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Figure 1. Layout of an example flexible manufacturing system
Figure 1 shows the example flexible manufacturing system (FMS) that is used to describe the TAMCAM Simulation-Based Control System (TSCS). This system is located within the TAMCAM Computer Aided Manufacturing (TAMCAM) lab. The system consists of three CNC milling machines, one CNC turning center, two industrial robots, and an automated cart based conveyor system. In addition to the automated equipment, human operators are used to load and unload some machines and perform assembly and inspection tasks.