DocumentCode :
765853
Title :
An investigation of a human material handler on part flow in automated manufacturing systems
Author :
Shin, Dongmin ; Wysk, Richard A. ; Rothrock, Ling
Author_Institution :
Ind. & Manuf. Eng. Dept., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Volume :
36
Issue :
1
fYear :
2006
Firstpage :
123
Lastpage :
135
Abstract :
This paper presents a formal approach to resolve an important question concerning changes in the control of computerized manufacturing systems when a human operator is involved as a task-performing agent. It requires building a model of human functional specifications used in executing tasks and integrating it into a control scheme for the model. More importantly, analysis of control complexity needs to be conducted to build an effective control mechanism. In this paper, a human material handler is considered, and an assessment of part flow complexity affected by human tasks in a highly automated manufacturing system is presented. For this purpose, a formal model of human task-performing processes is proposed in terms of a part and location(s) of a task. A classification for human material handling tasks is presented based on the proposed model. Furthermore, human errors and the impact of human errors on part flow are considered. Part flow complexity of a manufacturing system from the control perspective is then investigated in terms of the human tasks and errors. A shop floor control example where a human operator performs material handling tasks is provided to illustrate the proposed model.
Keywords :
computer aided manufacturing; industrial control; materials handling; production engineering computing; automated manufacturing system; computerized manufacturing system; human errors; human material handler; part flow complexity; shop floor control; Automatic control; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer integrated manufacturing; Conducting materials; Control systems; Humans; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing systems; Materials handling; Computerized manufacturing systems; human functional specification; material handling tasks; part flow complexity;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1083-4427
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TSMCA.2005.859175
Filename :
1561478
Link To Document :
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