Material Flow Systems in Manufacturing by Bernhard F. Rembold, J. M. A. Tanchoco (auth.), J. M. A.

By Bernhard F. Rembold, J. M. A. Tanchoco (auth.), J. M. A. Tanchoco (eds.)

This booklet encompasses a number of contributions with regards to the layout and keep an eye on of fabric movement structures in production. fabric move structures in production covers a large spectrum of issues without delay affecting concerns relating to amenities layout, fabric dealing with and construction making plans and regulate. In deciding upon the papers to incorporate during this ebook, the scope was once constrained to the layout and operational regulate elements relating to the actual stream­ ment of components, instruments, bins and fabric dealing with units. fresh enhance­ ments during this sector obviously ended in focus on circulate platforms concerning mobile production, and automatic delivery gear corresponding to computerized guided autos. even though, the innovations mentioned have common applicability to quite a lot of production stream difficulties. The booklet is prepared in 5 significant sections: 1. layout integration and justification; 2. telephone layout and fabric dealing with concerns; three. substitute fabric circulation paths; four. operational keep watch over difficulties; and five. tooling necessities and shipping equipment.

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11. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 6 EditShopLayout EditFlowNet InputPartDescription InputVehic1eFleet InputContainerData InputMachineLocationData SizeBufferWithQNA InputAGVSimlData EvaluateModelWithSimulation InputPerformanceSpecification EvaluateRoughCost The model evaluation and improvement stage This section addresses the situation in which the designer has built an initial model of a material flow system and specified a set of performance specifications the model is expected to meet. Assuming that the model given does not exhibit the expected performance, the designer is faced with diagnosing the problems, finding suitable model improvement actions and implementing these actions.

Each model improvement action has its own entry in the criteria matrix in which the potential contributions of the available design tools in implementing the action are noted. Applicable 'tools for the model improvement actions are extracted from the matrix, sorted by the rating value in the corresponding row and displayed in order in the view underneath the model improvement action name display field. The user can select a tool from this list by clicking the 'Select Tool' button. Once a model improvement tool has been selected, the user clicks the 'Generate Tool Sequence' button to find and sequence all the tools needed to implement the model improvement action, and reevaluate the performance of the material flow system model.

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