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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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