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http://dx.doi.org/10.9709/JKSS.2013.22.4.129

Improvement of the Waste Refrigerator Pre-processing Line in Metropolitan Recycling Center using Simulation  

Kim, Do Gyun (아주대학교 산업공학과)
Kang, Min Koo (아주대학교 산업공학과)
Choi, Jin Young (아주대학교 산업공학과)
Park, Kiejin (아주대학교 산업공학과)
Kong, Man-Sik (고등기술연구원 신소재공정센터 기능소재연구팀)
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Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation / v.22, no.4, 2013 , pp. 129-138 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper studies the improvement of a pre-processing line for waste refrigerators in a metropolitan recycling center(MRC). We performed ARENA modeling and simulation by using work analysis and time measurement on the current processing line. Combined this result with some practical experiences from workers, we generated 3 alternatives to improve the current line and evaluated them by using ARENA simulation. The final decision selected consists of changing 2-line process into 1-line and having a separate cell-line for collecting refrigerant. Currently, the result of this study was applied to MRC by improving cycle time, throughput, and space utilization compared to the previous one.
Keywords
Waste Refrigerator; Recycling; Process Analysis; Simulation; ARENA;
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