International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

Flexible Manufacturing Systems provide a fast reaction possibility to the changes in production conditions. As production conditions change, other changes in the final product like changes of the product variants, or other unpredictable events may be also expected. Nowadays most of the products are designed by using the CAx software. The product design 3D model contains not only the geometrical data of product, but may contain a part of the process plan and technological data as well.

This fact is a reason to quick reaction time possibilities in the manufacturing system settings.

The article studies the prerequisites for the introduction of process innovations at ZMM Nova Zagora JSC. The main principles of an original approach for decreasing the degree of discrete manufacturing by introducing an innovative technological process for mechanical machining of tooth gears are expounded. The results of its introduction in the gear grinding workshop are presented.