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The investigation is based on the activity performed along the past years by the Industrial Robot Design Research Group at the University of Genova; it discusses results carried on at the shop-floor level and example implementations are shown, comparing typical lay-outs for the automatic assembly of varying products mixes. Basically, the modular assembly lines, whose versatility is fixed at the strategic level by modifying the configuration, are distinguished from the robotised assembly cells, having on-line versatility due to their functional adaptivity. The situations are referred to example cases faced by small to medium size companies. The results are acknowledged exploring the plant effectiveness by means of expert simulation, used, during the development stages, for setting the facilities lay-out and, during the running stages, for fitting the facility govern.
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Michelini, R.C., Acaccia, G.M., Callegari, M., Molfino, R.M., Razzoli, R.P. (1998). Artefact integration by concurrent enterprises and productive break-up. In: Jacucci, G., Olling, G.J., Preiss, K., Wozny, M.J. (eds) Globalization of Manufacturing in the Digital Communications Era of the 21st Century. PROLAMAT 1998. IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35351-7_18
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