Title :
Analysis of the behaviour of a circular conveyor
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. des Telecommun., Telecom, Evry, France
Abstract :
An approximate method is developed to obtain the performance metrics of a flexible manufacturing system consisting of a circular conveyor and workstations placed around the conveyor. Each workstation consists of a single machine subject to breakdowns. The service, failure, and repair times are assumed to be exponentially distributed. The authors validate the results obtained by the approximate method with simulation
Keywords :
flexible manufacturing systems; reliability; FMS; breakdowns; circular conveyor; flexible manufacturing system; performance metrics; workstations; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Electric breakdown; Flexible manufacturing systems; Measurement; Open systems; Real time systems; System recovery; Telecommunications; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1992. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2720-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1992.220215
