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PCB Assembly Line Modeling with Modular Placement Machines

Aiying Rong, Attila Toth, Olli S. Nevalainen, Timo Knuutila, Risto Lahdelma, PCB Assembly Line Modeling with Modular Placement Machines. In: Hongyi Sun, Roger Jiao, Min Xie (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 1097-1101, IEEE, 2009.

Abstract:

In this paper, we consider the combined task of determining a favorable machine configuration and line balancing for a single assembly line where a single type of PCB is assembled with a set of interconnected, reconfigurable machine modules. First, we formulate the problem as a non-linear integer programming model with the objective of minimizing the cycle time. Then we transform it into a linear model to obtain the solution. Finally, we illustrate the effectiveness of the model by numerical tests and compare the optimal solution from our model with evolutionary algorithm.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpRoToNeKnLa09a,
  title = {PCB Assembly Line Modeling with Modular Placement Machines},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management},
  author = {Rong, Aiying and Toth, Attila and Nevalainen, Olli S. and Knuutila, Timo and Lahdelma, Risto},
  editor = {Sun, Hongyi and Jiao, Roger and Xie, Min},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  pages = {1097-1101},
  year = {2009},
  keywords = {Printed circuit board assembly, line balancing, reconfigurable machine modules, integer programming, mixed integer linear programming},
}

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