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Programmable Automation
Flexible Automation
❖ Flexible automation (FA) is a type of manufacturing automation
which exhibits some form of “flexibility”.
❖ Most commonly this flexibility is the capability of making different
products in a short time frame.
❖ Flexible automation allows the production of a variety of part types
in small or unit batch sizes.
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