Heuristics for the design of part-orienting systems

Heuristics for the design of part-orienting systems

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Article ID: iaor1994510
Country: United States
Volume: 5
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 167
End Page Number: 185
Publication Date: Jul 1993
Journal: International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Authors: , , , ,
Abstract:

In many manufacturing systems, parts must be fed to automatic machines in a specific orientation. This is often accomplished by what are known as part-orientating systems (POSs). A POS consists of one or more separate devices that orient parts, usually with multiple orientations. A theoretical analysis along with the development of some heuristic algorithms is carried out in order to treat the problem of efficient selection and ordering of part-orienting devices that make up a POS. It is indicated that the size of such problems can be quite large in the context of flexible manufacturing systems which may require what are known as flexible part-orienting systems for their efficient operation. Computational experiments are performed in order to evaluate the relative performance of the heuristic algorithms.

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