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2003 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
Authors : Prof., Dr. Sc. Y. Koren, U. Heisel, Prof. F. Jovane, Doctor of Engineering, Prof. T. Moriwaki, Prof., Dr. Eng. G. Pritschow, G. Ulsoy, Prof., Dr. Eng. H. Van Brussel
Published in: Manufacturing Technologies for Machines of the Future
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Manufacturing companies in the 21st Century will face unpredictable, high-frequency market changes driven by global competition. To stay competitive, these companies must possess new types of manufacturing systems that are cost-effective and very responsive to all these market changes. Reconfigurability, an engineering technology that deals with costeffective, quick reactions to market changes, is needed. Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS), whose components are reconfigurable machines and reconfigurable controllers, as well as methodologies for their systematic design and rapid ramp-up, are the cornerstones of this new manufacturing paradigm.