Title :
A universal framework for lean design and control of automated material handling systems
Author :
Mashaei, Maziar ; Lennartson, Bengt
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
Lean design and control of an automated material handling system is investigated in this study. A universal framework for modeling and analysis of different types of material handling mechanisms is introduced to obtain a minimum number of resources in a system design and fulfill a desired throughput. This framework is developed in a discrete event simulation environment and applied to a case study based on a real pallet system technology. The minimal design of the pallet system is realized by devising the system universal model.
Keywords :
design engineering; discrete event simulation; lean production; materials handling equipment; palletising; discrete event simulation environment; material handling mechanism analysis; material handling mechanism modeling; pallet system technology; system design; system universal model; universal automated material handling system control framework; universal automated material handling system lean design framework; Automated material handling system; Discrete event simulation model; Lean design; Universal model;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2012 IEEE 17th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Krakow
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4735-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1946-0740
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489603
