| Article ID: | iaor19951327 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 71 |
| End Page Number: | 78 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
| Authors: | Koulamas C., Iakovou E. |
The authors present solution methods to the problem of synchronizing parallel machining operations in order to avoid overlapping tool changes. The proposed algorithm utilizes results from the economic lot scheduling problem and modifies the machining speeds of the various operations in accordance with the minimum machining cost objective. The procedure is demonstrated through a numerical example.