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Flow-line layout

This layout implies that various operations on raw material are performed in a sequence and the machines are placed along the product flow line, machines are arranged in the sequence in which the raw material will operated upon. In this type of layout all the machines are placed in a line according to the sequence of operations, each following machine or section is arranged to perform the next operation to that performed by its preceding machine or section.

(Introduction to basic manufacturing processes and workshop technology, Rajender Singh, p.22)

Safety factor

To provide safe, reliable operation in the face of variations and uncertainties, it is common practice to utilize a design safety factor to assure that the minimum strength or capacity safely exceeds the maximum stress or load for all foresable operating conditions. Safety factors, always greater than 1, are usually chosen to have values that lie in the range from about 1.15 to about 4 or 5, depending on particular details of the application.

(Mechanical Design of Machine Elements and Machines, Jack A. Collins,Henry R. Busby,George H. Staab, p.7)

Inspection equipment

The distinguishing feature of FMSs is integration of inspection equipment with the machining centers such as probing machining centers. Coordinate measuring machines are three dimensional devices used for off-line inspection and programmed to measure concentricity, perpendicularity, and flatness of surfaces and hole dimensions.

(System Approach to Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing, Nanua Singh, p.542)

Long pull system

In the long pull system, the triggering mechanism works in the same way as in a pull system. However, the control of the long pull encompasses more than one workstation. In this system one unit is allowed to enter the system at the same time that one unit is pulled at the end of the pull. The individual buffers are not limited, but the total number of units in the span of the long pull is limited.

(System Approach to Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing, Nanua Singh, p.460)