R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING

Automatic assembly line design Automated sequence planning

Aditya G (1RV09ME128)

AALD
Automated Assembly Line Design (AALD) environment is a web based prototype that allows users to rapidly create and compare conceptual designs of automated assembly line systems in a systematic way.

AALD environment presents design problems in the following sequence :

Problem stage Process stage CPM stage Parts feeder stage Layout and simulation stage Show design stages

Primary components of AALD

Process component
This component allows the user to document the sequence of an assembly process.

CPM component
CPM is an algorithm that processes the precedence relationship and time duration among operations with a purpose of identifying the critical path for the entire operation of a project. In the CPM component, the user will enter the precedence relationships among operations by clicking on the rectangular box associated with each cell

Parts feeder component

The Parts Feeder component allows the user to select a part feeder for each symbol. When the user clicks on the layout button during the CPM stage, a precedence diagram comes up in the middle of the screen.

Layout and simulation component

This component allows users to select two different layout alternatives for the operations described in previous stages, simulate material flow in each proposed layout, identify the critical path, cycle time, and overall cost of the operations.

Show design components

The Show Designs component allows users to review their designs and the corresponding analytic results of each design in a separate window. The analytic results include cycle time and total cost of each design.

Automated Assembly Sequence Planning System

ASPS (computer-aided Assembly Sequence Planning System) was developed to incorporate making decisions on process planning and production planning for assembly product. Assembly planning is a fundamental step in the operation of a manufacturing system that involves product assembly The process that determines the sequence and method of putting component parts together to produce a product

Process of ASPS
Generate precedence relations between the components of a product. Generate all feasible assembly sequences. Find the optimal assembly sequences. The ASPS is built by using visual basic language (version six) while integrated with Microsoft Access database environment.

ASPS characteristics
The ability to generate several sequences for sub-assemblies based on the input precedence matrix and then generating the final assembly sequence that satisfies the goals of minimum time & minimum cost.

Methodology

Then the input precedence diagram is translated by the system into precedence matrix

Assembly sequence representation module

Assembly sequence generation module

Methodology

References
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