1. Introduction Automationby
Ed Red

2. Production Systems and Variety
Low production ( units per year)
Medium production ( ,000 per year)
High production (10,000 - millions per year)
Inverse relation between product variety and production quantity in a plant!

3. Plant layouts Process layout Fixed position Product Product line
Cellular layout

4. Plant layouts – fixed position

5. Plant layouts – Product line

6. Plant layouts – Product line

7. Plant layouts – Process layout

8. Plant layouts – Cellular layout

9. Plant layouts – Cellular layout

10. How to automate? The Product Support Systems
Business….sales, marketing, accounting, customer billing and support,….
Product design….design cycle
Manufacturing planning…..process planning…schedule… material requirements…
Manufacturing control….shop floor control....material handling…..inventory control….quality….
How to automate?

11. Automation vs Manual Labor
To increase productivity (reliability important) and return on investment (to make money)
USA strategy Understand the process Simplify the process Automate the process
Manual labor is necessary when task too complex for automation, or product is one of a kind, or demand is not consistent.
Reality - Automation is entering every segment of society it is not going away!

12. Manufacturing activity models
Total # of parts produced by a plant per year is given by
where
npf = total # of parts made per year
npj = number of parts in product j
Qj = annual quantity of product style j
P = total number of product styles

13. Manufacturing activity models
If all parts produced in plant, then number of processing operations performed by plant per year is
where
nof = total # of operation cycles per year
nojk = number of processing operations for each part k, summed over the number of parts in product j (npj)
Equation can be used to assess plant capacity!

14. Manufacturing activity models
You should review the production rate equations, most of which will be applied later in material on conveyors, AGV’s, AS/RS, etc.

15. Automation Topic Areas
Robotics
Building Blocks
Material Handling
Networks, Signals and I/O