Here is an article based on literature review format that contains criticism on scientific management given by different scholars and authors; with comprehensive analysis. I have tried my best to link each criticism with each other smoothly and to present them in depth with details.
The idea of management is not new; managing is an inbuilt character of human beings. Early forms of management concepts have been applied throughout history in order to progress as a society. We see beautiful creation from Stone Age to civilization – could those creations such as monuments and cities be in place without management? Management activities were always needed in order to complete massive projects. The Industrial Revolution as well as the growth of factories and mass production created a need for strong management processes. Better and more efficient ways of manufacturing goods were needed in order to maximize productivity, bring down costs, and increase profitability. As a result, since the late 1800’s, theorists have developed a wide range of methods for improving management practices
Here is an article based on literature review format that contains criticism on scientific management given by different scholars and authors; with comprehensive analysis. I have tried my best to link each criticism with each other smoothly and to present them in depth with details.
The idea of management is not new; managing is an inbuilt character of human beings. Early forms of management concepts have been applied throughout history in order to progress as a society. We see beautiful creation from Stone Age to civilization – could those creations such as monuments and cities be in place without management? Management activities were always needed in order to complete massive projects. The Industrial Revolution as well as the growth of factories and mass production created a need for strong management processes. Better and more efficient ways of manufacturing goods were needed in order to maximize productivity, bring down costs, and increase profitability. As a result, since the late 1800’s, theorists have developed a wide range of methods for improving management practices
It is important for managers to design jobs that create a sense of interest and foster commitment in employees, thereby motivating them. Job designs should focus on whether employees are motivated
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A presentation on the Father of Scientific Management, Frederick Winslow Taylor : His 4 principles, theory, plus points, the link with fordism, drawbacks and criticisms, etc, etc...
Also designed the slide templates myself...
It is important for managers to design jobs that create a sense of interest and foster commitment in employees, thereby motivating them. Job designs should focus on whether employees are motivated
Lean thinking literature review and suggestions for future researchWorld-Academic Journal
The research provides a literature overview from a timespan of more than 60 years with articles historically and thematically organized about the application of “Lean thinking” (LT) concept and the main research findings through different industries. Lean thinking is an important but yet still under researched aspect of strategic management. By collecting research records from ISI web of knowledge naming directly the lean thinking issue; 34 Web of science records, 10 Medline records and 2 Chinese citation database records were found. Results show that the main focus areas on lean thinking researches are mainly applied in health care industry (with the 48% of the collected records) followed by manufacturing industry (17%), construction (10%), product development (7%), training and education (7%) and supply chain (2%). Other industries (9%) are also starting to apply lean thinking philosophy according to the particularities of their domain. We find research gaps and provide directions for further investigation.
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A presentation on the Father of Scientific Management, Frederick Winslow Taylor : His 4 principles, theory, plus points, the link with fordism, drawbacks and criticisms, etc, etc...
Also designed the slide templates myself...
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PSD Assignments
1. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology,
Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan
ASSIGNMENT #1
HISTORICAL PROSPECTIVE OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM
ASSIGNMENT # 2
CONTINIOUS PRODUCTION SYSTEM
ASSIGNMENT # 3
PRODUCTION SYSTEM DESIGN
SUBJECT TEACHER:
PROF. SAAD MEMON
SUBMITTED BY:
MOHAMMAD YOUNUS (08IN70)
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT
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2. THE HISTORIACAL PROSPECTIVE OF PRODUCTION
In order to understand the rationale behind the different approaches to
production system designs, it is useful to examine their historical
prospective.
It is possible to trace back to the Industrial revolution some of the
thinking which even today is influencing designers of production
systems. As well as the “technological” progress (and which will be
described later), some notable “organizational” principle were also
established by writers such as Charles Babbage and Adam Smith.
SCIENTIFIC MANAHEMENT AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE:-
After the early principle were established, it is widely accepted that
some of the most influential work organization was carried out during
the late 1800s and early 1900s under the general heading of scientific
management.
Most notable among the “scientific management school” at this time
was Fredrick W. Taylor. While working with a number of American
companies. Taylor sought to prove his belief that a scientific approach
to planning and the management of work could produce significant
benefits in terms of output and efficiency. The main thesis on which his
“principle of scientific management” is based is that individual worker
can be selected and allocated to jobs they perform best. A financial
incentive can then be applied in order that the workers’ best results are
achieved to the financial benefit of both the individual and the firm.
Taylor’s approach, therefore, accepts and builds on the ideas of Smith
and Babbage, which advocated division of a job of work down into a
number of functional tasks and the promotion of the high degree of
specialization on the part of each worker.
A “Tayloristic” approach to designing production system can,
therefore, be identified. At the micro level ( e.g productive work), this
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3. implies breaking a job into a number of short tasks which can be
allocated to the most appropriate operators and performed in a
repetitive fashion normally with a direct financial incentive. At the
macro level, the Tayloristic approach requires that jobs in all parts of
the organization are performed by functional specialists. So, in most
manufacturing companies, are found process planners, quality
controllers, stock controllers, machine setters, and even separate
specialist for the various function of the maintenance ( i-e. mechanical,
electrical, etc ).
Taylor’s arguments for taking the division of labor logic this far is
justified by his example comparing the “frontiersman” with the
“surgeon”. The former was generalist – being an architect, house
builder, lumberman, soldier and doctor – while the latter has been
taught and trained under close supervision in an almost identical way
to the factory operative working under scientific management principle.
It is in making this comparison that Taylor claimed that the functional
specialization could still have tasks associated with it which could be
developing and broadening, there by reducing the risk of producing a
workforce of “automatons”.
Despite Taylor’s share of critics, and the despite the passing of almost
a hundred years, his influence on the design of production systems is
still profoundly significant, For instance, his principle of scientific
management was one of the most likely sources of inspiration for
Henry Ford when he conceived the manufacture of the Model T using
flow line techniques and even today this form of production system still
has widespread acceptance when large production quantities are
required.
Even when demand is lower, Taylor’s principle can still be applied by
routing discrete batches of parts between functionally arranged
departments where specific operation can be carried out. Despite in
dissimilarity of parts, the similarity of process can provide for division
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4. of labor, specialization of skills and the application of direct financial
incentives.
It would be wrong to assume that the scientific management school
formed the complete picture as far as the historical perspective of
production organization is concerned. As early as the 1920, as a second
and in many ways equally well-founded school began to emerge; this is
now often referred to as the “behavioral science school”.
This school probably originated with the study conducted over a five
year period at the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric
Companying the USA. Intended originally to be a straight forward
investigation into the effect of different lighting levels output, the study
developed into series of experiments which increasingly demonstrated
that human behavior was an important factor affecting output and
which had been grossly under-estimated by the advocates of scientific
management.
GROUPS AND SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS:-
One further consideration relating to the way in which productive work
might be organized is the fact that a set of tasks a can be carried out
by people working either as individuals of in groups. The scientific
management school presumes that wherever possible tasks should be
performed by individuals since only in this way can the division of labor
principle be adopted and individuals working independently so in this
respect the organization of work could still be described as
“Tayloristic”.
The idea of using cohesive groups of workers in high volume industrial
production is of relatively recent origin, although group work has long
been a feature of systems where products are made for customer order
(i-e job or custom production). However, one application were group
working is well developed is in the British coal mining industry.
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5. Traditionally the mining of coal took place using “pillar and stall”
working where the seam was extracted at a number of single places
only six to eleven yards in length. The groups who worked at one of
these places comprised about nine persons, selected by their own
members, who were completely responsible for coal production.
Group members had a wide range of skills and some of the rotation of
jobs was possible.
When mechanized “long wall” mining came widespread use from the
1920s, faces of 160 to 200 yards (146-183 m) were introduced and an
alternative form of work organization was adopted using the factory
approach of strict division of labor. However, this form of working
proved to be a problem due to the unpredictable nature of the job
compared with factory work. The associated reduction in skills also
gave rise to diminishing safety levels and absenteeism became more
common.
To tackle these problems an alternative form of working, called the
“composite work organization and wage system”, was introduced was
had many similarities to the traditional way of working. Skills were
widened and rotation between jobs and shifts was made possible, while
bonuses were paid to the groups rather than to individuals. The result
was that smoother changes over from one shift to the next became
possible, as was previously the case using traditionally methods and
more importantly productivity increase.
So significant ere the effects of changes to work organization in
mining that they gave rise to a massive research program conducted
by personnel from the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in
London. They referred to their methods as the socio-technical systems
approach, since the situation they were dealing with was neither purely
a technical system nor a social system an, therefore, required a
completely new form of research methodology.
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6. The coal mining studies, while very important, relate to a rather
unusual form of work compared with which Taylor and the Hawthorne
Researches were involved. The systems of group working which were
developed were obviously appropriate in the mining environment, but
they could not be proved as being appropriate in the context of a
factory producing a wide variety of complex products.
With this question in mind. the Philips Company in Eindhoven,
Holland, conducted a series of experiments during 1960 in their
television receiver factory. Philips, like most other large volume
manufacturers, were using assembly line technique where, in much the
fashion conceived by Henry Ford, jobs were divided into short cycle
tasks which could be quickly learned and enabled unskilled workers to
reach a high level of proficiency. The intention was to create a regular
flow of production with high output levels being ensured by a wage
system geared to effort.
However, at the time of the experiment, the company was faced with
a number of problems for which the techniques used so far did not
provide suitable answers. The problems, which related to output,
quality and morale, caused the researches to question the organization
of the unskilled work and the sophisticated wage system. Both these
factors were being influenced by changing metal attitudes, full
employment and better basic levels of education which conflicted with
the rigorous division of labor.
Firstly, the researches found that waiting times could be reduced and,
therefore, output in increased, as the number of workstation on the line
was reduced. In the experiments this was achieved by breaking down
the single line with no buffer stocks into five groups, each of which was
separated by a buffer as shown in the figure below. In this way less
time was lost waiting for material and due to balancing and system
loss.
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7. Secondly, it was found that re-organizing the line had as effect on
quality. By placing inspectors at the end of each group rather than at
the end of the long line, earlier feedback of information was achieved
offering charge hands the opportunity of controlling the quality of work
in their areas. Statistical analyses of the relationship between quality
and the work rates also showed that the best quality was achieved by
working at a medium, regular speed.
This rate of working was best facilitated using shorter lines with buffers
tock between adjacent work places. Moreover, the findings relating to
both output and quality were further confirmed when the line was laid
out with only half the no. of workers, performing twice their original
cycle, with storage b/w each work place. In this case it was found that
waiting time was reduced, any delays had less effect, and quality
improved as a result of the more even rate of production.
Finally, concerning morale, where a questionnaires was used to asses
this factor, the line was broken down into groups. In fact, even higher
morale was discovered in groups assembling channel selectors, where
the level of independence was still higher, and where a complete end
product was being produced.
In their final conclusions, the Philip’s researches stated that they were
convinced that small groups with buffer stock were most appropriate
for the kind of work studied, despite requiring more space and
materials. A proviso is added that the group should be able to obtain
independent results, to set their own pace, have separate quality
assessment, and be paid on a group basis. Although the size of the
group will depend on production engineering factors and the duration of
the cycle, at Philips it was found that sociological advantages gradually
decreased if the size exceeded ten.
The problems of output, quality and morale experienced by Philips
were by no means unusual among industrial companies during the
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8. 1960s. They are, however, better documented than most and the
experiment which took place demonstrate a unique approach, the
findings from which greatly influenced the design of more modern
production systems in Europe particularly, but also elsewhere in the
industrial world.
CONTINIOUS PRODUTION SYSTEM
Continuous production involves in a continuous or almost
continuous physical flow of material. It makes the used full purpose
machines, and produces standardized items in large quantities.
Chemical processing, cigarette manufacturing and cement
manufacturing are some of the industries engaged in continuous
production. The continuous system can be divided into the two
categories
a) Mass and flow line production
b) Continuous or process production
MASS PRODUCTION
It is characterized primarily by an established and stable object
of production. The parts are produce in large quantities
continuously, but are depend upon the individual orders. The quantity
is usually 100,000 parts per year. However the most chrematistic
feature of mass production is not the quantity of product being
manufactured, it is an arrangement where by and single specific
operation is continuously performed at most of the working place. A
mass production enterprises deals with the standard product of limited
variety, such as consumer durables, and products for industrial use
(automobiles, tractors, bicycles, electric motors, sewing machines,
nuts, bolts, screws, washers, pencils, matches, and engine block, etc)
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9. Other features typical of mass production are: an extensive use of
specialized (usually permanently set-up) and single purpose machine
tools and mechanization and automation of production process with
strict compliance of the principle of inter changeability. The latter
greatly reduces the time required for assembly operations. In mass
production type of production semi skilled or even unskilled worker are
needed to operate the machines. This type of production is capital
intensive, but the unit cost of production is low.
The most advanced type of mass production is “Continuous flow
production”, whose main feature is that the time required for each
operation of the production line is equal to or a multiple of the standard
time all along the line. This enables work to be done without producing
stock piles and strictly definite interval of time. Example includes: oil
refineries and continuous chemical plants.
PROCESS PRODUCTION
Continuous or process production is useful where the product
consumes (electricity, petrol, chemical, etc.), and has continuous
demand.
All products undergo by same process. Raw material enters at
one point and leaves as finished product at another. Material hading is
automatic. Plant layout is a per the requirements of production. Both
types of workers, i-e, semi-skilled and skilled are employed. Outputs
and inputs are, respectively, measured and regulate, using
sophisticated controls. Machinery employed is one built to the needs.
Good plant maintenance and effective quality control are the essential
requirements.
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10. INIDUSTRIAL FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING
SYSTEM
Flexible manufacturing system can be used in a wide variety of
industrial processes including sheet metal work, cutting, welding,
pressing, painting and assembly work. Most progress however, has
been made in metal machining, an area where NC was already well-
established.
In order to illustrate the scope of FMS and a wide variety of sizes and
system elements a number of example will now be described. Each
represents a different configuration of machines and handling
equipment. They also demonstrate the range of complexity and
versatility which is embraced by the general heading of flexible
manufacturing.
EXAMPLE # 01
MACHINES AND MACHINCES CELLS SERVED BY THE
INDUSTRIAL ROBOT
The simplest and most elementary form of FMS is a single machine or a
cell of two or more machines served by a robot. Such an arrangement
often represent organization’s first step towards a full system capable
of producing complete range of parts and products.
Figure (below) for instance, show CNC machining centre around which
there are number of pallet stations. A simple robot transfers a pallet,
as required, from station to machine, removing completed work and
returning it to an empty pallet station. A wide range of components can
be produced since it is possible for every pallet to contain a different
set of parts.
The main constraints on the system’s versatility would normally be the
no of tools which can be stored in the machine’s magazine. “Yasda” of
Japan, however, produce machining centers which are equipped with
capacity for their hindered tools and “Sandvick” of Sweden has
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11. developed a magazine for turning machines which can carry more than
one handed tool blocks. This unmanned for at least the complete a shift
on a range of different components, each having widely differing
machining requirements.
A somewhat different arrangement, built around the same idea, is a
cell of machines served by a more versatile manipulative robot. Here
individual components, rather than loaded pallets, are picked up by the
robots gripper and then transferred from the machine ( as shown in
figure above). The agility and range of possible movements makes the
cell capable of producing a no. of components requiring different
positioning and different machine sequences. Robots used in this type
of application are also much faster n operation than pallet robots since
they are used in conjunction with simpler, short-cycle operations such
as pressing and drilling.
EXAMPLE # 02
MACHINE CELLS SERVED BY LINEAR MATERIAL TRANSPORTERS
The type of arrangement just described is obviously restricted to a very
small number of machines, which in practice is determined by the limit
of the robots reach. If the idea is to be extended to include a complete
workshop of machines then some further means a automatically
moving materials will be required.
The simplest method of achieving this is by providing some form of
mechanism for transporting pallets or components between stations
from where a robot can then load them on or off the machines. The
system used could be a linear powered roller conveyor of the type
employed in early FMS such as system 24 and Cincinnati Variable
Mission I.
This is still a popular approach where smaller parts are involved and
was chosen by the 600 group for their SCAMD (Systematic Computer
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12. Aided Manufacturing Project). This is a system developed for
automatically producing a range of tuned parts.
The load carrying capacity of a roller conveyor is rather limited,
however, so an alternative type of transporter for linear movement pf
heavier parts is a rail guided vehicle. Proprietary transporters of this
type are available which enable cells to be extended at reasonably low
cost (figure above). A large workshop using a rail-guided parts
transportation system is in operation at the Yamazaki machine tool
plant in Japan. Here eighteen machining centre are arranged in two
lines, with each line being served by a robot. One transporter can carry
3 tons and travel 60 meters/min, the other has 8 tons capacity and
speed of 40 meters/min. twelve operators are required in this
workshop compared with the two-hundred- and-fifteen needed using
conventionally equipped machines.
EXAMPLE # 03
MACHINE CELLS SERVED BY STRACKER CRANE
A novel alternative to roller conveyor or rail-guided transporters is the
use of a computer-controlled stacker crane. This was the approach
adopted by BT handling systems in Sweden in preference to the
alternative arrangement offered by current suppliers. As a
manufactured and experience user of sophisticated material handling
equipment, BT could see the merits of using their own products within
a FMS. A conventional GT cell had been used for some years in which
racks and a fork lift truck provided work-in-progress storage and parts
handling.
Extending the idea using computer-controlled material handling and
CNC machines become a relatively a simple step achieved at a cost, in
1980, of £120000 for the crane, racking and microcomputer system
(figure above). Initially the system was set-up with one fully automatic
station. A Yasda YBM 90N machine centre, and fifteen other machine
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13. tools also served by the crane but using operators. As the cell has been
developed, further Yasda machines and fully automatic CNC lathes
have been added, enabling more of the system to run completely
unmanned during nightshift periods.
BT’S approach to FMS is interesting in that it represent a view that
progressive development using limited manning can be a more sensible
alternative than the immediate introduction of highly sophisticated,
fully automated system. The view has been reinforced by the
introduction of the second cell, also using a stacker crane, for welding.
Again the system was set up using largely manual welding stations, but
capable of being enhances later by progressively replacing them with
automatic processes.
EXAMPLE # 04
MACHINES CELS SERVED BY AGV’S
The use of AGV’S (automatically guided vehicles) has already been
described in connection with material handling for autonomous
working. Theses highly versatile devices, whose used is well
established for assembling work and in automated warehouses, are
now becoming an essential feature of manufacturing systems which are
truly flexible. AGV’S requires nothing other than a reasonable flat floor
and follow a buried wire, so installation costs are minimal. The
development of radio-controlled and laser guided AGVs could even
remove the need for the second requirement in future.
AGVs are therefore not as limited in their application as roller
conveyors, rail-guided transport and cranes. They can literally “go any
where” provided there is an adequate road way, so they can visit a
number of machines together with inspection stations, parts washing
facilities, etc. A small FMS cell developed by Cincinnati Milacron,
employing one AGV, is as show in figure (below).
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14. As well as providing a highly versatile FMS, the use of AGV’S easily
enables a system to be expanded or contracted. Extra AGVs can simply
be added to increase the frequency with which materials are moved
and machines can be added or removed with out disruption to the rest
of the system.
An interesting variation on the conventional type of AGV, which
decrease its versatility still further is the high-lifting type. Developed
from a fork-lift truck, this AGV was first introduced by BT handling
systems. It has the ability to lift work from floor level up to 3m so can
load and unload machines having different working heights as well as
moving items in and out of high-bay store. An FMS using high lifting
AGVS with three machining centers has been installed at Sundsvalls
Verkstader in Sweden as shown in figure (below)
EXAMPLE # 05
FULL FMS WITH TOOL AND PART STORAGE
In order for an automated manufacturing system to be fully flexible
there must be sufficient material, tool and program storage to allow
uninterrupted running for long period on the widest range of parts.
There must also be a sufficiently sophisticated set of automated service
function to prevent the system from periodically stopping due to minor
correctable deviations from normal running conditions. A large material
storage capacity can be incorporate into an FMS system well developed
in the wholesale and retailing sectors.
The automated warehouse is interfaced with the manufacturing
systems by a transfer device which moves parts between the AGVs
(which serves the FMS cells) and the stacker crane (which puts the
parts into store and picks them out again when required). FMS systems
which are linked in this way to an automated warehouse have been
installed by Murata Machinery and Mori Seiko in Japan.
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15. Additionally tool storage can be provided in a similar way. Drums or
magazines from machines are made interchangeable and are
transported to and from a tool store by some from of handling device.
Cincinnati Milacron, for instance, has developed a technique using an
AGV to change complete magazines, while Yamazaki uses a “drum
loader robot” which functions in a manner similar to an over head
crane. Yet another system involves the use of an industrial robot
mounted on an AGV which is also equipped with a tool rack. The robot
can there by change individuals tools, when necessary, rather than
complete magazines.
Program storage is less of a problem than the physical storage of
parts and tools. Although the mini and micro computer attached to
machines and cells have limited capacity, they are invariably linked via
network to a larger computer. Moreover, the program storage capacity
can be increased further still using a hierarchy of computers which can
download the programs to the system and machine computers when
required.
The monitoring of quality and process performance is an important
requirement of any manufacturing system capable of running
uninterrupted for long periods of time. Quality inspection is generally
achieved some form of in-process gauging device which will check
dimensional accuracy, either while a component is being produced or
immediately afterwards. The machine will automatically compensate for
any error trend which is occuring my making adjustment to the
appropriate settings. More complex parts will be inspected on separate,
numerically controlled, co-ordinate measuring machines which a wide
variety of different dimension with out delaying the production
processes.
The other important type of monitoring, i-e fault-detection and
diagnosis, is still is its infancy but when fully developed it will be the
key which will unlock the door to fully unmanned production. Detection
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16. and replacement of broken tools is becoming a common feature of
automated production systems. The idea will doubtless be extend to
include other machine components and systems, thereby automating
the traditionally labor intensive maintenance function.
EXAMPLE # 06
FMS FOR SHEET METAL FABRICATION AND WELDING
Most of the earlier development works into flexible manufacturing
involved metal-cutting machine tools. In practice, however, the range
of production processes goes much wider and the need for automated
systems extends to a number of other areas where numerical control is
less well-established. The last two examples are, therefore, different in
that relate to some of the more important of these areas which, if fully
automated, will open up the benefits of flexible manufacturing to a
much larger population of producers.
Recent years have shown a trend towards sheet metal fabrication and
welding as low cost substitutes fore more conventional casting, forging
and machining work. Their use is together with the shorter production
cycles associated with pressing and welding operation. Automation, on
the other hand, has proved difficult due to the problem of handling the
large sheet of raw material and work in process. Welding has also
tended to be a manual process since it is usually conducted “by eye”
and requires a certain degree of operator skill.
The creation of an FMS system for producing sheet metal fabrication
follows essentially the sane step as for the more convention systems
already outlined. The forest step is the application of numerical control
to the individual processes. For shearing, punching, and folding,
proprietary machines equipped with NC and CNC are becoming more
readily available. For and vision systems removing the need for
operator control.
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17. The next step is the introduction of automatic loading and unloading
systems to allow the un-interpreted running of the individual
processes. This would involve the use of “add on” device capable
suction cups. The final step is to link together the various processes the
material transport and transfer devices. For this purpose the limitless
versatility of the peripatetic AGV can again be utilized to advantage,
suitably modified, a proprietary AGV is capable of transporting sheets,
either singly or in batches, from one process to another where they can
be linked in with the automatic loading and unloading system.
EXAMPLE # 07
FLAXEBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS
Assembly work is a major area of application for FMS technology, as
was the case with component production, automated assembling was
limited to high volume when using conventional technology. New
technologies and, in particular, robotics have now changed this and
flexible assembly systems are one of the most rapidly growing areas of
production.
Compared with other manufacturing process, assembly is unique in
that it requires a far higher degree of manipulative and corrective skill.
For this reason conventional automation and even early generation
robot were in capable of performing the sophisticated movements that
could only be carried out by dexterous human operators. The
availability of robots with sensory perception, however, has meant that
many of these tasks need no longer be carried out manually since the
requirement to feel or see can be fulfilled by the robot itself.
A further important aspect of assembly work is that the amount of
“pacing” is (relatively) quite high especially where line are being used.
This enables both automated and manual assembly operation to be
carried out on the same product, provided they are separated by a
suitable buffer. Full automation can therefore be introduced gradually
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18. by progressively replacing manual operation with individual robot
stations.
An example of this approach can be seen at Saab-Scania’s plant for
the production of petrol engines. An increased range of engine option
was being offered by Saab Cars, but conventional hard automation was
not appropriate for their assembly because of the relatively low volume
and resulting high frequency of changeovers. Scania, there fore opted
for a flexible assembly system which initially consisted of six ASEA
robots installed in a line of otherwise manual operations.
The robots, which assembled sundry items such as valve springs,
collects, timing covers and flywheels, could be changed to produce a
different engine variant in about 15 minutes. Once this initial
installation had been proved, Scania then added another three robots
to automate more of the manual operation and move one further step
towards the ultimate goal of completely automated system.
A contrasting approach to Saab-Scania’s is that of Perkins Engine (a
subsidiary of Massey Ferguson) in the UK. Perkins a large diesel engine
manufacturer opted for a complete flexible assembly system costing £
1m for the production of its full range of cylinders head, together with
an automated component handling system costing a further £ 2.5 m.
The system provided immediate capacity to produce 1000 cylinder
heads per day, automatically, in a mix of sizes and types (three, four
or six cylinder). The inclusion of automated inspection equipment also
ensured that defective components were detected before rather then
after being into a complete engine.
The system at Perkins, and even that at Saab-Scania, represents a
fairly large scale and specialized case of flexible automated assembly.
However, a number of relatively inexpensive robots is becoming readily
available which are designed specially for assembly work as show in
figure (below).
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