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Facility Layout Design in Cellular Manufacturing:An Approach to Minimize Makespan


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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, India
     

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The present paper describes the intra cell layout design of cellular manufacturing system with an objective of makespan minimization through reduction in total transportation distance (TTD). For the present investigation, a hypothetical problem of 15 machines and 15 parts are formed into three machine cells and three corresponding part families. Three types of layout viz. In-line, Square and U-shape are considered for layout design. Variation in part mix in terms of volume of production is analyzed to identify most probable part mix to be considered for layout design. An algorithm/Source code is developed in C++ to evaluate the layout arrangement of the system. Results are shown that using less number of machines in in-line layout is more advantageous followed by square and U-shape.
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Authors

M. Chandrasekaran
Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, India
C. Murali Krishna
Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, India
Menguzelie Suhu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, India
Arenbo Peter
Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, India

Abstract


The present paper describes the intra cell layout design of cellular manufacturing system with an objective of makespan minimization through reduction in total transportation distance (TTD). For the present investigation, a hypothetical problem of 15 machines and 15 parts are formed into three machine cells and three corresponding part families. Three types of layout viz. In-line, Square and U-shape are considered for layout design. Variation in part mix in terms of volume of production is analyzed to identify most probable part mix to be considered for layout design. An algorithm/Source code is developed in C++ to evaluate the layout arrangement of the system. Results are shown that using less number of machines in in-line layout is more advantageous followed by square and U-shape.