Question

What are the various innovations introduced in tooling for flexible manufacturing systems

Answer 1

Manufacturing systems flexibilities:

Flexible manufacturing system has come up as a mean to achieve these prerequisites term flexible manufacturing system, or FMS, refers to a highly automated GT machine cell, consisting of a group of computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools and supporting workstations, interconnected by an automated material handling and storage system, and all controlled by a distributed computer system. The reason, the FMS is called as flexible. Due to the benefits of manufacturing systems, it is intended to make it flexible, durable, simplicity, and reliable. To be a flexible, the manufacturing system must possess the following capabilities such capabilities are often difficult to engineer through manual operations. So it is necessary to assist an automated system with sensor system which is required to accomplish wants of business environment. It has been taken several years together to make manufacturing systems flexible in all various classes which were explained in brief as follows:
1. Mechanism flexibility - A machine can perform disparate type of operations.
2. Material handling pliability - The ability to move products within a manufacturing unit.
3. Operation flexibility - Produce a product in multiple approaches to minimize a control.
4. Expansion flexibility - The ability to build out the capacity of a system.
5. Program flexibility – Automatically, to run the system.
6. Production flexibility – A system can produce number of products.
7. Market flexibility – A system to adapt the market demands.
8. Process plasticity - The set of products that the system can produce.
9. Product flexibility - The ability to add new products in the system.
10. Routing flexibility - The different routes (through machines and workshops) that can be used to produce a product
in the system.
11. Volume flexibility - It is used to operate at different output levels. The ease of profitably decrease or increase output of existing system.

Case 1: flexible manufacturing systems in belt manufacturing:
Towards possession of benefits in manufacturing belts, company has taken few steps which are as follows:
i. By introducing an assembly line
ii. Enhancing an improvement towards achieve requirements

iii. To improve quality (reduction of restriction has been declined from 24%-1.9%)
iv. Quick response on such fine belts from users
v. For the same level of daily output there is a short fall of labor cost
vi. Skilled workers has been working as a team
vii. Productivity of belts to required level has been achieved
viii. Overall efficiency has been improved
ix. Inspection has been reduced
Fiscal analysis:
e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 p-ISSN: 2395-0072
Due to introduction of flexibility in manufacturing of belts, company has been gained Rs. 610 lakhs per half yearly.
Case 2: flexible manufacturing systems in manufacturing ramps up parts at Precise tool & Die
Towards possession of benefits in manufacturing ramps up parts at Precise tool & Die, company has taken few steps which are as follows:
i. Construction of an assembly line
ii. Enhancement towards improvement of fine production of parts and components
iii. Reduction of restriction has been declined
iv. Rapid and quick response on such fine tools
v. For the same level of daily output there is a short fall of labor cost
vi. Skilled workers has been working as a team
vii. Productivity found to be good.
viii. Overall efficiency has been improved
ix. Inspection has been reduced