Name
Title | ||
|---|---|---|
Simulation in automotive industries: paint line color change reduction in automobile assembly through simulation |
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
The painting process is an important part of the entire automobile manufacturing system. Changing color in the painting process is expensive because of the wasted paint and solvent during color change. By intelligently selecting cars toward downstream operations at the places where conveyors converge or diverge, we can reduce the number of such color changes without additional hardware investment. Discrete Event Simulation is a tool of choice in analyzing these issues in order to develop an effective and efficient selection algorithm to ensure the system throughput. The concepts and methods presented here are also applicable to other discrete event manufacturing processes where setup reduction is pursued. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2003 | 10.5555/1030818.1030978 | Winter Simulation Conference |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
discrete event simulation,additional hardware investment,discrete event manufacturing,downstream operation,color change,painting process,system throughput,conveyors converge,automotive industry,entire automobile manufacturing system,automobile assembly,paint line color change,efficient selection algorithm | Simulation,Computer science,Selection algorithm,Painting,Throughput,Discrete event simulation,Automotive industry | Conference |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
0-7803-8132-7 | 2 | 0.42 |
References | Authors | |
4 | 7 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yong-Hee Han | 1 | 2 | 0.76 |
| Chen Zhou | 2 | 3 | 1.44 |
| Bert Bras | 3 | 18 | 3.49 |
| Leon F. McGinnis | 4 | 494 | 50.09 |
| Carol Carmichael | 5 | 2 | 0.42 |
| patrick j newcomb | 6 | 4 | 0.89 |
| PJ Newcomb | 7 | 2 | 0.42 |