There is an increasing importance of different productive architectures related to worker involvement in the decision making, where is given due attention to the intuitive capabilities and the human knowledge in the optimization and flexibilization of manufacturing processes. Thus having reference point architecture of a flexible manufacturing and assembling system existent at UNINOVA-CRI, we w...

The present investigation presents a stochastic model for a flexible manufacturing system consisting of flexible machine, loading/unloading robot and an automated pallethandling device. We consider unreliable flexible manufacturing cell (FMC) wherein machine and robot operate under individual as well as common cause random failures. The pallethandling system is completely reliable. The pallet o...

Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) scheduling is one of the most trusted and complicated task in machine scheduling. It is strongly Non polynomial complete combinatorial problem. FMS is agile and flexible which is well suited for simultaneous production of a wide variety of product mix in low volumes. Meta-heuristic approaches such as genetic algorithm, simulated annealing etc. are widely appl...

This paper presents the design and the implementation of a Petri net (PN) model for the control of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). A flexible automotive manufacturing system used in this environment enables quick cell configuration, and the efficient operation of cells. In this paper, we attempt to propose a flexible automotive manufacturing approach for modeling and analysis of shop flo...

The recent manufacturing environment is characterized as having diverse products due to mass customization, short production lead-time, and unstable customer demand. Today, the need for flexibility, quick responsiveness, and robustness to system uncertainties in production scheduling decisions has increased significantly. In traditional job shops, tooling is usually assumed as a fixed resource....

Scheduling has become an attractive area for artificial intelligence researchers. On other hand, in today's real-world manufacturing systems, the importance of an efficient maintenance schedule program cannot be ignored because it plays an important role in the success of manufacturing facilities. A maintenance program may be considered as the heath care of manufacturing machines and equipments...

Scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems is one of problems in NP-Hard optimization. The aim of scheduling of these systems is to maximize the system efficiency by finding an optimal planning for a better cooperation among various processes. In recent years many algorithms proposed to solve this problem, and most of them are based on heuristic methods. In This paper we have proposed a new a...

Increasing the performance and flexibility of automated manufacturing systems is a key success factor for today’s production companies. Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) have proven to be particularly suitable in this regard since they support small lot sizes and high numbers of variants at the same time. Among the most important problems of FMS are the huge expenditure of time and the high ...

The revitalisation of the Australian Manufacturing Industry depends on the introduction of new techniques of manufacture. Decisions concerning the implementation of new techniques of flexible manufacturing , including robotics, are discussed in regard to the effects on the work-force The discussion extends to an examination of the participative role of trade unions in the decisionmaking process...

Nowadays most of manufacturing firms in accordance with continuous changes in the market and the today’s competitiveness world are competing for meeting demand, increasing quality and decreasing costs. For reaching these goals, it is necessary to select a suitable flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for the most of manufactures. The aim of this paper is applying a method for evaluating the flex...