Optimal machine settings of imperfect component production processes for assembly operations

Author

Lee, Hau L. ; Hausman, Warren H. ; Gutiérrez, Genaro J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Eng. Manage., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

6

Issue

6

fYear

1990

fDate

12/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

652

Lastpage

658

Abstract

The present work is motivated by a problem occurring in a fabrication and assembly operation of fuel injectors for automobile engines. The production processes of the individual components to be assembled are imperfect. For a specific machine setting, which can be preset by an operator, the dimensions of the outputs of a component production process are variable. Components can be assembled only if their dimensions are within some given specification limits of each other. The problem of determining the optimal machine settings of two component production processes to maximize the expected outputs of the assembly operations is considered. The properties of the optimal solution are studied, and some numerical examples are presented

Keywords

automobile industry; machining; optimisation; production control; assembly operations; automobile engines; fuel injectors; imperfect component production processes; optimal machine settings; Assembly; Automobiles; Engines; Fabrication; Fuels; Manufacturing processes; Needles; Process control; Production; Statistical distributions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1042-296X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/70.63268

Filename

63268