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Reliability optimization of tools with increasing failure rates in a flexible manufacturing system

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Tool reliability is one of the most important issues in a flexible manufacturing system. If a tool fails to operate correctly, the performance of the manufacturing system is reduced, the due date may be violated, or the product quality falls behind the standards. This paper develops a bi-objective mathematical model for tool selection in a flexible manufacturing system in order to optimize both reliability and cost. The tools in these environments are considered to have increasing failure rates as they are used over time; a case closer to reality. This paper aims to evaluate the availability of different tools used in a production system, in which the reliability of a tool is dependent on the failure occurring to any other compatible tool. Two multi-objective genetic algorithms along with the \(\varepsilon \)-constraint method are proposed to solve the problem. The Taguchi method is also employed to calibrate the parameters of the proposed algorithms and to enhance their performances. Finally, a hybrid AHP-TOPSIS is utilized to prioritize the solution algorithms. The results indicate that while the \(\varepsilon \)-constraint is the best to solve small-size problems, the non-dominated rank genetic algorithm performs the best in solving large-size problems.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran

    Behzad Karimi

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11155-9414, Azadi Ave., Tehran, 1458889694, Iran

    S. T. A. Niaki

  3. Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran

    Hassan Haleh

  4. Department of Industrial Engineering, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

    Bahman Naderi

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Karimi, B., Niaki, S.T.A., Haleh, H. et al. Reliability optimization of tools with increasing failure rates in a flexible manufacturing system. Arab J Sci Eng 44, 2579–2596 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-018-3309-9

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