Priority-based tool allocation in a flexible manufacturing system |
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| Authors: | S.K. MUKHOPADHYAY‡ S.K. SAHU |
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| Affiliation: | National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) , Vihar Lake, Bombay, 400087, India |
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| Abstract: | The tool allocation problem in a flexible manufacturing system generally aims at (1) maximizing throughput (2) minimizing machining cost (3) minimizing system imbalance. This paper presents a heuristic approach of loading a set of tools to the different machining centres in the case of variable machining time. Concepts of fuzzy set theory to determine threshold machining time and a potency index (PI) to prioritize parts are used to solve the problem. |
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