...Hector J. Carlo; J. Patrick Spicer; Adamaris Rivera-Silva The design of manufacturing systems is typically decoupled from ordering policy decisions. Traditionally, the system design decision is made to minimize the total investment cost given some system capacity requirements. Then, after...

... times based on the ARMA model. Section 3 provides an industrial case study to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Conclusions and the future direction for this research are presented in Sec. 4 . In a manufacturing system, each machine usually has four states: operating...

...Troy B. Rippere; Koustubh J. Rao; Gloria J. Wiens This paper presents an investigation of fixel design alternatives for active (dynamic) fixturing to be incorporated into mesoscale manufacturing systems. Using simple compliant mechanisms and components, fixels exhibiting mechanically adjustable...

...Qing Chang; Stephan Biller; Guoxian Xiao Jianbo Liu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1226 jliu@egr.msu.edu 01 02 2011 01 02 2011 manufacturing systems On page 051015-1, information...

... studies are conducted that demonstrate these advantages. Thus, the 3D deposition method is a beneficial addition to the traditional parallel deposition method. The laser aided manufacturing process (LAMP), a hybrid manufacturing system integrating LMD and traditional machining processes, has been...

...Lan Ren; Todd Sparks; Jianzhong Ruan; Frank Liou A hybrid manufacturing system integrates computer numerical controlled (CNC) machining process and layered deposition process and achieves the benefits of both processes. An integrated process planning framework, which includes every module...

.... Mech. Eng., Part B 0954-4054 , 221 , pp. 987 – 998 . 10.1243/09544054JEM737 18 02 2009 03 11 2009 04 12 2009 04 12 2009 coolants cutting tools environmental factors life testing manufacturing systems steel surface finishing surface roughness titanium...

...Kornel F. Ehmann manufacturing systems It is time again to recognize the dedication and exceptional services of an unusually large number of members of the Editorial team of the Journal. In the last several months, the six-year terms of ten Associate Editors have expired. I would like...

...Jeonghan Ko; S. Jack Hu The conventional approaches to manufacturing system design and line balancing have often focused on a single generation of products, thus leading to new design or rebalancing when new products are introduced or different models are produced in the same line. As the life...

...Zhenyu Kong; Wenzhen Huang; Asil Oztekin Modeling of variation propagation in multistation assembly processes is crucial in predicting product dimensional quality and general performance of manufacturing systems. Based on the state space modeling, this paper develops a variation propagation model...

...Laine Mears; John T. Roth; Dragan Djurdjanovic; Xiaoping Yang; Thomas Kurfess Dimensional measurement feedback in manufacturing systems is critical in order to consistently produce quality parts. Considering this, methods and techniques by which to accomplish this feedback have been the focus...

...Lin Li; Mingyi You; Jun Ni Machine failures in manufacturing systems interrupt production operations and cause production loss. The conventional methods for failure prevention are to perform preventive maintenance before failure occurs. In these methods, a fixed maintenance threshold (FMT...

... parameters for best accuracy and least uncertainty. This work was supported primarily by the NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, part of the Engineering Research Centers Program of the National Science Foundation under NSF Award No. EEC 95-29125. The authors would like...

...Xugang Zhang; Hongrui Jiang; Xiaochun Li Recent developments in integrated microphotonics have led to unprecedented potential toward robust sensor enhancements for manufacturing systems. These micron-sized subwavelength structured photonic sensors could allow critical thermomechanical phenomena...

... of simulations conducted using standardized industrial software (3DCS Analyst). 14 08 2006 27 03 2007 assembling manufacturing systems fixtures statistics quality management Denote a deviation on a part by Δ P r on any specified RP, we have ( 14 ) 6 Δ P r...

... industrial software. It provides the basis for variation control through tolerance design analysis, synthesis, and diagnosis in manufacturing systems. Therefore, the interaction model for a single assembly station can be formulated as a method to characterize different interactions in a unified framework...

...Qing Chang; Jun Ni; Pulak Bandyopadhyay; Stephan Biller; Guoxian Xiao Timely performance of preventive maintenance (PM) tasks is a critical element of manufacturing systems. Since the majority of PM tasks requires that equipment be stopped, these tasks can generally only be performed during...

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... on operators. Furthermore, it provides a system with dynamic reconfigurability, aiming at a light and agile manufacturing system optimized for current manufacturing needs in a borderless and highly competitive market. In Japan, research institutes, research consortia, and the private sector have carried out...

...Qiang Huang; Jianjun Shi In a Serial-Parallel Multistage Manufacturing System (SP-MMS), identical work-stations are utilized at each stage to meet the productivity and line balance requirements. In such a system, parts could go through different process routes and some routes may merge at certain...