Plate/sheet nest release and throughput simulation for WSC ´01

Author

Weed, Leland D.

Author_Institution

Manuf. Eng. Dept., The Raymond Corp., Greene, NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

902

Abstract

The BT/Raymond Corporation is a manufacturer of narrow aisle electric fork-trucks and uses two Delmia simulation software packages: UltraArc(R) and Quest(R). In the Greene, NY facility, one of the Quest(R) simulations shows the start of the fabrication process. The plate/sheet line is a group of machines that punch, machine, profile, and form steel material ranging in thickness from 0.030" to 1.250". Since each product is built to customer order, the mix of parts to produce on the line is continually changing. The simulation of this process reads the data that schedules the work for the various machines, then runs the line showing capacity and throughput issues a day ahead of the factory floor run. The data that the model reads can also be changed to experiment with different product build quantities

Keywords

digital simulation; machining; manufacturing data processing; production engineering computing; steel manufacture; BT/Raymond Corporation; Delmia simulation software packages; Quest; UltraArc; capacity; fabrication process; factory floor run; forming; machines; machining; narrow aisle electric fork-truck manufacture; plate/sheet nest release simulation; plate/sheet nest throughput simulation; product build quantities; profiling; punching; scheduling; steel material; Fires; Laser beam cutting; Manufacturing; Milling machines; Plasma applications; Presses; Production facilities; Software packages; Steel; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the Winter

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7307-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2001.977391

Filename

977391