...Svetan M. Ratchev Reports on a new methodology for formation of virtual (“extended”) machining cells using generic capability patterns termed “resource elements”. Resource elements are used to uniquely describe the processing requirements of the component mix and dynamically match them...

... grouping based on operations does not reflect the physical distribution of the operations between different machines and, hence, it may lead to deficient machining cells in terms of types of machines and their utilization. The paper presents a cell formation methodology utilizing multiple component...