1. Project Information Project Name Process Improvement Project
Project Number
P09457
Project Family
Sustainable Technology for the Global Market
Track
Process Improvement Innovations
Faculty Guide
Professor John Kaemmerlen
Primary Customer
Dresser-Rand with the point of contact being Dennis Rice at the Olean facility
Team Members
Eric MacCormack
Colin Roy
Jimmy Ichihana
Cody Rath
Duke Bonaventura

2. Customer Overview
“For more than 100 years, Dresser-Rand has been among the largest global suppliers of rotating equipment solutions, with field-proven centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, steam turbines, expanders, gas turbine packages, and control systems.”
Produce equipment worldwide for companies within the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, process industries.
Olean facility is 2 hours Southwest of Rochester.

3. Customer Needs
The goal of the project is to reduce cycle time of the Piping and Packaging line.
Products can be assembled in 16 days but are taking 2-3 months
Currently, there is a 2 year backlog of orders for Dresser-Rand’s products.
Maintain a high level of safety for the employees.
Free up some floor space within the plant.

4. Approach to solutions
Implement lean production techniques into the piping and packaging line in order to reduce the cycle time of final assembly.
P-D-C-A: Establish a baseline, implement solutions, verify/analyze results.
Simulation/modeling
Factory CAD
Part Family Assessment/Custom Tooling/ Accuracy of Drawings