Application of Quick Change-Over Method (SMED) in the Production of Moulds to the Glass Industry
Elsa Henriques, Paulo Peças, Beatriz Silva
Mechanical Engineering Department - Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
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Objectives and Results:
• Application of the SMED concepts in the production of moulds to the glass industry, aiming to structure and facilitate the continuous improvement process.
• Removing from the setup all the operations that can be externalized: setup time reduction of 60%.
• Reduction of the internal operations time through work standardization: global setup time reduction of 84%.
• Reduction of production costs in 20%.
Paper presented in: Rapid Product Development – RPD 2008. Oliveira de Azeméis: Centimfe, 2008.
Acknowledgements: This work was financially supported by the project INATEC (Adi).
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