05-05-2015, 03:08 PM
A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is an arrangement of machines ... interconnected by a transport system. The transporter carries work to the machines on pallets or other interface units so that work-machine registration is accurate, rapid and automatic. A central computer controls both machines and transport system. or FMS consists of a group of processing work stations interconnected by means of an automated material handling and storage system and controlled by integrated computer control system.
Basic Components of FMS
Workstations
Automated Material Handling and Storage system.
Computer Control System