The material handling system design of integrated manufacturing systems

1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 379-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Kouvelis ◽  
Hau L. Lee
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Material Handling System ◽  
Integrated Manufacturing ◽  
Handling System ◽  
Integrated Manufacturing Systems

scholarly journals Minimization of acquisition and operational costs in horizontal material handling system design

1999 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 679-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. HERRMANN ◽  
G. IOANNOU ◽  
I. MINIS ◽  
J.M. PROTH
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Material Handling System ◽  
Handling System ◽  
Operational Costs

scholarly journals Advances in discrete material handling system design

Sadhana ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivasan Rajagopalan ◽  
Sunderesh S Heragu
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Material Handling System ◽  
Handling System

scholarly journals Development of a reconfigurable pallet system for a robotic cell

2018 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Martin Koekemoer ◽  
Igor Gorlach
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Robotic Assembly ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Material Handling System ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Handling System ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Material Handling Systems

Advanced manufacturing systems allow rapid changes of production processes by means of reconfigurability providing mass customisation of products with high productivity, quality and low costs. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) employ conventional as well as special purpose CNC machines, robots and material handling systems. In customised automated assembly, a number of different workpieces need to be processed simultaneously at various workstations according to their process plans. Therefore, a material handling system is an important part of RMS, whose main task is to provide reliable, accurate and efficient transfer of materials according to the process scheduling, without bottlenecks and stoppages. In this research, a reconfigurable pallet system was developed to facilitate automated robotic assembly for a highly customised production environment. The aim is to design a material handling system for conveying, sorting and processing of parts, which are supplied by robots and part feeders in different configurations. The developed pallet system provides a low-cost solution and it includes four flexible conveyors and part handling devices. All the elements of the system were successfully integrated with an intelligent controller. A user-friendly human machine interface provides easy reconfigurability of the pallet system and interfacing with robots, processing stations and part feeding sub-systems. The main advantages of the developed material handling system are the ease of operation, its reconfigurability and low-cost. The system demonstrates the advantages of reconfigurable material handling systems and it can be employed for training purposes.

Simulation and material handling system design (panel)

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Parsley ◽  
Deborah Kotlarek ◽  
Paul M. Mellema ◽  
Merriel Dewsnup
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Material Handling System ◽  
Handling System
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