Impact of error recovery on the productivity of a unitary assembly cell

Author

Kao, Jih-Forg ; Sanders, Jerry L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

1992

fDate

12/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

730

Lastpage

740

Abstract

A model that illustrates the impact of error recovery on the productivity of a unitary assembly cell performing one assembly operation at a time is presented. At the design stage of an assembly cell, the determination of the appropriate structure for the error recovery requires a consideration of the tradeoff between productivity and yield. This analysis provides a methodology for the justification of various structural alternatives. For an existing unitary assembly cell, the model can be used to analyze the system performance and estimate the numbers of components required for a given assembly batch size. A sensitivity analysis of the model can be used to identify critical operations whose improvement will result in the maximum increase in productivity of the assembly cell

Keywords

assembling; batch processing (industrial); flexible manufacturing systems; industrial robots; minimisation; sensitivity analysis; FMS; design stage; error recovery; flexible assembly cell; performance analysis; productivity; sensitivity analysis; unitary assembly cell; Assembly systems; Costs; Error analysis; Performance analysis; Productivity; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation; Sensitivity analysis; Sensor systems; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1042-296X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/70.182673

Filename

182673