Reliability modeling and analysis of multi-station manufacturing processes considering the quality and reliability interaction

Author

Chen, Yong ; Jin, Jionghua ; Shi, Jianjun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Oper. Eng., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2093

Abstract

The relationship between product quality and manufacturing system component reliability is very complex in a multi-station manufacturing process (MMP). In this paper, a general system reliability model is presented to integrate the product quality and manufacturing system component reliability information. Considering the unique complex characteristics of MMPs, a new QR-Chain model is proposed to study the propagation of the interaction between manufacturing system component reliability and product quality throughout all stations. An analytical solution for the system reliability of a general MMP can be obtained based on the proposed QR-Chain model. The upper bound of the system reliability is derived, which is much easier to obtain than the exact solution

Keywords

industrial control; reliability; QR-chain model; manufacturing system component reliability; multistation manufacturing process; multistation manufacturing processes; product quality; quality interaction; reliability analysis; reliability interaction; reliability modeling; upper bound; Degradation; Industrial engineering; Industrial relations; Machining; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Reliability engineering; Terminology; Upper bound;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7087-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2001.972864

Filename

972864