Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India
2. Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi 110067, India
Abstract
This paper presents a novel concept to enhance the reconfigurability issues (i.e. convertibility, flexibility, etc.) of a small-scale reconfigurable machine tool (RMT) by combining multiple modules (both basic and auxiliary parts) and manufacturing operations on a single workstation. The proposed reconfigurable machine will reduce the overall space, transport time, ramp up time, reconfiguration time and interim storage space. Further, various characteristics of reconfigurability (such as scalability; convertibility, flexibility, etc.) and enablers of the machine tool have been discussed. The proposed design is illustrated with a figure, which is designed on a 3D design tool (solid-works software platform).This machine tool will perform six major cutting and finishing operations, namely, hacksaw cutting, milling, drilling, grinding, buffing and lathe operations on a single work platform.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Strategy and Management,General Engineering,Business and International Management
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