General framework for automated manufacturing systems: multiple hoists scheduling solution

Article

Authorship

AGUIRRE, ALEJO ; MENDEZ, CARLOS ALBERTO ; García Sanchez, Alvaro ; Ortega Mier, Miguel ; Castro, Pedro

Date

2013

Publishing House and Editing Place

The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering

Magazine

Chemical Engineering Transactions, vol. 32 (pp. 1381-1387) - ISSN 1974-9791
The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering

ISSN

1974-9791

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This work presents a generic MILP-based framework for the scheduling of Hoist transportation devices in a complex Automated Manufacturing System. The main contribution of this approach relies on the possibility to tackle multiple hoists in a multiproduct multistage batch process under different production schemes considering: heterogeneous production recipes, multiple units per production stage, possible recycle flows, sequence-dependent transfers and flexible processing times. The effectivenes... This work presents a generic MILP-based framework for the scheduling of Hoist transportation devices in a complex Automated Manufacturing System. The main contribution of this approach relies on the possibility to tackle multiple hoists in a multiproduct multistage batch process under different production schemes considering: heterogeneous production recipes, multiple units per production stage, possible recycle flows, sequence-dependent transfers and flexible processing times. The effectiveness of this approach was tested in a real industrial application example which was solved with acceptable computational effort.