Trends and perspectives in flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-146

  Mehrabi, M G ^a   Ulsoy, A G ^a   Koren, Y ^a   Heytler, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

CNC machine tools; Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS); Modular machines; Open architecture systems; Reconfigurable machining systems (RMS)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPEN SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL; MODULAR MACHINES; OPEN ARCHITECTURE SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036535815     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014536330551     Document Type: Article

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