Methodology for the design and control of flexible manufacturing cells

  • Authors:

  • C. Luis;J. Blanco;M. Sebastian

  • Affiliations:

  • Manufacturing Engineering Section, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, 31006 Pamplona, Spain.;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de La Rioja, C/Luis de Ulloa, 20 Logrono, Spain.;Department of Manufacturing Engineering, UNED, Madrid, Spain

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The design of a flexible manufacturing system involves a complex process in which it is necessary to take into account many factors, and hence a more simple configuration has been developed as a first step in the global control of a manufacturing system. The configuration is based on cellular concept. Therefore, manufacturing cells are the bases for developing flexible manufacturing systems. In this paper, a methodology for developing flexible manufacturing cells is proposed, which integrates a series of methods and activities that characterise the implementation of manufacturing cells in typical operation systems. Also a deterministic model for batch manufacturing and part selection is proposed.