1. 909 SENTHUR POLYTECHIC COLLEGE NAMBIYUR
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
4020531/COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
SEMINAR TOPIC
FLEXIPLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
SUMITTED BY KAVIYAVARSHINI. S
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2. History.
• The FMS was first conceptualized for machining, and it
required the prior development of NC.
• This concept is credited to David Williamson, a British engineer during
mid-1960s.
• In late 1960s the first FMS machining system was installed at Ingersoll-
Rand company in Virginia.
• Germany implemented its first FMS in 1969, in cooperation with the
university of Stuttgart.
• Russia and Japan implemented FMS in 1972.
3. Classification of FMS…
•Flexible manufacturing systems can be distinguished
according to the number of machines in the system.
The following are typical categories:
Single machine cell
Flexible manufacturing cell
Flexible manufacturing system
4. Single Machine Cell (SMC)
•A single machine cell consists of one CNC machining center
combined with a parts storage system for unattended
operation.
•Completed parts are periodically unloaded from the parts
storage unit, and raw work parts are loaded into it
5. Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC)
•A flexible manufacturing cell consists of two or
three processing workstations (typically CNC
machining centers) plus a part handling system.
•The part handling system is connected to a
load/unload station.
