The Effect of Buffer Storage Capacity

Study on Buffer Storage in Production Line Systems (1st Report)

Abstract

The utilization of automatic transfer lines associated with high volume production is a common characteristic of machine industry. By linking of the stages of an automatic transfer line, the efficiency of it is decreased significantly compared with a single machine. It can be improved by providing buffer stores between the stages. A new specific method by a markov process for analyzing the effect of buffer stocks on automatic transfer lines is reported.