Open AccessPerformance Evaluation of Hard Drive Sorting Systems Using Discrete-Event Simulation
Author(s) -
Surached Wongnibunkit,
Juta Pichitlamken,
Suwiwat Suebsakul
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/639/1/012005
Subject(s) - sorting , throughput , discrete event simulation , computer science , event (particle physics) , conveyor system , process (computing) , sort , loop (graph theory) , real time computing , simulation , engineering , operating system , algorithm , mathematics , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , combinatorics , wireless , information retrieval
We propose an approach for enhancing the throughput level and decreasing the throughput time of the hard disk drive sorting department that are congested and inefficient. We model the hard disk drive sorting department with discrete-event simulation on Arena. The proposed automated loop conveyor system can reduce the waiting time, the work-in-process and the time in system by 74.78%, 85.09% and 96.85%, respectively when comparing with the current sorting system.