Quantifying the flexibility of a manufacturing system by applying the transfer function
Résumé
This paper discusses a method of estimating the flexibility of a manufacturing system. The approach proposed, is motivated by the dynamic behaviour analogy between a mechanical and a manufacturing system. The main hypothesis is that the flexibility of a manufacturing system can be calculated, in the same manner, as the damping factor of a mechanical system. In order for the validity of the method proposed, to be tested and discussed, a set of experiments has been designed and executed, initially, for a simple production system. An industrial production system has also been studied having used the same approach. The results prove that this method can be used for the estimation of a manufacturing system's flexibility.
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