Seminar

Abstract:

The layout of fixed-position assembly islands is widely used in equipment manufacturing industry. In this configuration, the product remains at one assembly island for its entire assembly period, while required workers, equipment and materials are moved to the island according to the assembly process and production plan. Such configuration is not only suitable for producing large, bulky, heavy or fragile products, but also offers considerable flexibility and competitive operational efficiency for products with medium variety and production volumes. However, inherent limited buffer space, high dynamic of material, equipment and manpower flows and massive human interventions also increase the complexity and variability in fixed-position assembly islands.

For overcoming these challenges, this research aims at building an intelligent manufacturing system integrates synchronization mechanisms for fixed-position assembly islands. This seminar will introduce the study of the new mode and system for fixed-position assembly islands, including research motivation, research objectives, completed work and future work.