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FMS Introduction

The document discusses Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), detailing its evolution, definition, production quantity, product variety, benefits, and limitations. FMS originated in the 1960s and is characterized by automated machine tools linked with material handling systems for efficient production. While FMS offers significant benefits like inventory reduction and increased asset utilization, it also faces challenges such as high costs and integration issues.

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FMS Introduction

The document discusses Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), detailing its evolution, definition, production quantity, product variety, benefits, and limitations. FMS originated in the 1960s and is characterized by automated machine tools linked with material handling systems for efficient production. While FMS offers significant benefits like inventory reduction and increased asset utilization, it also faces challenges such as high costs and integration issues.

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FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING

SYSTEM

C O M P I L E D B Y:
P R O F. A . M . G O H I L
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NIRMA UNIVERSITY

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CONTENT

 Evolution
 Definition
 Production Quantity & Product Variety
 Need
 Objectives of FMS
 Conventional Approaches to Manufacturing
 Problems with conventional approaches
 Benefits of FMS
 Limitations of FMS

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Evolution

 Origin
 London in 1960s by David Williamson
 System 24
 Series of machining systems
 Manual loading on pallets
 Automatic loading on machines
 Tool magazine
 Chip removal & cleaning systems
 “Flexible Machining Systems” to “Flexible Manufacturing
Systems”
 Detection and compensation of tool wear
 Diagnostic and sensors,
 high speed, non-contact, online inspection
 Quick spindle head changing machine tools
 Application to forming, heat treating and assembly

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Definition

 United States Government:


 “A series of automatic machine tools or items of fabrication
equipment linked together with an automatic material handling
system, a common hierarchical digital preprogrammed
computer control, and provision for random fabrication of parts
or assemblies that fall within predetermined families.”

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FMS layout

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Production Quantity & Product Variety

 Production quantity refers to the number of units of a


given part or product produced annually by the plant.
 Low production: 1 to 100 units per year.
 Medium production: 100 to 10,000 units annually.
 High production: 10,000 to millions of units
 Product Variety refers to the different product
designs or types that are produced in a plant

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Production Quantity & Product Variety (cont.)

Low Hard product variety


Production variety

Soft product variety

Medium

High

1 100 10,000 1,000,000

Production quantity

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Production Quantity & Product Variety (cont.)

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Need

 Right raw materials or parts to the right machines at right


times.

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Benefits of FMS

 Inventory reduction (60 to 80 %)


 Direct labour saving (30 to 50%)
 Increased asset utilization (80 to 90%)
 Reduced floor space requirement (40 to 50 %)
 Additional benefits
 Minimized delay

 Reduced material movement distance

 Processing flexibility

 Continuous monitoring

 Reduced lead time etc.

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Limitations of FMS

 Misapplication
 FMS should be applied to successful nonautomated activity
 FMS may not be as productive as efforts to outsource
 High cost
 Purchase not as standard commodity-type machine tool
 Unrealistic user expectation
 Management commitment
 Most FMS limited to metal-removal processes
 Integration with existing facilities
 FMS is for workpiece, not the workpiece for FMS

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