A Development of Electrified Monorail System (EMS) for an Automobile Production Line


Güvenç İ. H., ERTUNÇ H. M.

12th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Service Systems, IMSS 2023, İstanbul, Türkiye, 26 - 28 Mayıs 2023, ss.479-486 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-981-99-6062-0_44
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.479-486
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Carrier, Electrified Monorail System, Flexible Production, Transportation
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The production of several materials on the same production line is very important for efficiency. Electrified Monorail System (EMS) is a product transport system with rails and this system can reach every production plant in the manufactory. If EMS is designed and used effectively, the production will be fast and efficient. In this study, an existing EMS was improved on a vehicle production line. EMS carries the parts of vehicles to different areas in the factory environment. When the production type varies, then the transportation of the parts will be complicated. In other words, the increasing of the production variant makes the operation of the system be difficult. EMS lines are needed to develop solving transportation problems that are mismatch buffer, new lines design, flexible using of the carriers of the body parts and smart flexible automation. In this project, an enhanced EMS study related to flow algorithm of the production line was carried out to increase the efficiency of the manufacturing. Thus, the motion algorithms and coordination algorithms of the system were developed. Carriers that adapt flexible manufacturing system were designed to carry different car parts.