在过去，复杂的计算机控制的金属成型线并没有很好地服务于大批量生产商，因为它们最初很昂贵，而且由于停机而损失了大量收入。但在一个产量下降、品种增加、自动化不像过去那么复杂的时代，可能没有更好的选择。请考虑FMS生产线的机器设计和计算机控制自动化，该生产线仅使用两种材料卷宽度生产各种电器零件。 在这条FMS生产线上，物料从入口进料，成品零件在生产线末端收集，中间没有人为干预。

IN THE PAST, SOPHISTICATED COMPUTER CONTROLLED METAL FORMING LINES HAVE NOT SERVED THE HIGH VOLUME PRODUCERS VERY WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE INITIALLY EXPENSIVE AND ALSO A LOT OF REVENUE WAS LOST DUE TO DOWNTIME. BUT IN AN ERA WHERE VOLUMES ARE GOING DOWN, VARIETIES ARE GOING UP AND AUTOMATION IS NOT AS COMPLEX AS IT USED TO BE, THERE MIGHT NOT BE A BETTER ALTERNATIVE. PRESENTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE MACHINE DESIGN AND COMPUTER CONTROLLED AUTOMATION FOR AN FMS LINE WHICH PRODUCES A VARIETY OF APPLIANCE PARTS FROM ONLY TWO MATERIAL COIL WIDTHS. ON THIS FMS LINE, MATERIAL IS FED FROM ENTRY AND FINISHED PARTS ARE COLLECTED AT THE END OF THE LINE, WITH NO HUMAN INTERVENTION IN BETWEEN.