Material Handling ’90

Material Handling ’90 edited by Robert J. Graves, Leon F. McGinnis, Mickey R. Wilhelm, Richard E. Ward.

The contents of this book are based on invited papers submittedfor presentation and discussion at the 1990 Material Handling Research Colloquium held in Hebron, Kentucky, June 19-21,1990. The Colloquium was sponsored and organized by the College Industry Councilfor Material Handling Education (CIC-M...

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Other Authors: Graves, Robert J. (Editor), McGinnis, Leon F. (Editor), Wilhelm, Mickey R. (Editor), Ward, Richard E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1991.
Edition:1st ed. 1991.
Series:Progress in Materials Handling and Logistics, 2
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Engineering economics.
Engineering economy.
Control engineering.
Robotics.
Mechatronics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section One: Perspective on the 1990s
  • Material Handling Research: Needs and Opportunities
  • The Focus of Material Handling Research in the United States
  • The State of Material Handling Research
  • Research in the 1990s
  • Section two: Facilities Design and Unit Loads
  • Batch Production with Unit Load Design and Scheduling Consideration
  • A Group Technology Approach for Container Size Selection
  • Computer-Aided Facility Design Revisited: A Prototype Design Workstation for AGV Systems
  • A Modelling Framework for Integrating Layout Design and Flow Network Design
  • Backtracking of Jobs and Machine Location Problems
  • Computer-Aided Design of Unit Loads: A Design and Selection Procedure
  • A Three Dimensional Dynamic Palletizing Heuristic
  • Section Three: Storage Systems and Logistis
  • A Generalized Design and Performance Analysis Model for End-of-Aisle Order Picking Systems
  • Order Sequencing in Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems with Due Dates
  • Computer Aided Design of Industrial Logistics Systems
  • Transportation with Common Carrier and Private Fleets: System Assignment and Shipment Frequency Optimization
  • Optimal Container Location in Miniload AS/R Systems
  • Small Parts Order Picking: Analysis Framework and Selected Results
  • Section Four: Economics and Automation
  • Justification of Manufacturing Systems
  • Economic Justification: Research Concerns
  • Comments on the Automation of Material Handling
  • Industrial Lift Truck Reliability
  • Intelligent Robots for Flexible Packaging
  • Strategic Investment Evaluation of Integrated Manufacturing Systems
  • Performance Modeling for a Single Material Handling Device with Random Service Requests — Pure Blocking
  • Performance Modeling for a Single Material Handling Device with Random Service Requests — Blocking with Recourse
  • Section Five: Flow Control and Agvs
  • Determining the Number of Kanban in Multi-Item Just-In-Time Systems
  • An Advanced AGVS Control System: An Example of Integrated Design and Control
  • A Virtual Cell Scheduling Algorithm
  • A Modular Algorithm for Pre-simulation Design of Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems
  • Recent Analytical Results on Miniload Performance
  • Impacts of Flexible Routing in Control Architectures for Material Flow Systems
  • Prototyping the Integration Requirements of a Free-Path AGV System
  • A PC Based Implementation of the Control Zone Model for AGVS Design.

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