MODELS OF PARTS‐ORIENTING SYSTEMS

Abstract

An analytical model to estimate, evaluate, and compare the behavior and performance of parts‐orienting systems for automated manufacturing systems is developed. The model can be applied to parts‐orienting systems for both traditional series‐structured manufacturing systems and nontraditionally structured flexible manufacturing systems. Numerical examples are given for typical system configurations such as the pure series system, the pure parallel system, and the pure feedback system. Copyright © 1986, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved