Mining machinery industry transformation is oriented towards highly sophisticated
technologies aimed at enhancing the nature of operations carried out. Vibrating screen …

A recent trend in research on reconfigurable manufacturing systems is the development of
reconfigurable machine tools (RMTs). A RMT can be used as a group of machines through …

To remain competitive in currently unpredictable markets, the enterprises must adapt their
manufacturing systems to frequent market changes and high product variety. Reconfigurable …

Sheet metal bending manufacturing companies require changeable and adaptable process
planning systems to shorten the production cycle time and reduce operations costs. This is …

Dedicated welding fixtures are used in the railcar manufacturing industry to fix and stabilise
the welded components during the welding assembly process in order to achieve the …

Fixtures are production tools used to accurately manufacture duplicate and interchangeable
parts. They are specially designed so that large numbers of components can be machined …

This paper presents the sustainability assessment for reconfigurable machines based on
cosine similarity measures and Euclidean distances. The methodology entails the …

Special purpose machines (SPMs) are customized machine tools that perform specific
machining operations in a variety of production contexts, including drilling-related …

The concept of the Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS) was introduced for the first
time almost 20 years ago as a new manufacturing system concept with functionality and …

Special purpose machine tools (SPMs) are primarily used for performing drilling-related
operations and are widely used in mass production including automotive component …