Selecting the layout structure of the transport and storage system of flexible automated manufacturing

Abstract

In this article, based on the tools of research methods of queuing systems, a comparative analysis of centralized and decentralized variants of transport and storage systems of flexible manufacturing was done. For alternatives layout schemes formulas of download elements of transport-warehouse system and the basic analytical parameters are calculated, including the rate of inactivity. On the basis of these formulas the optimal parameters of TCC are determined, including volumes drives, the number one transport unit serviced machines and others. It is shown that a centralized version of the layout oftransport and storage system meets the basic conditions of small-scale production. With the growth of seriality is expedient to use a decentralized version of the layout, providing the possibility of surgical correction ofshift-day tasks for automated sites and individual machines.

Keywords

• flexible automated production
• transport and storage system
• elements of the transport and storage system offlexible automated production
• centralized and decentralized options for layouts
• queuing systems
• serial production
• the parameters ofthe q.s
• utilization rates and idle equipment
• the efficiency oftransport and storage system