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The reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) was introduced in the last decade of the twentieth century as a novel engineering response to volatile global markets that instigated large uncertainty in product demand. Today, most automotive engines and powertrain components in Europe and in the USA are produced on RMS. The RMS has matrix-type system architecture and contains CNC machines arranged in operational stages and in-line inspection machines. To enable the rapid responsiveness, the RMS possesses six characteristics: scalability, convertibility, diagnosability, modularity, integrability and customization. This chapter discusses the emergence of reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs).
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US patents on reconfigurable manufacturing, machines, inspection.
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US patent 5,837,901 March 1997
Inventors: D. Sola and P. Poggi
Reconfigurable supporting fixture, particularly for a measuring machine, and relative configuration method.
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US patent 5,943,750 December 1997
Inventors: Y. Koren and S. Kota
Reconfigurable machine tool.
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US patent 6,349,237 January 1998
Inventors: Y. Koren and A. G. Ulsoy
Reconfigurable manufacturing system having a production capacity method for designing same and method for changing its production capacity.
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US patent 6,567,162 May 2001
Inventors: Y. Koren and R. Katz
Reconfigurable apparatus for inspection during a manufacturing process and method.
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US patent 6,569,071 June 2002
Inventors: Y. Koren, Y. Moon and S. Kota
Reconfigurable multi-spindle apparatus.
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US patent 6,920,973 June 2003
Inventors: Y. Koren and R. Hill
Integrated reconfigurable manufacturing system.
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US patent 7,027,145 June 2003
Inventors: S. Segall and Y. Koren
Reconfigurable inspection apparatus to measure surface finish of curved surfaces.
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US patent 7,168,822 November 2004
Inventors: G. Abramovich, Z. Warlick and Y. Koren
Reconfigurable linescan illumination
The illuminator is selectively reconfigurable in a plurality of configurations, each configuration corresponding to a manufacturing process that requires visual inspection of the object.
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US patent application February 2016
Inventors: A. Bruzzone, M. Monti and A. Godani
Reconfigurable machining centre.
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Koren, Y. (2020). The Emergence of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMSs). In: Benyoucef, L. (eds) Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: From Design to Implementation. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28782-5_1
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