An Overview of the Manufacturing Systems: A Literature Survey

To date manufacturing industries aims at achieving a growing variation of tailored, superior, high excellence and quality products in flexible sets. The transition from traditional machine systems to current reconfigurable machine (RM) requires consistency in achieving the requirements brought by the changes on the market demand, product life cycle and flexibility. This manuscript presents a literature review about the manufacturing system. The paper highlights the concepts of RM, dedicated machine (DM) and flexible machine (FM). It also highlights the application areas as well as the methodology and tools, by existing works. The search of the articles was conducted by inserting search strings in scientific search engines and academic databases to find relevant contributions on the analysed topic. The trend of the literature shows a gradual shift from dedicated machines to flexible machines and now reconfigurable machines. The findings of this work provide an insight into the requirements for the development of sustainable and reconfigurable manufacturing systems.

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Funding

The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research: Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) South Africa, Gibela Rail Transport Consortium (GRTC), National Research Foundation (NRF grant 123575) and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa Nokulunga Zamahlubi Dlamini, Khumbulani Mpofu & Ilesanmi Daniyan
  2. Educational Information and Engineering Technology, Wits School of Education, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa Boitumelo Ramatsetse
  1. Nokulunga Zamahlubi Dlamini