The paper presents the methodology of designing production process a new product from point view criterion assembly operations technology (Design for Assembly - DFA) in automotive industry. article describes methods and techniques used during implementation into production. impact on improving complex is described. Suggestions unit small series are presented.

The automotive industry has pioneered the large scale use of robots. Long production runs of identical car bodies were the ideal field of application for early industrial robots, and spot welding lines with hundreds of robots have become a familiar sight. However, a lot of the production equipment is still based on hard automation. Today’s market is increasingly putting automobile manufacturers...

Assembly operations in many industries make extensive use of fixtures that are costly and inflexible. The goal of ‘‘robotic fixtureless assembly’’ (RFA) is to replace these fixtures with sensor-guided robots. In this paper, the development of a vision-guided RFA workcell for automotive components is described. Each robot is equipped with a multiple degree-of-freedom programmable gripper, allowi...

This paper presents a new mathematical programming model for the bi-criteria mixed-model assembly line balancing problem in a just-in-time (JIT) production system. There is a set of criteria to judge sequences of the product mix in terms of the effective utilization of the system. The primary goal of this model is to minimize the setup cost and the stoppage assembly line cost, simultaneously. B...

Objectives: Nowadays, Snap-fits are used in the automotive industry as a proper alternative for mechanical joints, cabling joints, and car interior lining joints. Due to the special form of these joints, which are assembled manually, the contact area between Snap-fits and the worker’s fingertips can be too small. This can cause skin pain on the worker’s  fingertips. Therefore, ...

In this chapter we discuss the use of computer simulation in design and operation of car and truck assembly plants as well as automotive components manufacturing plants. Most of the automotive manufacturers worldwide and, in particular, the big three U.S.-based companies (General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler Corporation) currently require that all new and modified manufa...

Zwischen Produktentwicklung und Produktionsplanung besteht seit vielen Jahren eine Digitalisierungslücke. Geeignete Softwarewerkzeuge zur Kosten- Raumabschätzung in der Phase Grobplanung roboterbasierter Fließmontagesysteme existieren nicht. Abhilfe schaffen Verfahren zum modellbasierten Engineering, die durchgängige flexible Anlagenplanung ermöglichen. Ein dafür erforderliches Optimierungsverf...

Robot safety standards defines Collaborative Operation as a state in which purposely designed robots work direct cooperation with human within defined workspace. That is, an operator and industrial robot complete assembly tasks at the collaborative A prerequisite to ensuring during all phases of operation is understanding nature hazards pertinent systems. An automotive station, where plastic pa...