Group Technology Applications in Shipboard Piping System Manufacture.

Abstract

Shipbuilding in the United States is examined in the context of its productivity problem and the possible solutions offered by modern shipbuilding techniques. Specifically, group technology is applied to naval shipboard piping systems. A nine digit code is developed to identify pipe assembly manufacturing attributes, with emphasis placed on utilization of the code for workload; balancing and reduction of setup time. Use of the code for rudimentary shop routing is also discussed. The code is shown to serve as an excellent means of organizing pipe assembly information into a usable data base. FFG-7 pipe assembly statistics are used as the basis for a quantitative analysis of pipe shop work processes. Incomplete data limits the ability to conduct accurate workload balancing forecasts at the present time. Use of the coding scheme would help to fill that gap because of its inherent work content estimating capability; however, additional data is also needed in order to develop a more accurate manhour requirement algorithm. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159130

Entities

People

  • G. C. Kolodziejczak

Organizations

  • Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Assembly
  • Assembly Lines
  • Boats
  • Databases
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Keel Laying
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Navy
  • Production Engineering
  • Second World War
  • Shipbuilding

Readers

  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design