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Peschl coordinated the XPRESS project-short for lexible Production Experts for Reconfigurable Assembly Technology. By designing assembly-line machines so they can perform on command not unlike robots that can follow verbal instructions factories can meet the rapidly changing needs of consumers and industrial customers
The XPRESS team has developed an intelligent machine called a anufactron. Peschl explains how the system works:
With XPRESS, the manufactrons receive information to drill a hole, and based on this information, the machine itself decides which kind of drill-bit to use and the speed of the drill.
In addition to aerospace, the XPRESS technology has also been tested in electronics, for manufacturing industrial switches; and in automobiles, for making car bodies.
XPRESS has shown that the time for setting up production lines can be reduced by up to 50 percent,
and that the new XPRESS technology can be woven into existing factories and machines. e have managed, for the first time,
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