Scheduling and performance evaluation of robotic flexible assembly cells under different dispatching rules
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2012
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Abd, K.K.
Abhary, K.G.
Marian, R.M.
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Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IERI), 2012, vol.2, iss.1, pp.31-40
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2011 International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (15 Jan 2011 - 16 Jan 2011 : Melbourne, Australia)
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This paper addresses scheduling and evaluation of Robotic Flexible Assembly Cells (RFACs). Even though RFACs are capable of assembling a variety of products using the same resources, all previous studies have been devoted to scheduling RFACs for assembling a single product. The objective of the paper is to propose an algorithm deal with scheduling RFAC for assembly of multi-products. Four experiments are illustrated to schedule RFAC under different dispatching rules. Also, four performance measures are suggested to evaluate the cell performance. A case study is presented to illustrate applications of the proposed algorithm. The results of study demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm to manage scheduling RFAC in a multi-product assembly environment.
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Copyright 2011 Khalid Abd, Kazem Abhary and Romeo Marian