Reliability Characteristics Evaluation of an Automated Line with an Inter-Operational Storage Device

In this paper, we solve the problem of finding the two-phase asynchronous automated line stationary reliability characteristics taking into account the presence of an inter-operational storage (buffer). First, we're constructing a semi-Markov model with a discrete-continuous phase space of states for the “direct transfer” operating mode. We assume that all system components probability distribution functions are arbitrary. For selecting a support system to simplify the original model, we assume that the first device and the inter-operational storage have “fast” recovery times. Then, using the asymptotic phase merging algorithm and the supporting system, we present calculation formulas for the original system's approximate calculation of stationary reliability characteristics.