Chaotic and Stochastic Behaviour in Automatic Production Lines (Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs .22) (Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994. 2013. v, 90 S. 4 SW-Ab)

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