RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW

Abstract

This paper presents the review of Reconfigurable manufacturing system. That aims at achieving cost effective and rapid system changes needed, by incorporating principle of modularity, integrability and scalability as this new manufacturing system. Reconfigurable manufacturing system promises customized flexibility in a short time, while the other manufacturing system provides generalized flexibility designed for anticipation variations. This paper shows the definition and background of reconfigurable manufacturing system. In this research paper an overview of components of reconfigurable manufacturing system and comparisons of different manufacturing system with their merits and demerits are presented. The capabilities of reconfigurable manufacturing system, challenges of reconfigurable manufacturing system and key role in reconfigurable manufacturing system are explained. The characteristic of reconfigurable manufacturing system are also presented in this research paper