Abstract
Agility in manufacturing requires a quick response to the changes in quantity of products without losing productivity. A high‐volume flexible manufacturing system (HV‐FMS) attains the high flexibility as well as the high volume production. We consider in this paper the energy‐saving effect of HV‐FMS from the viewpoint of consumed electric power. We take a production system of cylinder heads for automobile engines as a subject in this study, and draw a comparison of the energy‐saving effect between HV‐FMS and flexible transfer line to verify the effectiveness of HV‐FMS. Moreover, we discuss the economic effect of high‐speed processing at HV‐FMS. We measure the energy‐saving effect by high‐speed processing and give the permissible level for additional tooling cost.
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