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Volume 18, Issue 1
1 March 1998
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Assembly Automation
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Technical Paper| March 01 1998

Kansas City ‐ flexible manufacturing system Available to Purchase

James P. Dycus
James P. Dycus
Manager, Engineering Projects at Allied Signal Inc., Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-4078
Print ISSN: 0144-5154
© MCB UP Limited
1998
Assembly Automation (1998) 18 (1): 39–47.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01445159810201243

The Kansas City Division of Allied Signal Aerospace operates a flexible manufacturing system which is described. Its components ‐ machining centres, co‐ordinate measuring machines, AGVs and materials handling systems, wash station, central chip and coolant system, systems hardware, control system ‐ are outlined. The process flow activities are described along with the benefits of the system.

Keywords:
Automated guided vehicles, Flexible manufacturing system, Process set up
© MCB UP Limited
1998
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