Time and space assembly line balancing considers realistic multiobjective versions of the classical assembly line balancing industrial problems involving the joint optimization of conflicting criteria such as the cycle time, the number of stations, and/or the area of these stations. In addition to their multi-criteria nature, the different problems included in this field inherit the precedence ...

For this costumer placed in Belfast, UK, simulation has been used to investigate the manufacturing process, to evaluate bottlenecks and to prepare the background for simulation based, in-line scheduling. The actual problem at the shop floor deals with synchronizing work flows and optimizing production in conjunction with customer orders . Over 1700 different kinds of orders can be manufactured ...

For this costumer placed in Belfast, UK, simulation has been used to investigate the manufacturing process, to evaluate bottlenecks and to prepare the background for simulation based, in-line scheduling. The actual problem at the shop floor deals with synchronizing work flows and optimizing production in conjunction with customer orders . Over 1700 different kinds of orders can be manufactured ...

Assembly line balancing is significant for efficient and cost effective production of the products and is therefore gaining popularity in recent years. However, several uncertain events in assembly lines might causes variation in the task time and due to these variations there always remains a possibility that completion time of tasks might exceed the predefined cycle time. To hedge against thi...

The differences in constraints between an automotive painting workshop and a final assembly can lead to production scheduling disruptions, using the Painted Body Store (PBS) manufacturing optimize meet requirements of workshop. This is achieved by establishing multi-objective mixed-integer optimization model for PBS solving state transition algorithm based on greedy strategy; finally, compariso...

Abstract This article presents a novel approach for the automated 3D-layout planning of multi-station assembly lines. The method is based on comprehensive model used production resources, including their geometry, kinematic properties, and general characteristics. Different resource types can be included in system. A genetic algorithm generates optimizes possible layouts line. optimization aims...

Line balancing is an effective tool to improve the throughput of assembly line while reducing nonvalue-added activities, cycle time. LB is the problem of assigning operation to workstation along an assembly line, in such a way that assignment is optimal in some sense. This paper mainly focuses on improving overall efficiency of single model assembly line by reducing the non value added activiti...

In many real life situations (such as the passport control system in Tel Aviv airport, department stores, and more) parallel queues are formed in front of control stations. Typically, some of the stations are manned while others are not. As the queues build up, management assigns additional officers to the unmanned stations. When this happens—some people move to the newly manned queues from nea...

This paper describes the project undertaken by DSO National Laboratories to demonstrate convoy movement involving a manned vehicle and two Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) along roads and dirt tracks at speeds up to 35 km/h and 20 km/h respectively. The project work included development of UGV hardware, vehicle controller, sensor suite comprising of short and long range sensors, and high speed n...

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are being used extensively in civilian and military applications for such as underground mining, nuclear plant operations, planetary exploration, intelligence, surveillance reconnaissance (ISR) missions manned-unmanned teaming. We consider a multi-objective, multiple-vehicle routing problem which teams of manned ground vehicles (MGVs) AMRs deployed respectively l...