A Development of Smart Picking/Feeding System for a Production System

Abstract:

One of the common problems in a flow line like a packing process is line breakdown. This is due to several reasons such as part shortage, equipment malfunction, etc. Especially, when parts are stored in the warehouse or in a temporary buffer area and must transport to the packing area, without good management breakdown due to part shortage easily occurs. Typically, a person who places the part and one who picks the part is not the same person and without good communication tool, waste time can be expected and causes line breakdown since the new part cannot be served in time. Thus, the objective of this paper is to demonstrate the implementation of a smart picking system and intelligent feeding schedule in order to reduce line breakdown due to part shortage. The feeding schedule is also generated for a feeding worker to replenish a pallet to the line before a buffer is running out. One of the factories is implemented as a case study where the current downtime due to part shortage is 8.2 percent and the productivity is 12.99 pieces per man-hour. A bar code system and industry tablet is used for pick and place system. Not only is the software for part location search developed, but also the feeding schedule of the whole packing line. As a result, the downtime due to part shortage is reduced to 1.2 percent and the productivity increases to 22.61 pieces per man-hour.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 911)
• Pages: 118-123
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.911.118
• Online since: January 2018
• Authors: Namrin Wuttiwan, Suksan Prombanpong*
• Keywords: Barcode Application, Feeding Schedule, Smart Picking System

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