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The FMS & Cell Grouping
The FMS & Cell Grouping
Nilesh J. Shirbhate
Mechanical Engineering Department
Jawaharlal Darda Institute of Engineering & Technology,
Yavatmal
Types of Manufacturing Systems
Mass Production
Capability of producing large volumes of a product at a
lower cost, but very inflexible in terms of the product
types which can be produced (e.g., transfer lines).
Batch Production
Capability of producing a variety of different product
types, but at a high cost (e.g., Process shops).
Job Production
Capability of producing one job at a time. Facilities are
arranged to produce specialize job.
Cell Layout
Before
Grouping
After
Grouping
xij
Sij =
(x ij + x jj )
here:
x
jj
is # of parts visiting one but not both machines
X 1 2 3 4 5 6
Machine ID
A 1 1
B 1 1
C 1 1
D 1 1 1
E 1 1 1
Part ‘Number’
X 1 2 3 4 5 6
Machine ID
A 1 1
B 1 1
C 1 1
D 1 1 1
E 1 1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6
B. Wt: 25 24 23 22 21 20
A 1 1 23+21 = 5
10
B 1 1 24+23 = 4
24
C 1 1 25+22=36 2
D 1 1 1 24+23+21 3
= 26
E 1 1 1 25+22+20 1
=37
Rank 1 5 4 2 6 3
1 4 6 3 2 5
B Wt: 25 24 23 22 21 20
Machine ID
E 1 1 1 25+24+ 1
23=56
C 1 1 25+24= 48 2
D 1 1 1 22+21+ 20 3
=7
B 1 1 22+21=6 4
A 1 1 22+20=5 5
Name of
system
TOYOD
STTP on Flexible Manufacturing Systems 24
Classification and Coding Schemes
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