Design and Kaizen of Automated Assembly Production Lines Using 3D Computer Graphics

MMasatoshi Kitaoka, Toshio Fujita and Hideki Kumagai

Department of Industrial Engineering

Kanagawa University, Rokakubashi, Yokohama 221-8686 Japan

Hitoshi Takeda

Department of Information Management

Bunkyo University, Chigasaki, Kanagawa 253-8550 Japan

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Abstract

This paper proposed the design method for an automated assembly lines, for carrying out basic design using three-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG).

It also proposes a method for performing kaizen and evaluation of automated systems utilizing hierarchic structure diagrams, state transition diagrams, improved tooling flow diagrams, a method for creating a Ladder Logic Diagram(LLD).

Using a time Petri net, analyze the bottleneck process, identify problem points, and propose ideas for kaizen.

Keywords

Kaizen,three-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG),timed Petri net, hierarchic structure diagrams, ladder diagrams, and AHP