Optimal Design of a Decoupled Multiple-Loop Pallet System for Cyclic Flexible Manufacturing Plants
Paper i proceeding, 2010

Handling and locating pallet system is one of the most important subsystems in a flexible production plant. The impact of pallet systems parameters on process and energy efficiency of production plants has been verified and examined by a number of studies in the literature. In this paper, introducing novel design constraints for pallets and buffers, a new optimization algorithm under linear constraint models is developed. It generates the precise optimal values for the most challenging variables in a decoupled multiple-loop pallet system. The design variables are number of pallets, conveyor velocity, scheduling of parts, and buffer capacities. In a case study, the optimization algorithm is compared with a more detailed simulation model. The differences between the solutions are minor, although the optimization algorithm only uses partial information, and the computation time is much lower compared to the simulation approach.

Handling and locating pallet system

Optimization.

Scheduling

Design

Författare

Maziar Mashaei

Chalmers, Signaler och system, System- och reglerteknik

Bengt Lennartson

Chalmers, Signaler och system, System- och reglerteknik

Fredrik Sannehed

Flexlink AB

Göran Abbestam

Flexlink AB

6th annual IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering

433-438
978-142445447-1 (ISBN)

Ämneskategorier

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi

Systemvetenskap

Styrkeområden

Produktion

DOI

10.1109/COASE.2010.5584667

ISBN

978-142445447-1

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