MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY VERSUS PRODUCTIVITY

  • Daniela Ghelase Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania
  • Luiza Daschievici Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35219/ann_udjg_im.2024_1.03
Keywords: Manufacturing System, flexibility, productivity, conventional machine tools, manufacturing cells, transfer lines

Abstract

Flexibility is the system's ability to manage production resources and its ability to
react to external and internal changes that occur. The flexible manufacturing
system (FMS) generates high costs and investments that must be recovered in the
shortest possible time. For a long time, research has focused on increasing
productivity by increasing the performance of cutting tools and machine tool
performance (cutting speed, power, rigidity, etc.). The results have not confirmed a
substantial increase in productivity. The solution to productivity problems should
not be sought in the actual machining but in the operations adjacent to machining
(fixing, clamping, basing, measuring, transport, feeding tools and devices,
adjustments, etc.). Starting with the 90s, flexibility versus productivity has become a
challenge for the machining system

Published
2026-05-21
How to Cite
1.
Ghelase D, Daschievici L. MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY VERSUS PRODUCTIVITY. Analele Universităţii "Dunărea de Jos" din Galaţi. Fascicula XIV, Inginerie mecanică = Annals of “Dunarea de Jos“ University of Galati. Fascicle XIV, Mechanical Engineering [Internet]. 21May2026 [cited 25May2026];43(1):15-8. Available from: https://www.gup.ugal.ro/ugaljournals/index.php/im/article/view/10106
Issue
Vol 43 No 1 (2024)
Section
Articles

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