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Partitioning of a manufacturing system into machine cells—a practical application

Evolving Systems volume 12, pages 423–438 (2021)Cite this article

Abstract

This article focuses on partitioning a manufacturing system into machine cells. The benefit of such a conversion is improving manufacturing efficiency by eliminating waste in terms of material handling and time as well as increasing production capacity of the manufacturing system. Rank order clustering (ROC) algorithm is used in this study for the conversion. It is easy to understand and its application in obtaining machine cells with a cellular layout is straightforward. ROC algorithm requires a part-machine incidence matrix. The matrix is rearranged until multiple part families and corresponding machine cells are obtained. MS Excel and MATLAB are used in the application. The study converts 44 machine manufacturing system into seven machine cells and brings important performance improvement.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Company X name of which has been kept confidential upon request for providing facilities to carry out the experiments at their work site.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Baskent University, Baglica, 06810, Etimesgut, Ankara, Turkey

    Yusuf Tansel İç

  2. TOBAS A.S, Directorate for Construction and Real Estate, Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey

    Bekir Volkan Ağca

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gazi University, 06570, Maltepe, Ankara, Turkey

    Mustafa Yurdakul

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Appendices

Appendix A: A partial showing of parts with their codes and numbers

Part Code

Part No

Part Code

Part No

Part Code

Part No

Part Code

Part No

1

3P5737

31

1S5331

61

6J9324

91

5V2975

2

4E4524

32

3P2856

62

7P7740

92

2S6150

3

130-1918

33

2M0125

63

101-3374

93

9J7084

4

9G1491

34

4N2697

64

8P0953

94

3P0330

5

8D7427

35

6Y3545

65

5M7306

95

9T2464

6

2P1129

36

1P1370

66

4S5862

96

8J1816

7

9T2466

37

155-6428

67

4V6430

97

9T8994

8

7I7180

38

6Y3545

68

7G0857

98

113-1150

9

7C8367

39

1T0436

69

4V7105

99

YS58400911

10

8E4026

40

6G1953

70

5V1882

100

7J9873

11

115-6425

41

5V1508

71

115-6428

101

3T5928

12

195-13-11143

42

8V2539

72

3P1626

102

9Y5618

13

3G5502

43

4V7108

73

7T9647

103

5Y1511

14

1V9148

44

9T6906

74

9S3955

104

6P0169

15

1V9148

45

2P4523

75

9P9575

105

4Y1034

16

4Y7089

46

6E4985

76

7J9357

106

7V6715

17

115-3183

47

8K1946

77

7J9683

107

3G6058

18

192-6448

48

4V7082

78

125-7894

108

7J9845

19

YK1163011801

49

132-2463

79

3P0785

109

7Y0663

20

6E4869

50

3S7517

80

5J5365

110

3G5281

21

1162010801

51

2G8630

81

8E6752

111

175-71-21261

22

8N9622

52

1T1624

82

4N9325

112

3G7648

23

8N8980

53

9G7544

83

4S5980

113

3G8427

24

YK1172011000

54

110-7058

84

2W4087

114

1T1908

25

8N8980

55

9C6032

85

1W4407

115

7J9778

26

9C9191

56

9V3853

86

275-0120

116

9P0202

27

9D1177

57

7T4865

87

8V6384

117

9W0635

28

7W3773

58

8W5293

88

5M7341

118

9K8425

29

YK1172504600

59

8W6497

89

8H3325

119

8V7659

30

YK1162504501

60

116-8538

90

7K6432

120

6E1103

241

193-1152

260

3T5928

279

3W8392

298

5V6328

242

195-9703

261

175-63-13630

280

6K0053

299

9V3668

243

1T1569

262

3T1378

281

6G1539

300

7T3370

244

YK1171101001

263

8V1624

282

5K0991

301

1P7521

Appendix B

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İç, Y.T., Ağca, B.V. & Yurdakul, M. Partitioning of a manufacturing system into machine cells—a practical application. Evolving Systems 12, 423–438 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12530-019-09301-9

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