Productivity rate of rotor-type automated lines and optimisation of their structure

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 222, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1561-1566

  Usubamatov, R ^a,b   Abdulmuin, M Z ^a   Nor, A M ^a   Murad, M N ^a  

^a University of Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Optimization; Productivity; Rotary automated line

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; AUTOMATED LINES; AUTOMATIC MACHINES; OPTIMISATION; PRODUCTION LINES; PRODUCTIVITY RATES; ROTARY AUTOMATED LINE;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 57049184706     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM986     Document Type: Article

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