Responsive Tool Management: Making Fixed Manufacturing Systems More Flexible

1992 ◽  
pp. 500-519
Author(s):  
P. Rogers ◽  
D. Veeramani ◽  
M. M. Barash
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Tool Management

The application of a flexible tooling system in a flexible manufacturing system

Robotica ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Carter
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Manufacturing ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing System ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Tool Management ◽  
A Value ◽  
Tooling System ◽  
Machine Utilisation

SUMMARYThe introduction of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Cell Technology, and Automated Machining Techniques with the related reduction in manning levels has resulted in the development of tooling systems, tool management systems, and, independent tool magazines to service TURNING MACHINES where a high number of tools are required to cover one shift or unmanned operation.Actual cutting time (production time) represents a value between 5% and 20% of average machine utilisation time, and developments in cutting materials and geometries have largely exhausted rationalisation possibilities in this area.

A generic tool management system architecture for flexible manufacturing systems (FMS)

Robotica ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G. Ranky
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Dynamic Scheduling ◽  
System Level ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Tool Management ◽  
Tool Assembly

SUMMARYConsidering the fact that Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) should be able to accommodate a variety of different parts in random order, tool management at cell level and tool transportation, tool data management, tooling data collection, tool maintenance, and manual and/or robotized tool assembly at FMS system level are very important. Tooling information in FMS is used by several subsystems, including: production planning, process control, dynamic scheduling, part programming, tool preset and maintenance, robotized and/or manual tool assembly, stock control and materials storage.The paper summarizes the major tasks to be solved when designing tool management systems for FMS, as well as gives a solution for describing the data structure of a tool data base integrated with a generic tool description method, and shows a sample transaction of the way the FMS real-time control system can access and use this data base.

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