Design of remote system configuration framework in manufacturing environment

Huong, Yu Chung (2015) Design of remote system configuration framework in manufacturing environment. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Shorter product life span has lead to a rapid change in the aspect of method to produce a product. One of the methods includes configuring the manufacturing layout in a different technique. This technique is part of reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) concept. RMS is a practical concept that can be accommodated to overcome the issue. In order to complement the issue, this project proposed the remote configuration approach of the current manufacturing system. Remote configuration approach refers to a specific program with an interface that is able to arrange the manufacturing system components without the needs of direct involvement of engineer on site. The main idea of this project is to design a remote system configuration framework in a specified manufacturing environment. This project focuses on the canned food industry as the chosen manufacturing environment. Configuring manufacturing system in canned food industry is a challenging process. The developed framework will be used to reduce the layout configuration time that arose which affect the manufacturing lead time in canned food industry. This situation is sometimes also commonly caused by misunderstanding and inaccurate information being transferred between engineer and technicians in the production floor. Prior to the design process of the framework, a study on the current process involves in the production of canned food industry has been conducted. This study includes a review on various design approaches on layout configuration. Four types of canned food have been chosen in this study that includes canned sardines, canned ham, canned soup and canned pineapple. The design process of the framework involved the use of CATIA software for drawing the components and Visual Basic for the programming and interfacing of the system. The outcome of this project is a generic system configuration framework that able to provide suitable layout design for canned food industry.

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