Industrial Technology Modernization Program. Phase 2 . Project 51/52. Modernizing Techniques and Quality Assurance Systems. Revision 2

摘要

This project is directed toward dedicating and pacing electromechanical assembly lines by reducing the various products into four major groups, by integrating the subassembly operations into the flow, designing assembly lines with flexibility, and automation and efficient system configuration to allow for quick changeovers. The individual work stations, which are part of the assembly lines, will be modular and flexible and will allow for changes and adjustments triggered by volume and product changes. The work stations will be ergonomically designed to best meet the operator's needs. Travel and handling distances for material and the physical part moves will be optimized and automated to increase operator productivity as part of the assembly process. Subassembly operations will be performed on line (as part of the line, not partially off-line) to best cycle and pace the lines and keep inventory at a low level. Operators will be dedicated to a line, yet cross-trained in several processes to optimize their utilization and minimize the dependency on operators with specialized know-how. This project focuses on the development of an advanced quality assurance system for deleting verification only inspection operations and emphasizing value added inspection contributions to the production process. This will be accomplished through the implementation of semi- and fully automated in-process inspection and statistical quality assurance techniques. Keywords: Industrial production.