| Article ID: | iaor19962015 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Start Page Number: | 1995 |
| End Page Number: | 2018 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1996 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
| Authors: | Mukhopadhyay S.K., Sahu S.K. |
The tool allocation problem in a flexible manufacturing system generally aims at (1) maximizing throughput; (2) minimizing machining cost; (3) minimizing system imbalance. This paper presents a heuristic approach of loading a set of tools to the different machining centres in the case of variable machining time. Concepts of fuzzy set theory to determine threshold machining time and a potency index (PI) to prioritize parts are used to solve the problem.