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Y axis 400 mm X axis 300 mm (500 mm)

Z axis 300 mm

[Core machine]
Conventional MC
of compact type

990 mm

[System concept]

Figure 1-27 Advanced FTL for processing car parts (late 1990s, courtesy of Mori Seiki).

the simplified functional and performance specifications, duly resulting
in simplification of the process planning. As a result, we can expect to
realize an innovative FTL with high operability and ease of system
design.

1.3.2 Application to conventional
machine tools
Along with the successful application to the TL, the BBS was thrived
in the sphere of the conventional machine tool, where the rationaliza-
tion in manufacturing was aimed to respond to the growing demand for
the machine tool. In short, the BBS for the conventional machine tool
was capable of manufacturing the variants, which were commissioned
to provide the wide flexibility in (1) the dimensional specifications, (2) the
machining capabilities, and (3) the machining methods to the machine,
once a group of the units was given. Accordingly, the encountered engi-
neering problems differed from one another, depending on which was the
major objective to be realized, and this is doubtlessly applicable for the
machine tool of the present. In the following, some typical application
cases ranging from the small-sized to the large-size machine tools will
be demonstrated.