Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant
The difficulty faced by MINT's researchers during the transformation process from laboratory scale plant to pilot scale plant was investigated Analysis was carried out on the methodology used, plant development stages and the plant characteristics in order to identify the problem areas and w...
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| description | The difficulty faced by MINT's researchers during the transformation process
from laboratory scale plant to pilot scale plant was investigated Analysis was carried
out on the methodology used, plant development stages and the plant characteristics
in order to identify the problem areas and weaknesses. Improvement effort on the
pilot plant design methodology, based on Manufacturing System design techniques
was carried out. The effectiveness of the improvement on the design methodology
was analysed by comparing the plants' design parameters resulted from the existing
methodology with that of the proposed methodology. Further evaluation on the
plants operational performance was conducted through the plant operational
simulation. Both plants were modelled using a discrete-event simulation software. The model was validated by comparing the results of the simulation with the actual
operational data of the existing plant. Comparison from the design parameters and
plant operational performance indicated that the proposed new plant performed
better than the existing plant. The proposed plant has higher plant capacity; requires
less floor area, capital cost and running cost; better machine, space and labour
utilisation; less throughput time and less production lead time. This result is a
manifestation of the plant design, which indicates that the proposed plant was
designed better than the existing plant. Thus, with this proposed design
methodology, MINT's researchers will be able to design a better pilot plant and
enable them to continue further with their research activities. |
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| spelling | upm-104742024-04-01T07:57:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10474/ Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant Darmawan, Rosli The difficulty faced by MINT's researchers during the transformation process from laboratory scale plant to pilot scale plant was investigated Analysis was carried out on the methodology used, plant development stages and the plant characteristics in order to identify the problem areas and weaknesses. Improvement effort on the pilot plant design methodology, based on Manufacturing System design techniques was carried out. The effectiveness of the improvement on the design methodology was analysed by comparing the plants' design parameters resulted from the existing methodology with that of the proposed methodology. Further evaluation on the plants operational performance was conducted through the plant operational simulation. Both plants were modelled using a discrete-event simulation software. The model was validated by comparing the results of the simulation with the actual operational data of the existing plant. Comparison from the design parameters and plant operational performance indicated that the proposed new plant performed better than the existing plant. The proposed plant has higher plant capacity; requires less floor area, capital cost and running cost; better machine, space and labour utilisation; less throughput time and less production lead time. This result is a manifestation of the plant design, which indicates that the proposed plant was designed better than the existing plant. Thus, with this proposed design methodology, MINT's researchers will be able to design a better pilot plant and enable them to continue further with their research activities. 2002-01 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10474/1/FK_2002_6.pdf Darmawan, Rosli (2002) Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Manufacturing processes - Chemical plants - Pilot plants English |
| spellingShingle | Manufacturing processes - Chemical plants - Pilot plants Darmawan, Rosli Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant |
| title | Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant |
| title_full | Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant |
| title_fullStr | Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant |
| title_short | Improvement Studies on Manufacturing Operation Design for Mint Pilot Plant |
| title_sort | improvement studies on manufacturing operation design for mint pilot plant |
| topic | Manufacturing processes - Chemical plants - Pilot plants |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10474/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10474/1/FK_2002_6.pdf |