Energy efficiency is becoming a key subject in manufacturing, especially if related to the major environmental impact of machining activities. Nowadays, great research efforts are performed to find new methodologies to improve sustainability of manufacturing processes. Energy consumption can be lowered controlling machine state during idle periods. This can be achieved with Energy-Efficient Control (EEC) policies that switch off/on the machine. The same approach can be applied simultaneously to more identical devices in a parallel machines workstation. This paper presents a novel model to identify EEC policies for manufacturing systems composed of parallel and identical machines with finite buffer capacity. In this configuration, each machine can be switched on with a stochastic startup time and switched off instantaneously. The proposed model also considers an availability constraint. Thus, it reduces energy consumption while assuring a target availability level. The control is executed using buffer level information. Numerical results confirm model benefits when applied to a real industrial system from the automotive sector. A sensitivity analysis of the results is also provided.
(2021). Energy-Efficient Control Policy for Parallel and Identical Machines with Availability Constraint [journal article - articolo]. In IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/191963
Energy-Efficient Control Policy for Parallel and Identical Machines with Availability Constraint
Lanzarone, Ettore;
2021-01-01
Abstract
Energy efficiency is becoming a key subject in manufacturing, especially if related to the major environmental impact of machining activities. Nowadays, great research efforts are performed to find new methodologies to improve sustainability of manufacturing processes. Energy consumption can be lowered controlling machine state during idle periods. This can be achieved with Energy-Efficient Control (EEC) policies that switch off/on the machine. The same approach can be applied simultaneously to more identical devices in a parallel machines workstation. This paper presents a novel model to identify EEC policies for manufacturing systems composed of parallel and identical machines with finite buffer capacity. In this configuration, each machine can be switched on with a stochastic startup time and switched off instantaneously. The proposed model also considers an availability constraint. Thus, it reduces energy consumption while assuring a target availability level. The control is executed using buffer level information. Numerical results confirm model benefits when applied to a real industrial system from the automotive sector. A sensitivity analysis of the results is also provided.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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