Monday, April 10, 2023

Industrial Engineering Knowledge - Applied Industrial Engineering Articles


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Applied Industrial Engineering Articles

Applied Industrial Engineering - Process Steps

Monitor - Explore - Analyze - Develop - Optimize - Participate - Install - Improve
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/05/applied-industrial-engineering-process.html

Monitor - Technology Monitoring - Applied Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/monitor-technology-monitoring-applied.html

Explore - Technology Exploration - Applied Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/explore-technology-exploration-applied.html

Analysis - Productivity Analysis of New Technology - Applied Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/analysis-productivity-analysis-of-new.html

Develop - Develop Productivity Knowledge of New Technology - Applied Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/develop-develop-productivity-knowledge.html

Optimize - Optimize Productivity Engineering Ideas - Applied Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/optimize-optimize-productivity.html

Participate - Participate in New Technology Implementation Projects - Applied Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/participate-participate-in-new.html

Install - Be An Active Member of the Project Execution and Management Team - Applied Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/install-be-active-member-of-project.html

Improve - Continuous and Periodic Improvement of Productivity - Applied Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/improve-continuous-and-periodic.html

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Applied Industrial Engineering - Applications


3D Printing - Additive Manufacturing Industrial Engineering - Productivity Science and Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/08/3d-printing-additive-manufacturing.html

Industry 4.0 - Technology and Productivity Increase - Industrial Engineering 4.0 - Productivity Science
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/12/industry-40-iiot-technology-industrial.html

IoT - Internet of Things - Use Cases
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/iot-internet-of-things-use-cases.html

CORDIS Database for Technology Monitoring by Industrial Engineers
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/10/cordis-database-for-technology.html

Development Strategy for Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/12/development-strategy-for-industrial.html

Design for 3D Printing - Additive Manufacturing - Product Industrial Engineering - Article - Paper Collection
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/01/design-for-3d-printing-additive.html

Additive Manufacturing - 3D Printing - Human Effort Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/04/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing.html

Industrial Engineering Redesign of Products and Processes in Different Technologies
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/04/industrial-engineering-redesign-of.html

Industrial Engineering of Welding Processes
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/04/industrial-engineering-of-welding.html

Browse 100+ Books on Additive Manufacturing - 3D Printing
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/05/browse-100-books-on-additive.html



A Good Example of Applied IE - Improving Processes using New Technologies

Industry 4.0 Technology and Manual Assembly
By Amanda Aljinovic
March 15, 2023

Digital work instructions, cobots, radio frequency identification (RFID), augmented reality (AR) and other Industry 4.0 technologies can help. These technologies are designed to provide cognitive and physical support to people on the assembly line.  How can engineers decide when such technologies are a worthwhile investment?

In a case study, industry 4.0 technologies application in a gear-box assembly line was studied.

Seven Industry 4.0 technologies were considered: RFID, digital work instructions, pick-to-light technology, AR, cobots, automated guided vehicles, and ergonomic manipulators.



Four quantitative criteria were used to rank the technologies: total investment cost, worker effort, workspace utilization and cycle time reduction. 

RFID is one of the most important technologies for identifying and tracking assemblies in a production system. It provides precise information about the locations or states of goods in real-time and serves as a capstone for the establishment of the IoT within production.

Digital instructions are proven to reduce the assembly time and errors with complex assemblies.

Pick-to-light systems use LEDs on racks or shelves to show assemblers where to pick parts for an assembly and how many to retrieve. The lights guide assemblers through each step in the process. These systems are often connected with warehouse management systems.

AR also offers the possibility of significant improvement in cycle time, error rate, mental strain, worker focus.

Cobots are particularly desirable when people are confronted with heavy loads and repetitive, tedious activities. People can share the same workspace with the cobots, allowing managers to allocate tasks in a more flexible, efficient way.

AGVs can eliminate the need for people to transport parts and assemblies to and from the assembly line.

The ergonomic manipulator is an electronic device developed to improve ergonomics at the fifth assembly workstation. The device reduces the amount of physical effort needed to handle heavy components that must be mounted to the gearbox.

This article is a summary of a research paper co-authored by Aljinovic, Nikola Gjeldum, Ph.D., Boženko Bilic, Ph.D., and Marko Mladineo, Ph.D. 




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