planning for a hybrid manufacturing system
"A hybrid manufacturing system integrated CNC machining and laser-aided layered deposition and achieves the benefits of both processes. In this dissertation, an integrated process planning framework which aims to automate the hybrid manufacturing process is investigated. Critical components of the …
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An intelligent manufacturing system for heat treatment scheduling
… for optimisation proposes. Furthermore, a system that is capable of selecting the optimal heat treatment regime is developed so the required metal properties can be achieved with the least energy consumption and the shortest time using Neuro-Fuzzy (NF) and Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) …
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Using product tolerances to drive manufacturing system design
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1997.
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Development of an aerospace manufacturing system design decomposition
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 2000.
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A decomposition-based approach for manufacturing system design
The design of manufacturing systems is a complex task that requires many people to cooperate and communicate at various organizational levels. Companies often change the design of their manufacturing systems by using "off-the-shelf' solutions, such as Uformed manufacturing cells, without relating …
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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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Integrating vision into a computer integrated manufacturing system
An industrial vision system is a useful and often integral part of a computer integrated manufacturing system. Successful integration of vision capabilities into a manufacturing system involves extracting from image data the information which has meaning to the task at hand, and communicating that …
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The development and application of the manufacturing system design evaluation tool and performance measurement based on the manufacturing system design decomposition
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2000.
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An applied manufacturing system for highly-complex assembly factory
This thesis focuses on a manufacturing system at a semiconductor equipment manufacturing company (SEMC). The company faces highly variable demand for its products that require highly-complex assembly within the factory. When the demand is low, the manufacturing factory must to adjust the production …
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Product family formation in linked-cell manufacturing system design
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2000.
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Production/inventory policies for a parallel machine manufacturing system
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999.
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Time-Based Manufacturing System Design for Softwood Lumber Production
Manufacturing industries in the United States continue to experience increasing pressure from foreign competition. Through decreasing product lead time, U.S. manufacturers can achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Southern yellow pine manufacturing is an example of an industry that can …
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