Structure of a products flow in multi-nomenclature rotary lines with regard to tool change times

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2018-08, Vol.400 (2), p.22014
• Main Author: Bulenkov, Y
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Equipment costs; Fasteners; Flexible manufacturing systems; Rotary machines
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/400/2/022014

Flexible manufacturing systems are widely used for reducing the volume of products production and increasing the variety of their forms. However, there are large numbers of products that differ in minor elements and have a similar manufacturing technology - fasteners, furniture fittings, etc. The use of flexible manufacturing systems for their manufacture is inefficient due to the availability of cheaper and more productive, re-adjustable and one-nomenclature equipment. In turn, the use of this high-performance equipment also becomes ineffective, because large quantities of goods are difficult to be sold, and small batches do not pay off the costs of changing equipment. We propose to use multi-nomenclature rotary lines for solving this problem. The ability of creation of flexible production systems which are based on multi-nomenclature rotary lines is considered in this article. Augmented classification of a products flow in multi-nomenclature rotary lines allows to determine the structure of the products flow and to identify their structural feature - the impact of the time for the tool change on the structure of multi-nomenclature rotary machines. The number of sizes of manufactured products and the number of group tool blocks should be selected on the basis of the possibility of their replacement.