Flexible Manufacturing System Handbook. Volume 6. FMS (Flexible Machining Systems) Decision Support Software Case Studies

Abstract

Flexible Manufacturing Technology is a means to increase productivity for manufacturing environments in the middle ranges of production volume. It is effective for one of a kind and true mass production quantities. Volumes I through IV of this handbook help determine if a flexible machining systems (FMS) will be cost effective for a given application. These volumes explain the configuration and procurement of a FMS, and its impact on the existing organization. Volumes V and V-A of the handbook detail the computer programs for the FMS in the form of User's Guides for some 10 separate modules. Volume VI consists of two Case Studies documenting the use of the developed Decision Support software modules and related procedures for the design and evaluation of proposed and planned FMS's.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA169881

Entities

Organizations

  • Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineers
  • Handbooks
  • Machine Tools
  • Machines
  • Machining
  • Manufacturing
  • Mass Production
  • Production
  • Simulators
  • Systems Engineering
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Manufacturing Engineering.