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Economic efficiency of a multi-station transfer line (TL) is evaluated directly by the quantity of parts produced; therefore, each single manufactured part counts. The contribution presents an approach which applies a reliability-adaptive operating strategy in combination with tool derating. It is the objective to hold the system harmonisation of tool changes as maintenance actions. The significant effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated by different configurations and contexts. The output-time function of a TL without reliability-adaptive control is compared with functions of a system with reliability-adaptive control.
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Clemens Dietl received an Engineering Diploma in safety engineering in 1994 from the University of Wuppertal. He is currently safety and reliability engineer with Airbus Germany in Bremen, Germany.
His research interests include safety and reliability methodology in aviation and automation.
Uwe K. Rakowsky received an Engineering Diploma and Doctor of Engineering degree in safety engineering in 1988 and 1991 respectively, and was granted venia legendi in safety and reliability engineering in 2000 from the University of Wuppertal, where he served as an Assistant Professor in the Transportation System Safety Section from 1992 to 2000. He was a visiting Professor at the University College at Stord/Haugesund in Norway in 1996, and a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo from 1998 to 1999. Since 2000 he has been a RAMS program manager with Vossloh Kiepe in Düsseldorf (Germany), a company producing electric equipment for locomotives, light rail vehicles, and electric buses. He has published three books, and more than thirty papers. He is a member of several international and German engineering and scientific societies.
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Dietl, C., Rakowsky, U.K. An operating strategy for high-availability multi-station transfer lines. Int J Automat Comput 3, 125–130 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-006-0125-6
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