Modular Design Method for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
Thomas Ditlev Brunoe, Daniel GH Soerensen, Kjeld Nielsen
Abstract
Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) have the potential to reduce investments, time-to-market, and cost of variety in increasingly complex markets. However, tools to support the transition in industry are lacking. One enabler of RMS is modularity, however few methods support the design of modular manufacturing systems, and even fewer modular RMS. This research proposes an adaption of the Modular Function Deployment method to address this issue, and also identifies a number of additional module drivers which are relevant to support the modularization process of RMS.
Topics & Concepts
Modular designModular programmingSoftware deploymentModularity (biology)Systems engineeringVariety (cybernetics)Time to marketProcess (computing)EnablingComputer scienceFunction (biology)EngineeringManufacturing engineeringReliability engineeringSoftware engineeringOperating systemProgramming languagePsychologyArtificial intelligenceGeneticsPsychotherapistEvolutionary biologyBiologyFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsProduct Development and CustomizationManufacturing Process and Optimization