Flexible Manufacturing Systems

(FMS) by Ed Red
an automated, mid-volume, mid-variety, central computer-controlled manufacturing system Nanua Singh, Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing, John Wiley & Sons, 1996
References: 1. Nanua Singh, Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing, John Wiley & Sons, 1996 2. Mikell Groover, Automated Production Systems and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Prentice-Hall, 2nd edition, 2001
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Objectives
To review modern flexible manufacturing systems (FMS): - Group technology (GT) - Manufacturing cells - Automated part handling equipment (AGVs, etc.) - Control software - Analysis models To consider application conditions (student presentations) To test understanding of the material presented

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FMS characteristics
A manufacturing cell used to implement group technology (GT) robotsmachine tools Independent machines performing multiple operations and having automated tool interchange capabilities Automated material-handling between stations (move parts between machines and fixturing stations) Hierarchical computer control architectures Often include CMM, inspection and part washing devices
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GT requirement:
Parts can be grouped into part families!
Similar manufacturing process requirements (manufacturing attributes), but with different design attributes
Turned, drilled, milled..

Cylindrical, hole, thread, chamfer, tolerance, dimension.. ME 482 - Manufacturing Systems

GT requirement: Production machines

can be arranged into cells!

Group technology layout

Process type plant layout dashed lines indicates departments!

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GT part classification and coding

Parts distinguished (classified) by design attributes and manufacturing attributes.

Part differentiated by coding methods for

design retrieval automated process planning machine cell design

Basic structure of Opitz coding system

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GT Opitz form code

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GT example
For the part shown determine the form code in the Opitz parts classification and coding system.. Solution: With reference to Figure 15.6, the five-digit code is developed as follows: Length-to-diameter ratio, L/D = 1.5 External shape: stepped on both ends with screw thread on one end Internal shape: part contains a through-hole Plane surface machining: none Auxiliary holes, gear teeth, etc.: none The partss form code in the Opitz system is ME 482 - Manufacturing Systems Digit 1 = 1 Digit 2 = 5 Digit 3 = 1 Digit 4 = O Digit 5 = O

15100

FMS
Highly automated GT manufacturing cell, consisting of a group of processing workstations, interconnected by an automated material handling and storage system, and controlled by a distributed computer system (Groover defn) What does flexible mean? 1. Can identify and operate on different part/product styles 2. Quick changeover of process/operating instructions 3. Quick changeover of physical setup FMS operations: 1. Processing operations, or 2. Assembly operations
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FMS automated part handling

Conveyor AGV AS/RS

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FMS type - Distinguish by number of machines

1. Single machine cell* can operate in batch mode (sequentially process parts of a single style in defined lot sizes) or flexible mode (process
different part styles and adapt to different production schedules) * No error recovery if machine breaks down since production will stop 2. Flexible machine cell (FMC) consists of 2-3 machines plus part handling Flexible Manufacturing Cell equipment and limited part storage.simultaneous production of different parts and error recovery. Flexible manufacturing system consists of 4 or more workstations connected by common part handling system and distributed computer system. Other stations may support the activities, such as a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) or washing station. .simultaneous production of different parts and error recovery.

Single machine

3.

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Loop layout

FMS layouts
1. In-line layout

Ladder field Open layout layout In-line layout

2. Loop layout (secondary part handling systems)

3. Ladder layout 4. Open field layout

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FMS computer control system

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Workstation control Supervisory control among workstations (workstation coordination) Production control (part rate and mix) Traffic control (manage part delivery systems) Shuttle control (part handling between machine and primary handling system) Workpiece monitoring (status of various systems) Tool control (location and tool life) Performance monitoring and reporting (report operational data) Diagnostics (identify sources of error, preventive maintenance)

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FMS design issues

1. Workstation types 2. Variations in process routings and FMS layout (increasing
product variety move you from in-line layouts to open field layouts)

3. Material handling system 4. Work in process (WIP) and storage capacity (FMS storage
capacity must be compatible with WIP)

5. Tooling (numbers and types of tools at each station, tool duplication) 6. Workpiece monitoring (status of various systems)

7. Pallet fixtures (numbers in system, flexibility)

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FMS operational issues

1. Scheduling (master production schedule) and dispatching
(launching of parts into the system)

2. Machine loading 3. Part routing

4. Part grouping
5. Tool management 6. Pallet and fixture allocation
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FMS quantitative analysis

Four models:
1. Deterministic models (dont include operating characteristics,
including queues, that may degrade performance, thus are a little optimistic)

2. Queueing models
3. Discrete event Discrete event simulation Used to model manufacturing cell simulation (simulation) 4. Heuristic
or material handling system, as events occur at discrete approachesin time and affect the status and performance of the moments system, e.g., parts arriving at the machine.

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FMS bottleneck model

Bottleneck output of a production system has an upper limit, given an upper bounds on the product mix flowing through the system Introduce the bottleneck model to provide initial FMS parameter estimates Introduce terminology and symbols Demonstrate on examples

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FMS terminology and symbols

Part mix pj = fraction of system output that is of style j P = total number of part styles made in FMS in given time period
p j 1.0
j 1

Workstations and servers (workstation that can duplicate process

capabilities of another workstation )

n = number of workstations si = number of servers at each station i (i = 1,2,n, and we

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FMS terminology and symbols

Process routing for each part or product, defines operational sequence, assigned workstations, and associated process times, including loading and unloading times tijk = processing time for a part/product in a given server, not including waiting time, where
i = station i j = part/product j k = particular operation in process routing sequence of operations

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FMS terminology and symbols

Work handling system material handling system is considered a special workstation and designate it as station n + 1; then sn+1 = number of carriers (servers) in handling system (conveyors, carts, AGVs, etc.) Transport time tn+1 = mean transport time required to move a part from one workstation to the next station in the process routing
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FMS terminology and symbols

Operation frequency expected number of times a given operation in the process routing is performed for each work unit, e.g, an inspection of a dimension fijk = operation frequency for operation k for part j at station i This parameter (fijk) is usually one since each operation is usually performed once on a different workstation! Exceptions might exist for part inspection stations. Note that there are many zero values since not all parts and operations go through every machine.
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FMS quantitative models

Average workload (Li) mean operational time of station i per part, calculated as (units are in min.)

Li = Sj Sk tijk fijk pj

i = station i j = part/product j (process routing) k = operation in routing sequence

Workload of the handling system is the mean transport time (tn+1) multiplied by the average number of transports to complete part process. Average number of transports (nt) is the mean number of operations in the process routing minus 1:

nt = Si Sj Sk fijkpj 1
Workload of handling system is Ln+1 = nt tn+1
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difficult interpretation!

FMS example determine nt

Simple system has machining station and load/unload station. If system processes single part, determine nt. One part (j = 1) so p1 = 1.0 fi1k = 1.0 3 routing operations: load part at 1-> route to station 2 for machining-> return to station 1 for unloading Then nt = 1(1.0) + 1(1.0) + 1(1.0) - 1 = 2
load
machine at 2 unload

Load

Unload

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FMS quantitative models

FMS production is usually constrained by a bottleneck station (consider the handling station also), which is the station i with the highest workload per server as measured by Li/si. Designate i = b the bottleneck station and calculate the maximum production rate from Rmax = sb/Lb
(number of parts per time for station b) Note: This is valid even for parts not passing through the bottleneck station because the part mix ratios are fixed and limited by the bottleneck station.

Individual production rates are

Rj = pj sb/Lb
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FMS quantitative models

Mean workstation utilization is the proportion of time that stations are active as determined from
Ui = Rmax Li/si The average station utilization is ( Ub = 1)

U = Si Ui/(n+1)
The overall FMS utilization is weighted by the number of servers at each station (not including handling stations)

Us = Si siUi/ Si si Number of busy servers at other than the bottleneck station determined from
Bi = Rmax Li
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FMS example (from Groover)

An FMS with 4 stations is designed so that station 1 is load/unload, station 2 performs milling operations with 3 servers, station 3 performs drilling operations with 2 servers, while station 4 performs part inspection on part samples. The part handling system has a mean transport time of 3.5 min and 2 carriers. The FMS produces parts A, B, C, and D with part mix fractions and routings shown in the table. Determine:

1.FMS max production rate

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FMS example solution

First, determine bottleneck station by calculating workloads: L1 = (4+2)(1.0)(0.1 + 0.2 + 0.3 + 0.4) = 6.0 min. L2 = (20)(1.0)(0.1) + 25(1.0)(0.2) + (30)(1.0)(0.4) = 19.0 min. Similarly, L3 = 14.4 min. ; L4 = 4.0 min.

nt = (4.5 - 1)(0.1) + (5.2 - 1)(0.2) + (3.5 -1)(0.3) + (3.333 - 1)(0.4) = 2.783 L5 = (2.873)(3.5) = 10.06 min. part handling station!

Now calculate Li/si to identify bottleneck: L1/s1 = 6.0/1 = 6.0 L2/s2 = 19.0/3 = 6.333 L3/s3 = 14.4/2 = 7.2 the bottleneck! Rmax = 2/14.4 = 0.1389 pc/min. (8.333 pc/hr) L4/s4 = 4.0/1 = 4.0 L5/s5 = 10.06/2 = 5.03
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FMS example solution

Production rate for each part: RA = 8.333(0.1) = 0.8333 pc/hr. RB = 8.333(0.2) = 1.667 pc/hr. RC = 8.333(0.3) = 2.500 pc/hr. RD = 8.333(0.4) = 3.333 pc/hr. Station utilization: U1 = (6.0/1)(0.1389) = 0.8333 U2 = (19.0/3)(0.1389) = 0.879 U3 = (14.4/2)(0.1389) = 1.0 U4 = (4.0/1)(0.1389) = 0.555 U5 = (10.06/2)(0.1389) = 0.699 (83.33%)

Overall FMS utilization (exclude part handling): U1 = [1(0.833) + 3(0.879) + 2(1.0) + 1(0.555)]/7= 0.861 ME 482 - Manufacturing Systems

(86.1%)

FMS follow-on example (from Groover)

Determine the production rate of part D that will increase the utilization of station 2 to 100%. Note that this is possible since part D does not go through station 3, the bottleneck station, and station 2 is under utilized.
Solution: Set U2 = 100% and solve U2 = 1.0 = L2(0.1389)/3 to get L2 = 21.6 min. as compared to 19.0 min. previously. Parts A, B and D are processed by station 2. Parts A and B are constrained in their production rate by the other stations, but not part D which is only processed by station 2. We first determine the portion of the station 2 workload taken up by A and B: L2(by A+B) = 20(0.1)(1.0) + 25(0.2)(1.0) = 7.0 min.
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FMS follow-on example

At 100% utilization the workload for part D increases to 21.6 7.0 = 14.6 min., where it was 19.0 7.0 = 12.0 min. at 87.9% utilization. The production rate for part D is now increased to 14.6(3.333)/12.0 = 4.055 pc/hr. Note that increasing the throughput for part D will change the part mix ratios previously presented.

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Optimizing operations allocation in an FMS with negligible setup

Sound familiar?
Two criteria: - production of parts with minimum cost - production of parts at max production rate Define: K part types having demand dk (k = 1,......K)

M machine types each having capacity bm

Jk operations performed on part type k

(m = 1,.....M)
(j = 1,.......Jk)

ckjm = unit processing cost to perform jth operation on kth part on mth machine; else, set the cost to infinity (set high) tkjm = unit processing time to perform jth operation on kth part on mth machine; else, set the time to infinity (set high)
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Optimizing operations allocation in an FMS with negligible setup

Define flexibility factor, akljm :

Assume operations can be performed on alternative machines. Part can be manufactured along a number of routes. For example, if a part has three operations and if the first, second, and third operations can be performed as: - operation 1 on two machines - operation 2 on three machines - operation 3 on two machines
then a set of alternative process plans (l L, where L is the total number of alternative plans) would include 2 x 3 x 2 = 12 possible processing routes. Define akljm = 1 if in plan l the jth operation on the kth part is performed on the mth machine; else, set the factor to 0
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Optimizing operations allocation in an FMS with negligible setup

Minimum cost to manufacture all parts: Minimize Z1 = Skljm akljm ckjm Xkl Linear programming

where Z1 is the objective function and Xkl is a decision variable representing the number of units of part k to be processed using plan l. Constraints: Demand for parts must be met: Can not exceed machine capacity:

Sl Xkl

dk

"k bm "m

Sklj akljm tkjm Xkl

Positive number of units produced: Xkl 0

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Optimizing operations allocation in an FMS with negligible setup

Maximize throughput (minimize total process time for parts): Minimize objective function Z2 = Skljm akljm tkjm Xkl Constraints: Demand for parts must be met: Can not exceed machine capacity:

Sl Xkl

dk

"k bm "m

Sklj akljm tkjm Xkl

Positive number of units produced: Xkl 0

" k, l

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Optimizing operations allocation in an FMS with negligible setup

Balance workload on machines (minimize the maximum of the process times):

Minimize objective function Z3 = maximum{ Skljm akljm tkjm Xkl }

Constraints: Minimized max > other workloads: Z3 - Skljm akljm tkjm Xkl 0 Demand for parts must be met: Can not exceed machine capacity:

"m

Sl Xkl

dk

"k bm "m

Sklj akljm tkjm Xkl

Positive number of units produced: Xkl 0

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Linear programming - example

Consider the manufacture of 5 part types on 4 machine types, each part requiring several operations. Table 12.18 list the pertinent data. Develop a production plan for: 1) min cost model; 2) max throughput (min processing time); and 3) workload balancing.

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Linear programming - example

The 3 models were solved using LINDO, a linear programming package, with the results shown in Table 12.19. The table shows that parts can be produced through a number of alternative process plans. Another table (next slide) can be generated to show the machine loading for various operations allocation strategies.

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Linear programming - example

Note that all three models result in 100% utilization of machines m2 and m3, making these bottleneck machines. Consider machine m1. Its resource utilization for the 3 models are 2400, 2400, and 2045 units of time, respectively. This information is useful for production scheduling and also for preventive maintenance.
To calculate these values simply multiply all the operations on each machine (each part through the machine is an operation) by the time required for each operation as given in Table 12.18.

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FMS

What have we learned?

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