TY - GEN
T1 - Buffer size decision for balanced and unbalanced flexible transfer line with rework paths
AU - Abu Qudeiri, Jaber
AU - Yamamoto, Hidehiko
AU - Jamali, Mohamed Anouar
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The buffer size decision for the flexible transfer line (FTL) gains more and more importance because of growing FTL complexity and production costs. This paper presents a production simulator system (PSS) to find the near optimum buffer size for balanced and unbalanced flexible transfer line with rework paths (FTL-R) that achieves the best production efficiency of the FTL-R. The PSS consists of a genetic algorithm (GA) and a discrete simulator. In order to achieve the efficient use of the GA, we propose a new gene arrangement for the GA, referred to as the multiple distribution method (MDM). An application example was developed and after a number of operations based on PSS system, the sizes of all buffers for the FTL-R could be found. It is also demonstrated that the production efficiency can be increased using the resulting buffer size.
AB - The buffer size decision for the flexible transfer line (FTL) gains more and more importance because of growing FTL complexity and production costs. This paper presents a production simulator system (PSS) to find the near optimum buffer size for balanced and unbalanced flexible transfer line with rework paths (FTL-R) that achieves the best production efficiency of the FTL-R. The PSS consists of a genetic algorithm (GA) and a discrete simulator. In order to achieve the efficient use of the GA, we propose a new gene arrangement for the GA, referred to as the multiple distribution method (MDM). An application example was developed and after a number of operations based on PSS system, the sizes of all buffers for the FTL-R could be found. It is also demonstrated that the production efficiency can be increased using the resulting buffer size.
KW - Buffer size
KW - Flexible transfer line
KW - GA
KW - Rework path
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:55349083649
SN - 4990324706
SN - 9784990324704
T3 - ICPMT2006 - Progress of Machining Technology - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Progress of Machining Technology
SP - 77
EP - 80
BT - ICPMT2006 - Progress of Machining Technology - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Progress of Machining Technology
T2 - 8th International Conference on Progress of Machining Technology, ICPMT2006
Y2 - 9 November 2006 through 11 November 2006
ER -