Generic flexible assembly system design

Assembly Automation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-152

  Edmondson, N F ^a   Redford, A H ^b  

^a Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly; Flexibility; Materials handling; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INDEXING (MATERIALS WORKING); MATERIALS HANDLING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEM;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036279022     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150210423189     Document Type: Article

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