Simulation of a Power and Free Conveyor System for a Leading Vehicle Manufacturer
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Simulation of a Paint Shop for a Leading Automobile Manufacturer
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A leading global automotive company wanted to check the feasibility of their power and free conveyor system after introducing a lineup of new vehicles and find out ways to improve their system.
Key Points
- Automobile Industry
- Tecnomatix Plant Simulation
- Feasibility Study
- Bottleneck Analysis
- Optimizing Operational Rules
Client's Challenge
- Check feasibility of the system to meet target production with new model mixes
- Identify and alleviate any bottlenecks in the conveyor system
- Study the impact of system output on the percentage of vehicles that are loaded on the conveyor system
PMI's Approach
- We modeled the conveyor system in 3D using Tecnomatix Plant Simulation
- Operating rules for loading and carrier routing in the system were defined and improved through simulation
- System throughput, time-in-state graphs, number of vehicles in the system were tracked
Findings & Recommendations
We found that the target was not achieved even when only 20% of the vehicles were loaded on the system
Lack of hangers at one of the loading stations lead to filling up of buffer and causing blockage at a production shop
- Relocating a portion of another underutilized buffer helped achieve throughput when 40 to 80 % of the vehicles were loaded onto the conveyor
A paint shop system where vehicles are unloaded from the conveyor system was running at its full capacity
- Installation or expanding the existing paint shop would allow the conveyor system to handle 100% of the vehicle being loaded
