Hazem Shamma
NAE287
8. Manufacturing systems
8.2 Fixed automation systems
8.2.1 Transfer line:
In a transfer line, materials flow sequentially from one workstation to the next. The production
rate for the line is controlled by the slowest operation due to the serial dependence on the transfer
line. A transfer line is a hard automation example. Transfer lines are often used in the production
of high volume and are highly automated. In highly automated lines, the processing rates of
individual machines are matched so that buffer storage between machines is usually not required.
