Transactions of Materials and Heat Treatment

Title：Simulation and optimization on sheet metal production line based on Plant Simulation

Authors： Peng Jie1 Ye Xia1 Pan Yanfei2 Li Zhongshu2

Unit： 1.School of Mechanical Engineering Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou 213001 China 2.Jiangsu Changjiang Intelligent Manufacturing Research Institute Co. Ltd. Changzhou 213164 China

KeyWords： production line Plant Simulation interpretative structural modeling method genetic algorithm buffer area

ClassificationCode：TH181

year,vol(issue):pagenumber：2025,50(6):277-284

Abstract：

For the problems of low average utilization rate of equipment and insufficient production capacity for a company metal sheet production line, a production line optimization scheme based on Plant Simulation was proposed. Firstly, the digital model of the production line was established according to the process route, and the operation data of the production line was obtained by running simulation experiments. Then, using the interpretative structural modeling method, it was determined that the underlying factor affecting the high-efficient operation of the production line was the setting of buffer area. Finally, through the genetic algorithm, the configuration of the number and capacity for buffer areas was obtained by simulation experiments, and the production line was optimized and verified again. The results show that the average utilization rate of equipment for the optimized sheet metal production line increases by 24%, and the hourly output increases from 55 to 127, an increase of 130%. Thus, this method provides a reference for the optimization of the same type of production line.

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作者简介：彭杰（1998-），男，硕士研究生，E-mail：pjofficial@163.com；通信作者：叶霞（1973-），女，博士，教授，E-mail：yx_laser@163.com

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