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SME MS900805
- Flexible Assembly: Its Development, Characteristics,
- standard by Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 06/01/1990
- Publisher: SME
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THE DEVELOPMENT, STATUS, AND PROGNOSIS OF FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS IS EXAMINED. EXPLANATIONS ARE OFFERED FOR FLEXIBILITY'S VARYING LEVELS OF ACCEPTANCE IN DIFFERENT WORLD MARKETS. CHARACTERISTICS OF FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS ARE IDENTIFIED. STATIC FLEXIBILITY IS COMPARED TO DYNAMIC FLEXIBILITY, AND THE USES OF CYCLE-INDEPENDENT WORKSTATIONS ARE EXPLORED. OBSTACLES HINDERING THE WIDESPREAD USE OF FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS ARE DISCUSSED.