Optimal AGV Configuration by Simulation of Flow Shop Scheduling in an Assembly Plant

Jian Jun Lin; Yang Sun; Xiao Jun Zheng

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.926-930.3132

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Optimal AGV Configuration by Simulation of Flow Shop Scheduling in an Assembly Plant

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We simulate flow shop scheduling and routing with automated guided vehicle (AGV for short) in an assembly plant, aim at obtaining the optimal AGV configuration. We first provide the requirement of assembly plant, and describe AGV configuration problem in real-world example. And then we build AGV simulation with Plant Simulation, and provide our problem-solving strategies. In the simulation process, we try to determine the number of AGV and maximize the utilization to reduce waiting time. We ran the simulation with different parameters, and get the cost time and utilization rate of AGVs. The vehicle utilization results of different number of AGVs verified our configuration.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 926-930)

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Jian Jun Lin, Yang Sun, Xiao Jun Zheng*

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AGV, Flow Shop Scheduling, Optimization, Plant Simulation

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