Development of Cellular Manufacturing System Based on Movable Cells

Yoshiki Shimomura; Fabio Noriyuki Takada; Tetsuo Tomiyama

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doi: 10.20965/jrm.2005.p0027

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Development of Cellular Manufacturing System Based on Movable Cells

Yoshiki Shimomura^, Fabio Noriyuki Takada^,
and Tetsuo Tomiyama^

^*Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan

^**GRUPO LIBERCON, Av. Paulista, 807 - 25o Andar - Cerqueira Cesar Sao Paulo - SP - Brasil - CEP: 01311-915

^***Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands

Received:

June 30, 2004

Accepted:

December 6, 2004

Published:

February 20, 2005

Keywords:

cellular machine, autonomous distributed, manufacturing system, intelligent system, soft machinery

Abstract

In contrast to current highly centralized systems, we propose cellular machines, which are mechanical systems consisting of a minimum kind of autonomous distributed intelligent units, called cells, with no central control. We introduce the concept of movable cells to improve robustness against faults and flexibility of a previous system. We discuss the development of new cellular manufacturing system consisting of movable cells by introducing functional expandability and hardware prototyping results.

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Y. Shimomura, F. Takada, and T. Tomiyama, “Development of Cellular Manufacturing System Based on Movable Cells,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.17 No.1, pp. 27-35, 2005.

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[1] [1] T. Tomiyama, T. Sakao, Y. Umeda, and Y. Baba, “The Post-Mass Production Paradigm, Knowledge Intensive Engineering, and Soft Machines,” in F.-L. Krause, and H. Jansen (eds.), “Life Cycle Modeling for Innovative Products and Processes,” pp. 369-380, Chapman & Hall, London, 1995.

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[6] [6] S. Song, and K. Hitomi, “A GT cell formation based on material flow for designing GT a cell layout,” Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Series C), 57(536), pp. 319-327, JSME, 1991 (in Japanese).

[7] [7] Y. Umeda, Y. Shimomura, T. Tomiyama, and H. Yoshikawa, “Using Functional Maintenance to Improve Fault Tolerance,” IEEE Expert, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 25-31, 1994.

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[10] [10] K. M. Gardiner, “Trends and perspectives: An integrated design strategy for future manufacturing systems,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 15(1), pp. 52-61, 1996.

[11] [11] Y. Shimomura, H. Hasunuma, K. Makino, M. Koyama, Y. Nakano, and Y. Ohtsuki, “A control method for gathering patterns of multiple micromachines,” Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 158-164, 2000.

[12] [12] L. Roos, “Resource Allocated Production,” Almqvist and Wiksell, Sweden, 1992.

Development of Cellular Manufacturing System Based on Movable Cells

Yoshiki Shimomura*, Fabio Noriyuki Takada**, and Tetsuo Tomiyama***

Yoshiki Shimomura^, Fabio Noriyuki Takada^,
and Tetsuo Tomiyama^