Chaotic and Stochastic Behaviour in Automatic Production Lines

Inspired by the general configuration characteristics of automatic production lines, the author discusses the modelisation of important sectors of a factory. Typical topics such as parts feeders, part orienting devices, insertion mechanisms and buffered flows are analysed using random evolution models and non-linear dynamical systems theory.

Inhalt
Vibratory Feeding.- Orienting Devices.- Random Insertion Mechanisms.- Stochastic Buffered Flows.- General Conclusions.- References.