Digital manufacturing in fiat group automobiles: virtual simulations for preliminary ergonomics optimization of workcells in the design phase of a new car model

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorSpada, Stefania
dc.contributor.authorFrascà, Fabrizio
dc.contributor.authorSessa, Fabrizio
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-25T06:29:44Z
dc.date.available2015-09-25T06:29:44Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-19
dc.description.abstractNew standards on work organization in the automotive industry, require a new concept of design methods: the human centred process. In Fiat Group Automobiles (FGA) the “Digital Manufacturing” (DM) project has started with the goal to create simulation tools and methods to improve the design of new cars’manufacturing processes giving a special attention to manual operations. The DM approach is based on a detailed “virtual plant” where virtual mannequins interact with digital models of car’s components, equipment, containers, etc. in order to simulate and improve working conditions with many benefits on ergonomics, safety, final product quality, work organization and general production costs. The key factor for this approach is that with DM methodologies, designers and engineers have, already in the design phase of a new car’s manufacturing process, a preliminary estimation of the numerical indices used in the plants to check if workcells are compliant to international standards and regional safety laws. In this way the most important ergonomic indices (like Niosh, Snook & Ciriello, EAWS, etc.) become a “design tool” that allow to change/improve project solutions (designing easy and comfortable work tasks, equipment, tools, etc.) and to distribute the work load in an optimal way between workers.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationSpada S., Frascà F. and Sessa F. (2013). Digital manufacturing in fiat group automobiles: virtual simulations for preliminary ergonomics optimization of workcells in the design phase of a new car model. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2013), Cranfield University, UK, 19th – 20th September 2013, pp 355-360en_UK
dc.identifier.isbn9781907413230
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9489
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield University Pressen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHuman, Robots and Digital Manufacturingen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseries11en_UK
dc.subjectDigital Manufacturingen_UK
dc.subjectDigital Human Modelsen_UK
dc.subjectErgonomic indicesen_UK
dc.titleDigital manufacturing in fiat group automobiles: virtual simulations for preliminary ergonomics optimization of workcells in the design phase of a new car modelen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
11-Digital_manufacturing_in_fiat_group_automobiles-2015.pdf
Size:
1.61 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.79 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2013)