MEC5897 Lean Manufacturing 1 – Production Flow AnalysisPython

Java Python MEC5897 Lean Manufacturing

Assignment 1 - Production Flow Analysis

AIMS

This assignment aims to give you a chance to practice the skills you have learned in this unit to analyse a real production system. The specific goals of this assignment are listed:

1 Be able to use Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to analyse production system

2 Be able to identify the bottleneck, calculate the utilisation of different manufacturing resources under the maximum TH conditions

3 Build a simulation model to simulate a real production process with variability

4 Be able to analyse the simulated data and compare it with the theoretical calculation learned in the class

5 Identify the waste and 3Ms and come up with potential solutions

BACKGROUND

Fastcar is a foundry that is focusing on making an engine block for the automobile industry. Its customer is a car engine factory that assembly the engine block with other components into an engine.

Figure 1 Engine Block of a car

In Fastcar, the Engine block is made by the die casting process withAl alloy.Figure 2 shows the manufacturing process of die casting. The melting Al liquid will be poured into the casting machine and pumped into the die. In Engine block manufacturing, the die is made of metal which can be reused, while the core is made of sand. The sand core can only be used for a single-engine block.

Figure 2 Die casting process

The video in this link showshow to use die casting to make an engine block.

https://youtu.be/N2hYTdrzujI

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