Automatic or manual assembly ‐ economic considerations

Abstract

Investments that will be economically acceptable in the future for replacing human power by automatic production is considered. The problems of small batch assembly, the use of flexible assembly systems, training costs and use of mobile industrial robots are also discussed.

Citation

Elbracht, D. and Schaler, H. (1982), "Automatic or manual assembly ‐ economic considerations", Assembly Automation, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 158-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004173