Optimization of operations in a steel wire manufacturing company

Proceedings of the ... Winter Simulation Conference. Winter Simulation Conference Pub Date : 2002-12-08 DOI:10.1109/WSC.2002.1166372

E. Yücesan, C.-H. Chen, J. Snowdon, J. Charnes

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Abstract

The project was conducted in a high quality steel wire manufacturing company with the production capacity of over 120,000 tones/annum. The wire drawn from the high speed wire drawing (KOCH) machine is fed as the raw material for BEKEART (zinc coating galvanization) furnace. The problem faced by the company is the variability in the amount of input to the furnace, which results from the breakdowns occurring on the KOCH machine resulting in low production. Apart from its speed, KOCH machines have other advantages due to their automation by which they can be set as per the requirements and different parameters of the company. It can be concluded that any downtime in the process occurring at the KOCH machine adversely affects the productivity of the BEKEART furnace, as a result of which the total production on this line suffers and hence the profits of the company. A simulation study was done with the objective of increasing the throughput and ensuring smooth product flow through the system by finding the optimum arrival batch size.

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钢丝制造公司的运营优化

该项目在一家年产12万吨以上的优质钢丝制造公司进行。从高速拉丝机(KOCH)拉出的线材作为BEKEART(镀锌)炉的原料。该公司面临的问题是熔炉输入量的变化，这是由于KOCH机器发生故障导致低产量造成的。除了速度快之外，KOCH机器还有其他优势，因为它们的自动化，可以根据公司的要求和不同的参数进行设置。可以得出结论，在KOCH机器上发生的任何停机时间都会对BEKEART炉的生产率产生不利影响，因此这条生产线的总产量受到影响，从而影响公司的利润。通过寻找最优的到货批大小来提高系统的吞吐量并保证产品的顺畅流动，进行了仿真研究。

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