Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) is a highly automated Group Technology (GT) machine cell. The cell is a group of machines (usually CNC) that are linked automatically to both a material storage and handling system. FMS operates on GT principles but obviously no cell can be completely flexible, there are limitations. An FMS is structured so as to produce components within a range of shapes, sizes and styles, i.e., similar attributes.
The flexible manufacturing system is further said to be a method of producing goods which adapt readily to the changes in the product that is undergoing production. In this
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