Material handling model of production workplaces

Abstract

Nowadays, most of the manufacturing procedures use different workplaces to realize given production steps. At the production workplaces different material handling solutions are applied, however the selection of the suitable handling equipment is not optimized and based on experimental knowledge. The research presented in this paper targets to develop a model which can help to select the most suitable material handling equipment for different production workplaces. This paper gives an overview about the types of the workplaces in the aspects of material handling, the principals of the model building process, the structure of the possible model versions and presents an example for the applicability of the conception.

Material Handling Equipment Selection Algorithm for Production Workplaces

“…The different steps can be realized individually or combined with others. Based on the workplace and unit parameters, the general model can be simplified or more complex depending on the given tasks (one-point, two-point, three-point model, etc., see [4]).…”

“…The workplace handling is the smallest part of the material handling system of a manufacturing process [3]. It involves only the handling of the input materials and elements, the internal handling of the elements and the processed units, and the handling of the output products of a given workplace [4]. Realization of the workplace handling depends on the physical environment, which contains different functional areas: production, operator, storage, loading, transport, inspection, etc.…”

“…2). There are three different cases of the workplace handling process based on the applied machine types [7]:…”

“…As the activities and environment of workplaces are determined, the machine types which can be used for the handling are limited. In this paper we take only the single workplace handling solutions into consideration, which can be efficiently applied for one workplace, without any limitations [4]. Table I gives an overview about the most often used machines for workplaces and their most important parameters.…”

“…Table I gives an overview about the most often used machines for workplaces and their most important parameters. The equipment selection procedure defined in the previous chapter has the next phases for production workplaces [7]:…”