Development of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS)

This report describes how the latest technology in computing 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 using old CNC machines could achieve if they implemented a similar process in their organisation.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Dhooky, Aruna N D

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Sass, Andrew
• Reed, B

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5572

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5572