Bicycles on a personalized basis FMS

The use of a flexible manufacturing system by Japan's National Bicycle Industrial Co. to build semicustom bicycles to customer specifications is described. The diamond-shaped frame is built to the purchaser's individual measurements and style of riding and fitted with the purchaser's...

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Published inIEEE spectrum Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 32 - 35
Main Author Bell, T.E.
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.1993
Subjects
Automatic testing
Bills of materials
CADCAM
Control systems
Design engineering
Electronic equipment testing
Flexible manufacturing systems
Manufacturing automation
Optical control
Size control
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Summary:The use of a flexible manufacturing system by Japan's National Bicycle Industrial Co. to build semicustom bicycles to customer specifications is described. The diamond-shaped frame is built to the purchaser's individual measurements and style of riding and fitted with the purchaser's choice of components (gears, pedals, brakes, handlebars) and accessories. A computer generates a CAD/CAM mechanical drawing of the bicycle to test the frame's design and assigns a bar code number for all components. A total of 11,231,860 variations is possible.< >
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ISSN:0018-9235
1939-9340
DOI:10.1109/6.275162