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Recent advances in research on reconfigurable machine tools: a literature review

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  • Moustafa Gadalla
  • Deyi Xue

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A recent trend in research on reconfigurable manufacturing systems is the development of reconfigurable machine tools (RMTs). A RMT can be used as a group of machines through change of its configuration to satisfy different manufacturing requirements. A literature review is provided in this paper to demonstrate the state-of-the-art advances and challenges on research and development of RMTs from the perspectives of architecture design, configuration design and optimisation, and system integration and control. In architecture design, semi-open and open architectures based on modular design approach are often selected to allow different modules of the machine to be added and removed. In configuration design and optimisation, operations of reconfiguration processes are analysed and optimised to achieve variety of configurations with the minimum reconfiguration effort. In system integration and control, transfers of motion, energy and data among different modules of the RMT are carried out. The challenges in research on RMTs are also discussed.

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  • Moustafa Gadalla & Deyi Xue, 2017. "Recent advances in research on reconfigurable machine tools: a literature review," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(5), pages 1440-1454, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:55:y:2017:i:5:p:1440-1454
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1237795
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    1. Jihong Chen & Kai Zhang & Yuan Zhou & Yufei Liu & Lingfeng Li & Zheng Chen & Li Yin, 2019. "Exploring the Development of Research, Technology and Business of Machine Tool Domain in New-Generation Information Technology Environment Based on Machine Learning," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-38, June.
    2. Aurelio Montalto & Serena Graziosi & Monica Bordegoni & Luca Di Landro & Michael Johannes Leonardus Tooren, 2020. "An approach to design reconfigurable manufacturing tools to manage product variability: the mass customisation of eyewear," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 31(1), pages 87-102, January.
    3. Zhao, Jiangbin & Si, Shubin & Cai, Zhiqiang, 2019. "A multi-objective reliability optimization for reconfigurable systems considering components degradation," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 104-115.

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