Automation Strategy for a New Production Line

Client
Confidential
Sector
Manufacturing
Expertise
  • Industrial Automation and Robotics
  • Manufacturing Simulation

CONTEXT

Merkur helped its customer, a company producing electronic components: dashboards, gas pedal levers, function buttons, RFID keys, mechanized assembly of certain components, control modules, to implement an automation strategy for their new production line. A collaboration that enabled our customer to take a technological leap forward and capitalize on its in-house automation expertise.

CHALLENGES

Our customer wanted to increase its part production while maintaining product quality and solve its labor issues.

ASSIGNMENT

Merkur supported its client in implementing an automation strategy for their new production line.

The goal was to automate manual operations, reduce movements, and implement robotic processes through operations simulation.

RESULTS

Develop a flexible production line, from raw material inspection to product canning

OBJECTIVE AND ACTIONS

Define line automation strategy

  • Reduce tooling costs by using existing processes and equipment
  • Target the production line processes where automation is most cost-effective
  • Improve the efficiency and ergonomics of workstations, material flows, and minimize travel
  • Integrate 4 new products 
  • Level out production peaks for different products on an annual basis: seasonally variable production

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

Current process mapping

Target and analyze irritants and opportunities

Study of current line to reduce waste

Analysis of production line times: Gathering information to simulate a line

Simulate and develop 3 scenarios on FlexSim (current and future)

Merkur est en mesure de simuler des îlots de production optimaux et performants grâce à notre outil FlexSim®. Le flux et les opérations sont optimisés afin de rencontrer les objectifs d’espace et de temps de cycle de notre client. 

Kévin Martinez

Robotics Project Manager - Manufacturing Project

Merkur

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