Investigation of the reconfigurable control system for an agile manufacturing cell

Zhang, Jie; Chan, Felix T. S.; Li, Peigen; Lau, Henry C. W.; Ip, Ralph W. L.; Samaranayake, Premaratne

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“…According to Bi et al (2007), Hoda (2006), Rao et al (2006) and Zhang et al (2002), the reconfiguration of manufacturing systems can be accomplished through hardware changes (layout, machine updating and computer hardware) and software (integrated control of hardware components).…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A computational control implementation environment for automated manufacturing systems

Diogo

Santos

Vieira

et al. 2012

International Journal of Production Research

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2012) A computational control implementation environment for automated manufacturing systemsThis paper presents a computational environment as a tool for supporting the implementation of control coding of an automated manufacturing system. The proposed environment considers a cyclic three-stage control development -modelling, synthesis and implementation -until the real system accomplishes the required specification, resulting in the automated and integrated manufacturing system. The research details the three stages and describes the steps executed for each one. The mathematical formalism used in this work is also presented, as a basis for control implementation. The implementation environment is proposed in order to validate the control structure of this formalism and to allow a progressive integration of control hardware and software. To submit to a test and validate the proposal environment, two experiments are performed, in two different manufacturing systems. Thus, it is demanded that the control system can be reconfigurable in a fast and reliable way.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A computational control implementation environment for automated manufacturing systems

Diogo

Santos

Vieira

et al. 2012

International Journal of Production Research

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“…To deliver small quantities of goods with different speci ications (Booth, 1996) To have recon igurable control system for an AM cell (J. Zhang, Chan, Li, Lau, & Samaranayak, 2002).…”

Section: Flexibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Further, the control systems for AM must be lexible and reusable for the whole system to survive changes in its environment (J. Zhang et al, 2002).…”

Section: Flexibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of how agile manufacturing capabilities could be used differently in plants within the footloose and rooted subnetworks of the global production network

Mutikasari¹

2019

J. adm. bus. stud.

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This paper provides a literature review study to investigate how Agile Manufacturing (AM) capabilities could be used in different plants within a company's Global Production Network (GNP). To do this, this paper makes use of Ferdows, Vereecke, and De Meyer (2016) subnetworks positions framework. Each of the subnetwork positions has its own manufacturing characteristics and missions. From the four subnetworks, this paper focused on the main two, footloose and rooted. 17 articles were analyzed and this paper found that there are four major AM capabilities categories, namely responsiveness, lexibility, integration, and competency. Each of the AM capabilities categories could be used differently in each of the subnetworks depending on the focus factors emphasized in each category. With that, this paper has presented how AM system capabilities could help plants in the footloose and rooted subnetworks to achieve their missions. Further, this study provides an early phase to understand how AM system could accommodates different plants positions in the GPN. This study also set out an insight that, despite being founded 29 years ago, AM system with their capabilities, is still relevant to be continuously implemented in the present time. This paper does not provide any empirical validation yet for the indings. Thus, this paper also provide avenues for future research.

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“…Furthermore, the authors stated that fully flexible assembly system yielded unit production cost superiority over flexible assembly system and manual assembly system when batch size is small, the number of assembly components is large and the efficiency of fully flexible assembly system is reasonably high. Furthermore, some studies addressed workcell design (Quinn et al, 1997), workcell control (Zhang et al, 1999(Zhang et al, , 2002Rao et al, 2006) and team-based work and work system balance (Yauch, 2007) under agile manufacturing environment to improve the flexibility for production mix and throughput.…”

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A mathematical programming approach for walking-worker assembly systems

Çevikcan

2014

Assembly Automation

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Purpose – It has become increasingly critical to design and maintain flexible and rapid assembly systems due to unpredictable and varying market conditions. The first stage of developing such systems is to restructure the existing assembly system. After designing the manufacturing system, efforts should be made for capacity adjustments to meet the demand in terms of allocating tasks to workers. Walking-worker assembly systems can be regarded as an effective method to achieve flexibility and agility via rabbit chase (RC) approach in which workers follow each other around the assembly cell or line and perform each task in sequence. In this paper, a novel mathematical programming approach is developed with the aim of integrating RC in assembly processes. Therefore, this study is thought to add value to industrial assembly systems in terms of effectively raising engineering control for task allocation activities. Design/methodology/approach – Two consecutive mathematical models are developed, since such a hierarchical approach provides computational convenience for the problem. The initial mathematical programming model determines the number of workers in each RC loop for each segment. In addition, the number of stations and the distribution of station times in the segments is essential. Therefore, the succeeding mathematical programming model generates stations in each segment and provides convenience for the workflow in RC loops. The output of mathematical programming models are the parameters of simulation model for performance assessment. Findings – The effectiveness of the proposed approach was validated by an application in a real-life chair production system. The application resulted in performance improvements for labour requirement (12.5 per cent) and production lead time (9.6 per cent) when compared to a classical assembly system design (CASD) where one stationary worker exists in each station. In addition, it is worth to note that RC leads to a reduced number of workers for a considerable number (39.4 per cent) of test problems. What is more, input as well as output factors have been determined via discriminant analysis and their impacts to the utilization of RC were analyzed for different levels. Practical implications – This study is thought to add value to the industry in terms of effectively providing convenience during production planning and task allocation in assembly lines and cells. Originality/value – To the best knowledge of the author, optimization models for RC considering a real industrial application have not yet been developed. In this context, this paper presents an approach which models RC by the use of mathematical programming in manual assembly processes to address this research gap. The contribution of the paper to the relevant literature is the development of hierarchical mixed integer linear programming models to solve RC problem for the first time.

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Investigation of the reconfigurable control system for an agile manufacturing cell

Cited by 23 publications

References 16 publications

A computational control implementation environment for automated manufacturing systems

A computational control implementation environment for automated manufacturing systems

Analysis of how agile manufacturing capabilities could be used differently in plants within the footloose and rooted subnetworks of the global production network

A mathematical programming approach for walking-worker assembly systems

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