This report aims to present the results of a master's thesis in the field of mechanical engineering with a focus on production technology. The thesis was carried out at Scania Ferruform AB in Luleå, targeting the side beam flow, specifically the sequence warehouse in the side beam painting process. The side beam flow is complex, with each side beam treated as an individual and deliveries occurring in sequence. The capacity of the side beam flow is being increased through various investment projects. These improvements may cause the bottleneck in the flow to shift. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate how the sequence warehouse manages the capacity increase. This will be examined using a simulation model built in the program ExtendSim 10. The results of this work are intended to serve as a basis for upcoming investment projects. With the help of the simulation model, two questions will be answered: How does the Stacker Crane handle an increased kit fill rate? and How is the warehouse capacity affected by the increased kit fill rate? To answer these, the simulation model is first built, function-tested, and verified. Once the simulation model is considered representative, a number of different experiments are conducted, varying input data and capacity to observe how the model behaves. From the analysis of the experiments, it is evident that the Stacker Crane may encounter problems with increased capacity, with significant increases in crane utilization and the buffer zone for warehouse loading. Both of these results indicate how the crane will manage with increased capacity. The utilization rate increased from 78.7 percent to 91.0 percent. The buffer zone saw an even larger percentage increase. This substantial increase may mean that the crane will occasionally be unable to keep up. An analysis of warehouse capacity revealed that the warehouse's capacity itself is not an issue even with the increased capacity. However, the current warehouse configuration would not be able to handle it. This is due to the current warehouse setup consisting of compartments with different length categories. Some compartments are filled to capacity while others are significantly under capacity. For the warehouse to handle the increased capacity, it needs to become more flexible to fully utilize its capacity.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ltu-107560 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Gunnarsson, Wilmer |
| Publisher | Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskap och matematik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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