Machine-part family formation by using ART-1 Simulator and FLEXY
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: Group technology based manufacturing systems offer the advantages of flow production as well as the production flexibility of batch manufacturing. In this paper, by employing new clustering techniques, the part-machine spectrum of the manufacturing system and the relevant \nmanufacturing process are analyzed according to design, similarity of machining and product flow. This leads to an organization of the production system into self-contained and self-regulating groups of machines called machine cells. Each machine cell undertakes a maximal \nproduction of a family of parts having similar manufacturing characteristics. This paper carried out the ART-1 neural network approach in the analysis of the manufacturing similarity, and modified the basic approach to increase the efficiency of the classification procedure. \nDeveloped program packages ART-1 Simulator and FLEXY are used to create part families and machine cells within the group technology design.
Authors: Zoran Miljković, Bojan Babić
Language: English
Subfield: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2309400901