Considerations of the Redesign for the Assembly Line of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles Developed by the Ecuadorian Air Force

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This paper presents the redesign of an assembly line in the manufacturing of UAVs used in various missions that take place at high altitudes for the Research and Development Center of the Ecuadorian Air Force (CIDFAE). The methodology that was applied consists of three phases: the first one involves the analysis of the current strategic situation; the second one estimates the capacity of production, time standards based on the MTM-2 system; and the third one performs a distribution study of the plant facilities through simulation. As result a mixed distribution is chosen since it guarantees a production batch of UAVs. The parts are produced in manufacturing cells and the final assembly in workstations. Furthermore, strategies for strengthening the operational capacity of the plant will be established in order to manufacture three UAVs every two months.

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2016

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