Reconfiguration Method on Production Capacity Expansion in RMS

Abstract:

Production capacity scalability design is one of the major issue in reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS). Aiming at the problem of lack of practical production capacity reconfiguration methods, a production capacity expansion reconfiguration method of constrained RMS with characteristic of dynamics was proposed. First, based on an analysis of production capacity scalability theory, three kinds of fundamental reconfiguration methods were given. The RMS constraints models were constructed, and then, on the basis of cost models, production line smoothness index model, an integrated production capacity expansion model of RMS was established. According to the characteristic of the proposed integrated model, the implementation method was described in details. At last, a case was illustrated to verify the practicability and effectiveness of the given method.

Key words:reconfigurable manufacturing systems; production capacity; expansion; reconfiguration method