Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 13
Evaluating Sheet Metal Nesting Decisions
(1998)
This paper describes models that estimate the cost and time of sheet metal punching when nesting (batching) orders. These models help decision-makers plan production and evaluate the impact of changing the nesting policy. ...
Sequencing Wafer Handler Moves to Improve the Performance of Sequential Cluster Tools
(2000)
Cluster tools are highly integrated machines that can perform a sequence of semiconductor manufacturing processes. The sequence of wafer handler moves affects the total time needed to process a set of wafers. Reducing this ...
Using Neural Networks to Generate Design Similarity Measures
(1999)
This paper describes a neural network-based design similarity measure for a variant fixture planning approach. The goal is to retrieve, for a new product design, a useful fixture from a given set of existing designs and ...
Design Similarity Measures for Process Planning and Design Evaluation
(1997)
Design engineers and process planners need to search for similar designs. Design engineers use similar designs to estimate a new design's manufacturability. Like process planners, who need to generate process plans before ...
A Dual Ascent Approach to the Fixed-Charge Capacitated Network Design Problem
(1994)
In this paper we consider the problem of constructing a network over which a number of commodities are to be transported. Fixed costs are associated to the construction of network arcs and variable costs are associated to ...
A Genetic Algorithm for a Minimax Network Design Problem
(1999)
This paper considers the problem of designing a network to transport material from sources of supply to sites where demand occurs. However, the demand at each site is uncertain. We formulate the problem as a robust discrete ...
Minimization of Acquisition and Operational Costs in Horizontal Material Handling System Design
(1995)
This paper considers the problem of minimizing the fixed cost of acquiring material handling transporters and the operational cost of material transfer in a manufacturing system. This decision problem arises during ...
Reducing Manufacturing Cycle Time during Product Design
(1999)
This paper describes an approach that can reduce manufacturing cycle time during product design. Design for production (DFP) determines how manufacturing a new product design affects the performance of the manufacturing ...
An Internet-Based Work Instructions System
(1998)
The Black & Decker factory in Easton, Maryland, uses parallel, off-line assembly lines to produce multiple models in small, infrequent production runs. The University of Maryland and Black & Decker have implemented an ...
Sequencing Wafer Handler Moves to Improve the Performance of Hybrid Cluster Tools
(2000)
Cluster tools are highly integrated machines that can perform a sequence of semiconductor manufacturing processes. The sequence of wafer handler moves affects the total time needed to process a set of wafers.<p> Reducing ...