Design principles of reconfigurable machines

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 430-439

  Katz, Reuven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Machine design; Reconfigurable assembly machine (RAM); Reconfigurable inspection machine (RIM); Reconfigurable machine tool (RMT); Reconfigurable machines (RM); Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS)

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INSPECTION; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING; MANUFACTURE;

RECONFIGURABLE ASSEMBLY MACHINE (RAM); RECONFIGURABLE INSPECTION MACHINE (RIM); RECONFIGURABLE MACHINE TOOL (RMT); RECONFIGURABLE MACHINES (RM); RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (RMS);

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 34548237689     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-006-0615-2     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Mehrabi MG, Ulsoy AG, Koren Y (2000) Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: key to future manufacturing. J Intell Manuf 11(4):403-419
2. Altiok T (1996) Analysis of manufacturing systems. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
3. Kaighobadi M, Venkatesh K (1993) Flexible manufacturing Systems: an overview. Int J Oper Manage 14(4):26-49
4. Mehrabi MG, Ulsoy AG, Koren Y, Heytler P, (2002) Trends and perspectives in flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. J Intell Manuf 13(2): 135-146
5. Sethi AK, Sethi SP (1990) Flexibility in manufacturing: a survey. Int J Flex Manuf Syst 2:289-328
6. Koren Y, Jovane F, Heisel U, Pritschow G, Ulsoy G, VanBrussel H (1999) Reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Keynote paper. CIRP Annals 2:6-12
7. Koren Y, Ulsoy AG (2002) Vision, principles and impact of reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Powertrain International, pp 14-21
8. Doubbel H (1994) Handbook of mechanical engineering. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
9. Norton RL (2000) Machine design an integrated approach. Prentice-Hall, New York
10. Suh NP (1990) The principles of design. Oxford University Press, Oxford
11. Altintas Y (2000) Manufacturing automation: metal cutting mechanics, machine tool vibrations, and CNC design. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
12. Koren Y (1983) Computer control of manufacturing systems. McGraw-Hill, New York
13. Spicer P, Koren Y, Shpitalni M, Yip-Hoi D (2002) Design principles for machining system configurations. CIRP Ann Manuf Technol 51:275-280
14. Bright G, Xing B, Craig S (2005) Modular machine design for reconfigurable manufacturing. 3rd CIRP Conference on RMS, Ann Arbor, MI
15. Abele E, Worn. A, Stroh C, Elzenheimer J (2005) Multi machining technology integration in RMS, 3rd CIRP Intl. Conference on RMS '05, Ann Arbor, MI
16. Moon YM, Kota S (2002) Design of reconfigurable machine tools. ASME J Manuf Sei Eng 124:480-483
17. Moon YM, Kota S (2002) Generalized kinematic modeling of reconfigurable machine tools. ASME J Mech Des 124:47-51
18. Spicer P, Yip-Hoi D, Koren Y (2005) Scalable reconfigurable equipment design principles. Int J Prod Res 43(22):4839-4852
19. Dhupia J, Powalka B, Katz R, Ulsoy AG (2005) Effect of reconfiguration degrees of freedom on dynamics of a machine tool. 3rd CIRP Intl. Conference on RMS '05, Ann Arbor, MI
20. Ersal T, Stein JL, Louca LS (2004) A modular modeling approach for the design of reconfigurable machine tools. Proc ASME IMECE '04, Anaheim, CA
21. Farago F, Curtis MA (1994) Handbook of dimensional measurement. Industrial Press Inc.
22. Bosch JA (ed) (1995) Coordinate measuring machines and systems. Marcel Dekker, New York
23. Coelho AG, Mourao AF, Navas HG (2004) A rational way to select a measuring system, for mechanical parts inspection. Proc of ICAD '04, Seoul, Korea
24. Ramesh M, Yip-Hoi D, Dutta D (2001) Feature-based shape similarity measurement for retrieval of mechanical parts. J Comput Inf Sei Eng 1:245-256
25. Koren Y, Kota S (1999) Reconfigurable machine tool. US Patent # 5,943,750
26. Landers RG, Min BK, Koren Y (2001) Reconfigurable machine tools. Ann CIRP 50:269-274
27. Katz R, Chung H (1999) Design of an experimental arch type reconfigurable machine tool. Proc 2000 JUSFA, 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, July 23-26, 2000, Ann Arbor, MI
28. Katz R, Yook J, Koren Y (2004) Control of reconfigurable machine tool. ASME J Dyn Syst Meas Control 126:397-405
29. Koren Y, Katz R (2003) Reconfigurable apparatus and method for Inspection during a Manufacturing Process. US Patent # 6,567,162
30. Katz R, Zuteck MG, Koren Y (2002) Rapid inspection and error-tracing methodology for machining production lines. CIRP ICME '02, Ischia (Naples), Italy
31. Katz R, Zuteck MG, Koren Y (2002) Reconfigurable inspection machine for machining production lines. Proc Global Power Train Conference 2002, Ann Arbor, MI
32. Barhak J, Katz R (2003) Interpretation of laser measurements produced by the reconfigurable inspection machine using the "virtual ball" method. Proc CIRP- 2nd Intl. Conference on RMS '03, Ann Arbor, MI
33. Barhak J, Katz R (2004) Rapid non-contact measurements of engine cylinder heads with the reconfigurable inspection machine. CIRP ICME '04, Sorrento, Italy
34. Gupta A, Segall S, Katz R (2004) Motion stage error compensation technique with verification, methodology for a reconfigurable inspection, machine. ASME Proc 2004 Japan-USA Symposium on. Flexible Automation
35. Barhak J, Djurdjanovic D, Spicer P, Katz R (2005) Integration, of reconfigurable inspection with stream, of variations methodology. Int J Mach Tools Manuf 45(4-5):407-419
36. Kalyanaraman A, Katz R, Lock T, Spicer P, Warlick Z, (2004) Cylinder head surface porosity inspection. University of Michigan, ERC/RMS TR-051-04
37. Bair N, Kidwai T, Koren Y, Mehrabi M, Wayne S, Prater L (2002) Design of a reconfigurable assembly system for manufacturing heat exchangers. Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Manufacturing, Julyl4-19, Hiroshima
38. Kidwai T (2002) Design of a reconfigurable core-builder: an assembly machine for heat exchangers. University of Michigan, ERC/RMS-TR-056-05