MEASURING BOTTLENECK TIMES IN PRODUCTION LINES WITH DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS FORMALISMS

Calin Ciufudean, Camelia Petrescu, Emil Petrescu

Abstract

This paper presents a theoretic approach to measurement of the bottleneck times in production lines. The mathematical formalism utilized is characteristic for Discrete Event Systems approaches, and is about the Markov chains. Using this approach, we introduce definitions of bottlenecks, and we discuss their implications for production automation and preventative maintenance. The bottleneck of a production line is a machine that impedes the system performance in the strongest manner. The size of the buffer between the two machines is assumed to be finite. The approach is based on the sensitivity of the system production rate to machine reliability parameters.

Keywords

production systems, bottlenecks, up-time, down-/time, discrete - event systems

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TC7 - Measurement Science

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