Product Standardisation and Process Similitude

The reasons which make an integrated product‐process approach necessary are described: also indicated are the aim of simultaneous product‐process design, attainment of flexibility in stable operating conditions, and variables connected with integrated design, i.e. the degree of product standardisation and the degree of process similitude,concur in determining the applicative fields of the various automation typologies (CNC machines, FMS, flexible transfers, rigid transfers,etc.).