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ASSEMBLY LINE DESIGN: A SURVEY
Brahim Rekiek*, Alain Delchambre*,
Alexandre Dolgui** and Antoneta Bratcu**
* CAD/CAM Department
Université libre de Bruxelles
Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, CP 165/14
B - 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Email: brk@fabricom.be, adelch@ulb.ac.be
** Industrial Engineering Department
University of Technology of Troyes
12, rue Marie Curie B.P. 2060
10010 TROYES Cedex France
Email: dolgui@utt.fr
The problem of optimal design of the assembly lines is considered. The paper is especially focused on the line balancing and resource planning step for the preliminary design stage. A survey of existing methods and software tools are given.
Keywords: Manufacturing systems, Assembly, Design, Optimisation
Session slot T-Th-A20: Assembly line Design and Balancing/Area code 1a : Advanced Manufacturing Technology
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