Capacity analysis and throughput increase of an automated robotic fastening system

Large Structure Manufacturing (LSM) is in the midst of implementing a new robotic fastening system that has been designed with flexibility as a key feature. This thesis describes work done build a model of the new system in order to estimate the capacity of the system. It then presents several recommendations to increase the throughput of the system. Additionally, lessons learned from this work are presented so they can be applied to future automation projects.

Department dc:contributor.department

Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Cragun, Matthew John

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Tahid R. Zaman and Warren W. Hoburg.

• Sloan School of Management.
• Mechanical Engineering.
• Leaders for Global Operations Program.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111476

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/111476