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Act 4 - SIM
Act 4 - SIM
Description:
The student will identify the elements that make up a simple manufacturing system and
perform the simulation of this using the Siemens Tecnomatix Plan Simulation software.
Objective:
Requirements:
Instructions:
A manufacturing company wants to plan a new production line that will manufacture and
assemble office chairs. The inputs are considered to be: four types of plastic parts
(wheelbase, armrests, backrest structure and slices), the pistons, the raw material for
making the cushions and the reclining mechanism. The operations required to finish a piece
are the following: reception of the inputs, upholstery of the cushions, painting, assembly
and packing. Each stage of the process is limited to a minimum time of 3 minutes and a
maximum of 45 minutes. The production estimate is 100 chairs per day in the first months
of testing.
2. Then, perform the simulation with the Siemens Tecnomatix Plan Simulation V.13
software of the manufacturing system described above. It assigns the appropriate
times to each station, considering the degree of difficulty of the operation, the
established time limit, and an efficiency of 85% in each of these.
3. Next, run the model for 8 hours (a working day) and gather the following data:
According to what was calculated in the simulator, the total number of pieces created
during 8 hours is 73 pieces, which is not close to what was expected.
It was 79.40%