Assembly Line: Theory and PracticeWaldemar Grzechca An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product in the fastest possible way. It is a flow-oriented production system where the productive units performing the operations, referred to as stations, are aligned in a serial manner. The present edited book is a collection of 12 chapters written by experts and well-known professionals of the field. The volume is organized in three parts according to the last research works in assembly line subject. The first part of the book is devoted to the assembly line balancing problem. It includes chapters dealing with different problems of ALBP. In the second part of the book some optimization problems in assembly line structure are considered. In many situations there are several contradictory goals that have to be satisfied simultaneously. The third part of the book deals with testing problems in assembly line. This section gives an overview on new trends, techniques and methodologies for testing the quality of a product at the end of the assembling line. |
Contents
Final Results of Assembly Line Balancing Problem | 3 |
Assembly Line Balancing and Sequencing | 13 |
A Metaheuristic Approach to Solve the Alternative | 37 |
Model Sequencing and Worker Transfer System | 51 |
Assembly Line Balancing in Garment | 67 |
Tackling the Industrial Car Sequencing | 85 |
Practice and Theory in LineCell Conversion | 107 |
Small World Optimization for Multiple Objects Optimization | 131 |
Optimizing Feeding Systems | 149 |
EndOfLine Testing | 181 |
MultiClassifier Approaches for PostPlacement | 207 |
A Case Study | 237 |
Common terms and phrases
analysis ANFIS Ant Colony Optimization assembly line balancing assembly load assembly system assigned average bottleneck car sequencing problem cell cellular manufacturing Clip component computational considered constraints conveyor cycle data set defects device under test distortion Eigenimage end-of-line testing envelope nodes factors feasible solutions Feature based feature extraction fork frequency genetic algorithm GISMOO hamming distance heuristic ICSP input ISSN lead images line balancing problem line-cell conversion linear linear weighted loudspeaker machine manufacturing measurement methods minimize mixed model mixed-model assembly model sequencing multi-objective Neural Network NSGAII operation Operational Research output parameters Pareto Pareto Chart performance pixels pixels pixels PMSMO primary classifiers procedure product batch production system Research scenario selected server shift shift shift signal simulation Small World Optimization solve statistical subgraphs Table tasks team combination techniques throughput transformations TTPT utility variables vector voice coil W-NT W-TT workers workstations