A Launching Pattern in a Mixed Model Assembly Line

Abstract:

This paper aims to sequence the production plan of a condenser unit of an air-conditioned assembly line, which is a manual assembly line. In this case there are six different models with different required production rate that must be assembled simultaneously. The assembly line consists of twenty four workstations with thirty four workers. Due to the fact that the cycle time of each condenser model is varied. Thus, it is difficult to design a launching pattern so that the production requirement of each model is exactly met at each production hour. In turn, the production demand of some models can be satisfied while other models cannot be met. In order to solve this problem, the fixed rate launching algorithm is applied and the result is considered satisfactory.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 875-877)
• Pages: 1160-1164
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.875-877.1160
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Suksan Prombanpong, S. Somboonsilp
• Keywords: Fixed Rate Launching, Mixed Model Assembly, Sequencing

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