• DocumentCode
    1844134
  • Title

    PCB assembly optimisation using the Bees Algorithm enhanced with TRIZ operators

  • Author

    Ang, Mei C ; Pham, D.T. ; Soroka, Anthony J ; Ng, K.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Manuf. Eng. Centre, Cardiff Univ., Cardiff, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-10 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    2708
  • Lastpage
    2713
  • Abstract
    This paper describes an application of the Bees Algorithm with new operators inspired by the TRIZ methodology to optimise assembly sequences for a printed-circuit board (PCB) assembly machine. The specific problem investigated is the assembly of PCBs using a machine of the moving-board-with-time-delay type. The results obtained using the Bees Algorithm with the TRIZ-inspired operators are found to be better than those by other algorithms from the literature including the original Bees Algorithm.
  • Keywords
    assembling; optimisation; printed circuit manufacture; PCB assembly optimisation; TRIZ operators; bees algorithm; moving-board-with-time-delay type; printed-circuit board assembly machine; Algorithm design and analysis; Assembly; Flowcharts; Indexing; Magnetic heads; Optimization; Production;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IECON 2010 - 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
  • Conference_Location
    Glendale, AZ
  • ISSN
    1553-572X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5225-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1553-572X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IECON.2010.5675114
  • Filename
    5675114