Implementation of Lean Manufacturing System in Bogie Assembly in Railway Coach Factory

Abstract:

Elimination of the non-value added activities in the bogie assembly shop during bogie assembly process. The various non-value added activities are found in the assembly shop such as excess distance between each assembly stages, excess cost to flow of material from one stage to another stage, waste of time and non-flexibility of shop. These types of non-value added activities occur due to the improper arrangement of bogie assembly stages. Implementation of lean manufacturing systems through layout design by the conversion of existing layout of bogie assembly shop into proposed layout. Analysing the existing layout by using the CRAFT method to find out the best optimized layout .Interchanges are made between each stages that help to correct the present layout. Design calculation are done for various stages .Interchanging of stages of different section are considered by distant matrix and total cost calculations .Various cost of all the pair wise interchanged stages are estimated to find the best low cost interchange. As per the design calculation best interchange between the two stages are considered and that lead to the development of new proposed layout in which all the non-value added activities are eliminated

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 248)
• Pages: 511-515
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.248.511
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: P. Arunagiri, A. Gnanavelbabu
• Keywords: Bogie Assembly, Layout Design, Lean Manufacturing Systems

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