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http://dx.doi.org/10.11627/jkise.2016.39.3.147

A Study on the Productivity Improvement of the Dicing Blade Production Process  

Mun, Jung-Su (Dept. of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hanbat National University)
Park, Soo-Yong (Dept. of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hanbat National University)
Lee, Dong-Hyung (Dept. of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hanbat National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering / v.39, no.3, 2016 , pp. 147-155 More about this Journal
Abstract
Industry 4.0's goal is the 'Smart Factory' that integrates and controls production process, procurement, distribution and service based on the fundamental technology such as internet of the things, cyber physical system, sensor, etc. Basic requirement for successful promotion of this Industry 4.0 is the large supply of semiconductor. However, company I who produces dicing blades has difficulty to meet the increasing demand and has hard time to increase revenue because its raw material includes high price diamond, and requires very complex and sensitive process for production. Therefore, this study is focused on understanding the problems and presenting optimal plan to increase productivity of dicing blade manufacturing processes. We carried out a study as follows to accomplish the above purposes. First, previous researches were investigated. Second, the bottlenecks in manufacturing processes were identified using simulation tool (Arena 14.3). Third, we calculate investment amount according to added equipments purchase and perform economic analysis according to cost and sales increase. Finally, we derive optimum plan for productivity improvement and analyze its expected effect. To summarize these results as follows : First, daily average blade production volume can be increased two times from 60 ea. to 120 ea. by performing mixing job in the day before. Second, work flow can be smoother due to reduced waiting time if more machines are added to improve setting process. It was found that average waiting time of 23 minutes can be reduced to around 9 minutes from current process. Third, it was found through simulation that the whole processing line can compose smoother production line by performing mixing process in advance, and add setting and sintering machines. In the course of this study, it was found that adding more machines to reduce waiting time is not the best alternative.
Keywords
Dicing Blade; Manufacturing Processes; Process Bottlenecks; Arena Simulation; Optimum Plan;
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