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Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail

This report has investigated the handling of the dies in a press shop of a major car company and in particular, the utilisation of the die transporter. The activity based simulation method of analysis particularly Extended Control Simulation Language (ECSL) has been applied to investigate the system...

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Main Author: Ismail, Azianti
Format: Research Reports
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Machine shops and machine shop practice
Lifting and pressing machinery
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67878/1/67878.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67878/
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spelling my.uitm.ir.678782023-03-08T08:39:08Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67878/ Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail Ismail, Azianti Machine shops and machine shop practice Lifting and pressing machinery This report has investigated the handling of the dies in a press shop of a major car company and in particular, the utilisation of the die transporter. The activity based simulation method of analysis particularly Extended Control Simulation Language (ECSL) has been applied to investigate the system behaviour in which to obtain solution that maximises the system performance. Activity Cycle Diagram (ACD) has been used as mechanism to both structure the model logic and develop the coding program of the system. A number of operating scenarios has been explored and performance measures such as queuing time, length and resource utilisation have been analysed. The effects of different operating scenarios such short pressing time and high volume dies have presented graphically to show the variation of results in the utilisation of the transporter. Hence, based on these analyses, recommended solutions are proposed to optimise the system performance which is the objective of the report. These investigations would be useful for the manufacturing engineers in applying the use of activity based simulation and the ACD in manufacturing systems. 2009 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67878/1/67878.pdf Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail. (2009) [Research Reports] (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
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topic Machine shops and machine shop practice
Lifting and pressing machinery
spellingShingle Machine shops and machine shop practice
Lifting and pressing machinery
Ismail, Azianti
Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail
description This report has investigated the handling of the dies in a press shop of a major car company and in particular, the utilisation of the die transporter. The activity based simulation method of analysis particularly Extended Control Simulation Language (ECSL) has been applied to investigate the system behaviour in which to obtain solution that maximises the system performance. Activity Cycle Diagram (ACD) has been used as mechanism to both structure the model logic and develop the coding program of the system. A number of operating scenarios has been explored and performance measures such as queuing time, length and resource utilisation have been analysed. The effects of different operating scenarios such short pressing time and high volume dies have presented graphically to show the variation of results in the utilisation of the transporter. Hence, based on these analyses, recommended solutions are proposed to optimise the system performance which is the objective of the report. These investigations would be useful for the manufacturing engineers in applying the use of activity based simulation and the ACD in manufacturing systems.
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title Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail
title_short Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail
title_full Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail
title_fullStr Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail
title_full_unstemmed Press shop die handling investigation through simulation / Azianti Ismail
title_sort press shop die handling investigation through simulation / azianti ismail
publishDate 2009
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67878/1/67878.pdf
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