Approach to increase flexibility in automobile body shops through component-integrated fixture functions

Exposure to lead, cadmium and chromium among spray painters in automobile body repair shops.

Environmental and biological monitoring of lead, cadmium and chromium levels in spray painters is reported. All of the study subjects worked in automobile body repair shops that had no standard spraying room. They were divided into 2 groups, those who wore an aerosol-removing respirator while spraying (n=20) and those who did not wear the respirator (n=50). Air in the breathing zone of each sub...

Scheduling of Mechanics in Automobile Repair Shops Using Ann

Scheduling problems are NP – Hard combinatorial optimization problems, since many algorithms have been developed which offers new promising insights for solving resource allocation problems. Considering the problems faced in automobile repair shops, who sets the customer due dates of the car based on processing time, jobs already waiting for processing and mechanic available time. Also the work...

Environment-Aware Production Scheduling for Paint Shops in Automobile Manufacturing: A Multi-Objective Optimization Approach

The traditional way of scheduling production processes often focuses on profit-driven goals (such as cycle time or material cost) while tending to overlook the negative impacts of manufacturing activities on the environment in the form of carbon emissions and other undesirable by-products. To bridge the gap, this paper investigates an environment-aware production scheduling problem that arises ...

Texture assessment of automobile dashboard: An integrated approach on industrial design and ergonomics

In this paper, the main objective is ergonomics evaluation of automobile’s dashboard to devise suitable designs based on textures and patterns. Undoubtedly appropriated dashboards' design based on textures might be ended to more driving safety, in which the tactile-real and visualimplied texture of a surface should be considered. In this study, data was gathered by in-depth observa...

Design of Dynamic Body Shop Layout in Automobile Industry