Optimized maintenance design for manufacturing performance improvement using simulation

Author

Ali, Ahad ; Chen, Xiaohui ; Yang, Ziming ; Lee, Jay ; Ni, Jun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Lawrence Technol. Univ., Southfield, MI, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1811

Lastpage

1819

Abstract

This research presents optimized maintenance design using simulation to analyze the capability of auto part manufacturing production system. The integration of simulation and optimization is used to identify critical stations, an optimal system design and maintenance scheduling schemes and evaluates their effects on the overall system performance. Most emphasis is focused on the impact on system by individual station reliability and the fluctuation of maintenance availability. The proposed simulation and optimization for maintenance design is validated through real-life application. This simulation modeling and optimization could help for manufacturing performance improvement.

Keywords

automotive components; computer aided manufacturing; maintenance engineering; mechanical engineering computing; optimisation; product design; auto part manufacturing production system; maintenance design; maintenance scheduling scheme; manufacturing performance improvement; optimal system design; Availability; Design optimization; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing systems; Mechanical engineering; Optimization methods; Preventive maintenance; Production systems; System performance; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2008. WSC 2008. Winter

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2707-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2708-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2008.4736270

Filename

4736270