Flexible Manufacturing System - FMS. What is a 'Flexible Manufacturing System - FMS'. A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is a method for producing goods that is readily adaptable to changes in the product being manufactured, in which machines are able to manufacture parts and in the ability to handle varying levels of production.
When corrosion occurs after the in-process time, the cause may be a corrosive atmosphere. Heat treat departments may exhaust corrosive fumes. One of the most corrosive is sulfur dioxide fumes which will quickly corrode metal surfaces.
A key concept within the iron-sulfur theory was that this early chemistry of life occurred on mineral surfaces, such as iron pyrites, near deep submarine hydrothermal vents. This was an anerobic, hyperthermic (near 100 o C), high pressure environment.