Date of Award
2014
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Keywords
Applied sciences, Feature grouping, Milp model, Operation sequencing, Process planning, Simulated annealing, Transfer line balancing
Supervisor
Baki, Fazle
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Transfer lines are employed for mass production of a fixed product or a very narrow range of product variants. This thesis considers a simple transfer line balancing problem with a focus on process planning and line configuration. Design features of the product are grouped and machining operations are sequenced in an optimal manner. The objective is to minimize the handling time fraction of the cycle time consisting mainly of orientation change time and tool change time. A new MILP model is developed to solve the problem with the aforementioned objectives while respecting a set of constraints, which include cutting tool allocation, tool magazine limit, tool life limit, takt time limit and precedence, inclusion & exclusion constraints. A problem-specific simulated annealing algorithm to solve large problems is also proposed. Numerical experiments are presented to illustrate the functionality of the MILP model and the meta-heuristic with respect to optimality and computation time.
Recommended Citation
Bhale, Soumitra Subhash, "Grouping and Sequencing of Machining Operations for High Volume Transfer Lines" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5145.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5145