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The adaptive machine: Achieving batch size one

Published on 09/19/2017 | IoT Index

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Dedicated machine designs are giving way to base machine modules that are configured to production requirements, reconfigured as needed and support ‘batch of one’ operations. The result is a new category of machinery, the adaptive machine. This paper discusses attributes of adaptive machines and the enabling technologies behind the movement.

Batch size one: The ultimate goal

‘Batch size one’ has become a practical reality, and in some applications may be the only realistic approach.

Today, automation technologies are being commercialized that put smart factory functionalities in the realm of real-world production and packaging applications. This new generation of machinery is required to cost effectively meet the expectations of consumers increasingly used to getting precisely what they want, quickly, online.

While production lots, literally of one product, don’t fit every product category, the same technologies apply to automation of rainbow packing, mass customization, short production runs with frequent changeovers and producing limited time offers. Batch size one is the ultimate invocation of these marketplace trends.

Download the original PDF below to find out more about adaptive machines, as well as their designs and attributes to acieve batch size one. 

Original Link: https://www.automation.com/pdf_articles/BR/The_adaptive_machine.pdf

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