Analysis of In-line Quality-oriented Assembly Strategies in the Production of Electric Drives

This paper presents the analysis of quality-oriented rotor assembly strategies in electric drive production systems. These approaches combine quality-oriented system policies and an improved rotor assembly technique. In order to analyze alternative policies, a quantitative method for the integrated evaluation of quality and production logistics performance is developed. The results show improvements in both quality of parts at the rotor assembly station and the overall productivity of the system. Experimental results demonstrate that quality related decisions, supported by the proposed method, bring important performance and quality improvements. Moreover, the benefits of the approaches are validated within a real industrial context.