Automatic generation of assembly system configuration with equipment selection for automotive battery manufacturing

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 188-195

  Li, Sha ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Hu, S Jack ^a   Lin, Yhu Tin ^b   Abell, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly system; Battery; Configuration generation; Equipment selection

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE; ASSEMBLY SYSTEM DESIGN; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; ASSEMBLY TASKS; AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION; AUTOMATIC GENERATION; AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY; BATTERY; COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM; CONFIGURATION GENERATION; EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT; EQUIPMENT SELECTION; GENERATING SYSTEM; HIERARCHICAL COMPOSITION; HIGH CAPACITY; HIGH-POWER; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; HYBRID ELECTRICAL VEHICLE; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; LI-ION BATTERIES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; PRODUCT ASSEMBLY; RECURSIVE ALGORITHMS; REPETITIVE PATTERN; SEQUENCE PLANNING; TASK ASSIGNMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; EQUIPMENT; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 80054708815     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsy.2011.07.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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