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Elements, Components, Layout Configuration

A flexible manufacturing system consists of physical and control subsystems. The physical subsystem includes workstations like NC machines and tools, storage systems, and material handling systems using automated equipment like conveyors and robots. Hardware components include pallets, machining centers, robots, inspection equipment, and material handling systems. Layout configurations organize these elements, seeking to minimize travel time and balance workloads, including line, loop, ladder, carousel, robot-centered cell, and open field designs.

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Elements, Components, Layout Configuration

A flexible manufacturing system consists of physical and control subsystems. The physical subsystem includes workstations like NC machines and tools, storage systems, and material handling systems using automated equipment like conveyors and robots. Hardware components include pallets, machining centers, robots, inspection equipment, and material handling systems. Layout configurations organize these elements, seeking to minimize travel time and balance workloads, including line, loop, ladder, carousel, robot-centered cell, and open field designs.

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FMS (18MCM23) – Elements, components, layout configuration

ELEMENTS OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

A flexible manufacturing system consists of two subsystems:

 Physical subsystem
 Control subsystem

Physical subsystem includes the following elements: (main focus)

1. Workstations. “It consists of NC machines, machine-tools,


inspection equipments, loading and unloading operation, and
machining area. More recent Flexible manufacturing system,
however, include other types of processing equipment also.
2. Storage-retrieval systems. “It acts as a buffer during WIP (workin-processes) and
holds devices such as carousels used to store
parts temporarily between work stations or operations.
3. Material handling systems. It consists of power vehicles, various
types of automated material handling equipment such as
conveyors, automated guided vehicles, in floor carts and
robots are used to transport the work parts and sub-assemblies to
the processing or workstation.

HARDWARE COMPONENTS OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING


SYSTEM (Important topic)

1. Pallets and fixtures

2. Machining centers

3. Robots

4. Inspection equipment

5. Chip removal system

6. In process storage facility

7. Material handling systems

LAYOUT CONFIGURATIONS OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING


SYSTEM

Flexible manufacturing system brings rewards in actual


manufacture of products as the process is designed for several products
to be run on different machines within a manufacturing facility which

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allows for greater growth and stability with more diversity in the
output. A Flexible manufacturing system is designed to provide an
effective operation sequence to fulfill the production requirements and
reasonably allocate the resources. The objectives of the system are
to shorten the throughput time and reduce the resource requirements
which include avoiding deadlock in material flow, decreasing in process inventory , balancing
the workload of all machines and make
good use of the bottleneck devices.”

1. Line layout: An Automated guided vehicle is most efficient when the movement
is in straight-lines along the AGV path in a single-row machine layout.
Machines are arranged only on one side of AGV path, and in double
row machine layout, machines are arranged on both sides. A possible
arrangement of this layout is shown in fig.

2. Loop layout : The loop layout uses conveyor systems that allow unidirectional
flow of parts around the loop. A secondary material handling system is
provided at a workstation which permits the flow of parts without any
obstruction. A possible arrangement of this layout is shown in fig.

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3. Ladder type layout : Ladder type layout consists of rungs on which workstations are
located. This reduces the average travel distance thereby reducing the
transfer time between workstations. A possible arrangement of this layout is shown in fig.

4. Carousel layout : In the Carousel layout configuration, parts flow in one direction
around the loop. The load, unload stations are placed at one end of loop,
A possible arrangement of this layout is shown in fig.

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5. Robot centered cell : If a handling robot is used in a Flexible manufacturing


system cell , the machines are laid out in a circle, such a layout is
called circular layout. A possible arrangement of this layout is shown in
fig.

6. The open field layout : The open field layout is also an adoption of the loop
configuration. The open field layout consists of loops and ladders organized to achieve

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the desired processing requirements. This is used for the processing of a


large family of parts. The number of different machines may be limited, and the parts are
routed to different workstations depending on
availability of machines. A possible arrangement of this layout is shown
in fig.

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