P 10458 Dresser Rand Process Improvement The objective

P 10458 Dresser Rand Process Improvement The objective of the project was to aid Dresser-Rand in facilitating a moving assembly line for the Single Stage Turbine product line. This system consists of three major designs: a Kitting Cart, an Pick Optimization System, and several material handling devices. Beginning State of Kitting Improved Kitting Procedure Pick Optimization System Customer Needs Final Design Improvements Software to integrate current Excel Workbooks and Macros in a format usable by both Engineers and Operations. -Master Excel Workbook. -User Interface for both Operators and Engineers. -Centralized location for existing and new scirpts. -Eliminates accidental damage to data. -Issue multiple contracts simultaneously. -Consolidates macros Provide pickers with Station and Subassembly destinations for each item picked. -Standard Work templates. -Macros that merges Assembly Station data with pick lists. -Labels destination of each pick. This aids the kitting process. Automatically sort Pick Tickets for the pickers. -Macro containing an algorithm that uses Closest Insertion methods to construct a pick path. -Eliminates manual ticket sorting. -Pick order is based on minimal distance tour. 128241 -002 Qty: x 8 196193 -001 Qty: x 2 225421 -002 Qty: x 4 160470 -001 2 Qty: x 4 49840 -001 Qty: x 1 Mechanical Analysis of Movement Devices and Determination of Loads Needs Specifications Initial Design - Gantry Crane Load Capacity >2000 lbs Yes Lift Height <6 ft Yes No Attachments to Foundation 0 (Boolean) Yes Safety Violations 0 (Boolean) Yes Ease of Use/Functionality 0 (Boolean) No Design Improvements Final Design - Bridge Crane Yes Raising Components higher than 6 ft (past eye-level) has been deemed acceptable Attachments to the Foundation of the factory have been deemed acceptable n/a Yes Gantry Crane appeared to be more cumbersome than originally sought after Yes Software developed must not be time intensive. -Met -Allows engineers to perform several operations quickly. Software developed must not be memory intensive. -Met -Minimal impact to local memory resources. Special Thanks to: John Kaemmerlen (RIT) Vince Rybicki (DR) John Meehan (DR) Ron Pire (DR) Holly Dunaway (DR) Matt Corman (DR) Jason Osgood (DR) Kathleen Carlin (DR) Judd Hagar (DR) Randy Crooks (DR) Kris Ritter (DR)