Machine serving principle evaluated by necessary part transport speed

Makris, P; Sfantsikopoulos, M

dc.contributor.author	Makris, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Sfantsikopoulos, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:09:26Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:09:26Z
dc.date.issued	1993	en
dc.identifier.issn	0890-6955	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/10988
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Manufacturing	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Mechanical	en
dc.subject.other	Computer integrated manufacturing	en
dc.subject.other	Efficiency	en
dc.subject.other	Flexible manufacturing systems	en
dc.subject.other	Machine tools	en
dc.subject.other	Machining	en
dc.subject.other	Operations research	en
dc.subject.other	Plant layout	en
dc.subject.other	Process control	en
dc.subject.other	Scheduling	en
dc.subject.other	Work-rest schedules	en
dc.subject.other	Downtime	en
dc.subject.other	Machining times	en
dc.subject.other	Part handling	en
dc.subject.other	Workpiece transfer	en
dc.subject.other	Machine shops	en
dc.title	Machine serving principle evaluated by necessary part transport speed	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/0890-6955(93)90061-X	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0890-6955(93)90061-X	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1993	en
heal.abstract	A critical technical characteristic of a part handling and transport system which supports a factory layout of machine tools or an FMS is the required part transport speed from machining-(inspection-, assembly-) station to station. This speed is imposed by the production programme for which the layout has been designed and is a function of more parameters: number of stations; net production plus part loading-unloading times; buffer capacities; topology; and size scale of the machine layout. It is also dependent on the machine operation scheduling and on the maximum machine utilization requirement. In the paper, a new machine serving methodology is presented and analysed. It takes into account, in addition to the mentioned parameters, the position of the part transport means at each decision step, the part availability for further processing as well as the space availability in the machine buffer storages and evaluates the required minimum part transport speed. This minimum transport speed can then be used as a criterion for the final design of the part handling and transport system. The method is demonstrated and assessed in a case study. © 1992.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/0890-6955(93)90061-X	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1993KH66600003	en
dc.identifier.volume	33	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	25	en
dc.identifier.epage	29	en