An empirical study of the energy consumption in automotive assembly

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 477-482

  Fysikopoulos, A ^a   Anagnostakis, D ^a   Salonitis, K ^a   Chryssolouris, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Automotive Assembly Line; Energy Efficiency

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLIES; AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY LINES; AUTOMOTIVE BODY; BODY STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS; PRODUCTION CELLS; PRODUCTION LINE;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84879191839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128271     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2012.07.082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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