Optimization of the Casting Length of Billets and Computation of Minimum Number of Steel Batches

Abstract:

This paper deals with the optimization of the casted billet’s lengths, in the context of diverse received orders. Linear programming is used in order to solve the optimization problem, such that minimum cost for the optimal lengths results. A technological constraint is that the number of resulted billets for each casted length must be an integer one. The authors also propose an algorithm for determining the number of batches of liquid steel needed to cover all pieces at optimal lengths for the diverse orders, and also the scheduling order of the casting process.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 859)
• Pages: 177-182
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.859.177
• Online since: December 2016
• Authors: Iulia Clitan*, Vlad Mureşan, Mihail Abrudean, Diana Monica Sas
• Keywords: Casting Process, Linear Programming, Minimum Cost, Optimization Function, Scheduling of Batches

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