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MARK III, A New Approach to High-Variant, Medium-Volume Flexible Automatic Assembly Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1998

M. A. Onori  and
P. Gröndahl
M. A. Onori
Affiliation:
The Royal Institute of Technology, Dept. of Manufacturing Systems, Brinellvägen 68, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
P. Gröndahl
Affiliation:
The Swedish Institute of Production Engineering Research, Brinellvägen 68, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract

The MARK III FAA (Flexible Automatic Assembly) cell was designed to minimise the risk factors associated with FAA. This FAA cell is stepwise upgradeable and adopts the sub-batch principle and reversed material flow solutions. It allows for the assembly of products with an annual volume normally too low to justify automation. The MARK III FAA cell was implemented with the FACE programming and control system, a PC-based, modular programming and control platform for FAA cells. It enables the management of unpredictable order schemes and leads to very low programming costs.

Keywords

FAASub-batch principleReversed material flowModularTask-oriented
Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , May 1998 , pp. 357 - 368
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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