THE NEWEST TOOLS FOR THE CONCURRENT DESIGN ANDANALYSIS OF LAYOUT PLANNING MATERIAL HANDLING

摘要

Since the finished quality of every layout project depends on a successful combination ofrnproducts, processes and tools, it is essential to select each of these carefully. A good project willrnalways begin with an analysis of the production volumes of the products with common processrnsequences and tool requirements in order to create manufacturing families. For each of thesernfamilies you can select the “best manufacturing practices” that need to be used and re-engineerrnthe processes and tooling to fit the desired throughput and inventory requirements. Only afterrnyou know the desired manufacturing practices to be used for each product family is it appropriaternto begin developing layouts around a systematic flow and non-flow evaluation process.rnFactory layout and design is traditionally a 2D process involving the creation of 2D CADrndrawings for construction and space planning purposes. Moving from 2D drawings to a 3Drnmodel of industrial facilities has been a significant challenge due to the extensive requirementsrnof equipment and manpower. A new object oriented approach (VisFactory) allows users to creatern2D / 3D Models of their factories with less time and effort than it would normally take to creaternthe current 2D drawings. The process and benefits of how 3D models of factories can be createdrneffortlessly in AutoCAD and then communicated to simulation packages will be provided.