TY - JOUR AB - Looks at short‐run production, frequent product modifications, and pressures to reduce product time to market make flexible manufacturing increasingly desirable. Despite advances in flexible systems, the problem of feeding parts to an assembly line is not fully addressed by conventional methods such as bowl feeders. New technologies such as Intelligent Automation Systems’ FPF2000 Flexible Feeder for Small Parts offer additional versatility for short production cycles with frequent changes, and multiple simultaneous assembly lines. VL - 17 IS - 2 SN - 0144-5154 DO - 10.1108/01445159710171329 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/01445159710171329 AU - Wolfson Wendy AU - Gordon Steven J. PY - 1997 Y1 - 1997/01/01 TI - Designing a parts feeding system for maximum flexibility T2 - Assembly Automation PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 116 EP - 121 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -