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Flexible manufacturing system
Article By:
Naylor, Arch Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.260650
A factory or part of a factory made up of programmable machines and devices that can communicate with one another. Materials such as parts, pallets, and tools are transported automatically within the flexible manufacturing system and sometimes to and from it. Some form of computer-based, unified control allows complete or partial automatic operation.
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