Process Analysis and Design Improvement of a Heavy Duty Electric Actuator at Governors America By: Anthony Mone And Michael Butt Advisor: Dr. Abdul Kamal

Overview Brief Company History Problem Statement Solution Approach Deliverables Initial Work Future Work Questions

Governors America Corp. Privately owned corporation, founded in Resided originally in downtown Springfield until it moved to Agawam, MA in 1991 due to an increase in profit and production. GAC’s Quality Assurance Group has established and implemented a quality system that complies with the directives of ISO9001 standards. Currently the company is generating annual revenue of $12,000,000 controls roughly 60% of its market.

Problem Statement Develop an accurate process sheet for every operation and evaluate and improve the current 176AA actuator production line Reduce costs of production, waste, and takt time Increase throughput and improve quality Governors America Corp. currently has no process sheets for the 176AA actuator production line. These process sheets will be beneficial to setting a standard to reduce variability in production. Once completed, the production line will be analyzed and improvements made.

Solution Approaches Creating Process Sheets Develop Standards Develop Flow Charts Determine Defects Apply Lean Manufacturing Analyze Production Safety and Ergonomic Issues Simulate the Production Line

Deliverables Current and accurate process plans for the 176AA actuator Accurate time standards Reduced WIP Reduced waste and defects Decrease cost Increase throughput

Initial Work Documented processes via digital imagery and video recording for use in writing process sheets. Created rough schedule for first semester. Developed flow chart. Begun to look at machining draft of assembly housing, to design inspection fixture. Developed crude simulation, based on standards projected in routing sheets.

Flow Chart

First Semester Schedule

ABET Manufacturability Health and Safety Economic Concerns Sustainability Ethical Concerns

Future Work Start to write process sheets from video recordings. Perform time studies. Identify most value added operation for starting point for improvement. Determine defects of production

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