Design for Sustainability and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems - An Critical Analysis

Fundamental Factor ◽

Design For Sustainability ◽

Design Result

Manufacturing Systems (MS) are a fundamental means of establishing profitable engineering operations in mechanical firms. The technical and physical structures of MS determine the dimension of adaption and signify the measure of freedom of engineers of MS. This contribution discusses the Reconfiguring Cellular Manufacturing System (RCMS) concept, which considers the design of systems as cyclical activities whereby the makers of decisions can determine the MS’s system capacities and capabilities. The standard methodologies to support the design of MS are optimization and analysis of MS. The timeframe essential for evaluating numerous designs is a fundamental factor, which can also discourage the application of these systems. Resultantly, there is a threat of missed assessment of suitable designs when the number and quality of the solution users being assessed is based on the users’ intuition with respect to the potential design result.

Key Technology and Architecture of Reconfigurable Manufacturing System

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.556-562.6034 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 556-562 ◽

pp. 6034-6037

Author(s):

Dong Man Yu ◽

Zhi Hua Gao ◽

Xiao Jing Li ◽

Di Wang

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Manufacturing System ◽

Sustainable Change ◽

Reconfigurable Manufacturing System ◽

Key Technology ◽

Common Space ◽

Design And Manufacture

Reconfigurable manufacturing system is essential for sustainable change, rapid response ability important characteristics, research, development and application of manufacturing system. The main architecture and major characteristics of reconfigurable manufacturing systems is explored. Normally, the quality of RMS can be evaluated by several factors. Firstly, the gross cost of production and reconstruction should be less. Secondly, The time of design and manufacture (ascent time) should be shorter. Thirdly, the utilization ratio of existed resource should reach to the utmost. Finally, the cargo stream planning in common space should keep in optimal condition. At last, The author give an example to shown the RMS, the hydraulic integrated package for a gearshift device in automobile, are mentioned to compare and analyze.

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture ◽

Facilitating ease of system reconfiguration through measures of manufacturing modularity

10.1243/09544054jem1055 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 222 (10) ◽

pp. 1275-1288 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

A M Farid

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Manufacturing System ◽

Automated Manufacturing ◽

Automated Manufacturing Systems ◽

System Reconfiguration ◽

Qualitative Understanding ◽

System Interfaces ◽

Changes Over Time

In recent years, many design approaches have been developed for automated manufacturing systems in the fields of reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs), holonic manufacturing systems (HMSs), and multiagent systems (MASs). One of the principle reasons for these developments has been to enhance the reconfigurability of a manufacturing system, allowing it to adapt readily to changes over time. However, to date reconfigurability assessment has been limited. Hence the efficacy of these design approaches remains inconclusive. This paper is the second of two in this issue to address reconfigurability measurement. Specifically, ‘reconfiguration ease’ has often been qualitatively argued to depend on the system's modularity. For this purpose, this paper develops modularity measures in a three-step approach. Firstly, the nature of typical manufacturing system interfaces is discussed. Next, the qualitative understanding underlying existing modularity measures is distilled. Finally, these understandings are synthesized for a manufacturing system context. This approach forms the second of two pillars that together lay the foundation for an integrated reconfigurability measurement process described elsewhere.

Volume 1: Additive Manufacturing; Manufacturing Equipment and Systems; Bio and Sustainable Manufacturing ◽

Real-Time Prognostic and Dynamic Maintenance Window Scheme for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

10.1115/msec2019-2753 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Yifan Dong ◽

Tangbin Xia ◽

Lei Xiao ◽

Ershun Pan ◽

Lifeng Xi

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Manufacturing System ◽

Degradation Process ◽

Maintenance Cost ◽

Time To Failure ◽

Reconfigurable Manufacturing System ◽

Dynamic Maintenance

Abstract Real-time condition acquisition and accurate time-to-failure (TTF) prognostic of machines are both crucial in the condition based maintenance (CBM) scheme for a manufacturing system. Most of previous researches considered the degradation process as a population-specific reliability characteristics and ignored the hidden differences among the degradation process of individual machines. Moreover, existing maintenance scheme are mostly focus on the manufacturing system with fixed structure. These proposed maintenance scheme could not be applied for the reconfigurable manufacturing system, which is quite adjustable to the various product order and customer demands in the current market. In this paper, we develop a systematic predictive maintenance (PM) framework including real-time prognostic and dynamic maintenance window (DMW) scheme for reconfigurable manufacturing systems to fill these gaps. We propose a real-time Bayesian updating prognostic model using sensor-based condition information for computing each individual machine’s TTFs, and a dynamic maintenance window scheme for the maintenance work scheduling of a reconfigurable manufacturing system. This enables the real-time prognosis updating, the rapid decision making for reconfigurable manufacturing systems, and the notable maintenance cost reduction.

The Characteristics and Application of Reconfigurable System

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.58-60.859 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 58-60 ◽

pp. 859-863

Author(s):

Xiao Yan Zhang ◽

Zhi Hua Gao ◽

Xiao Jing Li ◽

Di Wang

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Market Change ◽

Manufacture System ◽

Common Space ◽

Reconfigurable System ◽

Flexible Manufacture ◽

Design And Manufacture

The reconfigurable manufacture system (RMS) combined with the merits of both two systems, professional manufacture system and flexible manufacture system, could respond to the market change or uncertain requirement, adjust the production ability or function for changing the hardware or software. This paper presents the main architecture and major characteristics of reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Normally, the quality of RMS can be evaluated by several factors. Firstly, the gross cost of production and reconstruction should be less. Secondly, The time of design and manufacture (ascent time) should be shorter. Thirdly, the utilization ratio of existed resource should reach to the utmost. Finally, the cargo stream planning in common space should keep in optimal condition. At last, two examples, the hydraulic integrated package for a gearshift device in automobile, are mentioned to compare and analyse.

Performance analysis and measurement of reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management ◽

10.1108/jmtm-07-2011-0070 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (7) ◽

pp. 934-957 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Ibrahim H. Garbie

Keyword(s):

Performance Analysis ◽

Performance Measurement ◽

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Manufacturing System ◽

Relative Weight ◽

Market Demand ◽

System Productivity ◽

Content Type

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a new performance analysis and measurement regarding reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) taken into consideration new circumstances which include changes in the market demand, changes in a product design, and/or introduction of a new product. As the reconfiguration process is applied to a manufacturing system to improve the system's performance due to new circumstances, the RMS process has potential quantitative and qualitative measures. Design/methodology/approach – The manufacturing system has a great impact on the performance measurement and the selection of the objectives to measure the performance is very important. These objectives include the critical requirements for a RMS and they are as follows: product cost, manufacturing response, system productivity, people behavior, inventory, and quality of the finished products. Because each criterion measure in a RMS is a potential source of evaluation, it should have a relative weight with respect to the other measures. First, each criterion will be measured individually. Second, these measures need to be evaluated through an aggregate quantitative metric because there is a lack of analytical techniques to analyze and evaluate both qualitative and quantitative measures. Findings – Performance evaluation of a RMS from one circumstance to another is highly desired by using the new quantitative metric regarding updating (upgrading) the system for the next period based on the previous one. The results show that the applicable of using this new technique in evaluating the RMS. The results also support the new quantitative metric. Originality/value – The suggestion of a new aggregate performance measurement metric including the all potential objectives is highly considered. This paper provides an insight into each objective individually to measure it. It is also used from 0 to 1 as range of measure to evaluate the potential and aggregate metrics toward next reconfiguration with respect to the existing one.

Manufacturing Systems Suitable for Globalized Market

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.282.230 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 282 ◽

pp. 230-234 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lucia Koukolová ◽

Rudolf Jánoš ◽

Ľuboslava Šidlovská

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Manufacturing System ◽

Control Level ◽

Point Of View ◽

Global Perspective ◽

New Class ◽

Market Requirements ◽

And Control

The paper clarifies the reasons leading to the creation of a new class of manufacturing system from a global perspective, focusing on the market environment. It describes the needs for reconfigurable manufacturing systems, which allows coping with market requirements and changes quickly and costing effectively. The article provides the approach to the design of the reconfigurable manufacturing systems from system, machine and control level point of view.

Quality, Reliability and Maintenance (Q, R & M) Issues in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS)

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.110-116.1442 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 110-116 ◽

pp. 1442-1446 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dodla Srikanth ◽

M. S. Kulkarni

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Production Capacity ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Life Cycles ◽

New Variety ◽

Machine Reliability ◽

Maintenance Plan

Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) have the potential to emerge as a cost effective solution that will help manufacturing organizations to stay competitive in an environment where product mix changes frequently and product life cycles are getting shorter. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems can achieve this as they are designed for quick changes in its configuration, as well as software and hardware components. This not only helps in accommodating production capacity but also production of new variety of products and introduction of new product within part family. However, the configurations have a significant impact on the productivity and reliability of the machines and the manufacturing system. In the present paper, the main objective is to present a framework consisting of Maintenance plan to be followed for the reconfigured machine, Reliability of the reconfigured machine, Quality of the product obtained. This framework can form as the basic idea and a link between maintenance, reliability and quality issues.

Intelligent Colored Token Petri Nets for Modeling, Control, and Validation of Dynamic Changes in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

Processes ◽

10.3390/pr8030358 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 358 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Husam Kaid ◽

Abdulrahman Al-Ahmari ◽

Zhiwu Li ◽

Reggie Davidrajuh

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Manufacturing System ◽

Current Model ◽

Main Idea ◽

Global Market ◽

Challenging Problem ◽

Dynamic Changes ◽

Part Type

The invention of reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs) has created a challenging problem: how to quickly and effectively modify an RMS to address dynamic changes in a manufacturing system, such as processing failures and rework, machine breakdowns, addition of new machines, addition of new products, removal of old machines, and changes in processing routes induced by the competitive global market. This paper proposes a new model, the intelligent colored token Petri net (ICTPN), to simulate dynamic changes or reconfigurations of a system. The main idea is that intelligent colored tokens denote part types that represent real-time knowledge about changes and status of a system. Thus, dynamic configurations of a system can be effectively modeled. The developed ICTPN can model dynamic changes of a system in a modular manner, resulting in the development of a very compact model. In addition, when configurations appear, only the changed colored token of the part type from the current model has to be modified. Based on the resultant ICTPN model, deadlock-free, conservative, and reversible behavioral properties, among others, are guaranteed. The developed ICTPN model was tested and validated using the GPenSIM tool and compared with existing methods from the literature.

Critical Analysis of Scalability of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

Journal of Machine and Computing ◽

10.53759/7669/jmc202101016 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 140-148

Author(s):

Zhu Jiping

Keyword(s):

Critical Analysis ◽

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Systems Design ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Manufacturing Systems Design ◽

Research Contribution ◽

Engineering Firms ◽

Product Specification

Due to the rapidly increasing industrial competition in the globe, it has now become fundamental of engineering firms to implement fundamental industrial approaches, which promptly and reliably focusses on sudden transformation of the design of engineered products. Emergent strategies, which might allow forms to cope up with the quickly transforming changes of product specification is centered on Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMSs). This research contribution discusses the significance of the presently available scalable Manufacturing Systems (MSs) that allows engineering firms to meet the demands of the market quickly. RMSs have to be designed on the outset of the futuristic scalability to allow its cost-effective and prompt expansion according to the demands of the globe. As such, this research contribution provides the principles to given manufacturing systems’ design to enhance scalability.