Part grouping and tool loading in versatile multi-tool machining centers

A central problem of tool management in Versatile Multi-tool machining centres is to decide how to batch the parts to be produced and what tools to allocate to the machine in order to maximize utilization of these expensive machines. Various authors have proposed heuristics and/or mathematical model...

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Main Authors: C. Patvardhan, D. Ganeshwar Rao, Ranjit Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/ijiec/Vol3/IJIEC_2011_47.pdf