Xing, BTlale, NSBright, G2012-03-202012-03-202010-12Xing, B, Tlale, NS and Bright, G. 2010. The application of mechatronic design approach in a reconfigurable manufacturing environment. International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, vol. 8(1-4), pp 330-3461740-88651740-8873http://www.inderscience.com/storage/f111948762123510.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/5660Copyright: 2010 Inderscience. This is an ABSTRACT ONLY.Manufacturing companies are faced with the challenge of unpredictable, high frequency market changes in both local and international markets. Two types of conventional manufacturing system: dedicated manufacturing system (DMS) and flexible manufacturing system (FMS) do not longer meet the requirement of modern manufacturing. So there is a need for greater, more effective responsiveness by manufacturers to change in customer requirements by changing manufacturers’ manufacturing capability and capacity. To fulfill this purpose, the concept of reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) has been proposed. But according to the literature, there is no suitable methods available yet can be applied directly to reconfigurable manufacturing tools (RMTs) design for RMS. So in this paper, by utilising mechatronics design approach, a full scale reconfigurable machining tool has been designed and analysed.enMechatronic designReconfigurable manufacturingReconfigurable manufacturing toolArticleXing, B., Tlale, N., & Bright, G. (2010). The application of mechatronic design approach in a reconfigurable manufacturing environment. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5660Xing, B, NS Tlale, and G Bright "The application of mechatronic design approach in a reconfigurable manufacturing environment." (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5660Xing B, Tlale N, Bright G. The application of mechatronic design approach in a reconfigurable manufacturing environment. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5660.TY - Article AU - Xing, B AU - Tlale, NS AU - Bright, G AB - Manufacturing companies are faced with the challenge of unpredictable, high frequency market changes in both local and international markets. Two types of conventional manufacturing system: dedicated manufacturing system (DMS) and flexible manufacturing system (FMS) do not longer meet the requirement of modern manufacturing. So there is a need for greater, more effective responsiveness by manufacturers to change in customer requirements by changing manufacturers’ manufacturing capability and capacity. To fulfill this purpose, the concept of reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) has been proposed. But according to the literature, there is no suitable methods available yet can be applied directly to reconfigurable manufacturing tools (RMTs) design for RMS. So in this paper, by utilising mechatronics design approach, a full scale reconfigurable machining tool has been designed and analysed. DA - 2010-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mechatronic design KW - Reconfigurable manufacturing KW - Reconfigurable manufacturing tool LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 1740-8865 SM - 1740-8873 T1 - The application of mechatronic design approach in a reconfigurable manufacturing environment TI - The application of mechatronic design approach in a reconfigurable manufacturing environment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5660 ER -