1. The Effect of Changes in Settings from Multiple Filling Points to a Single Filling Point of an Industry 4.0-Based Yogurt Filling Machine.
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Chen, Jinping, Khan, Razaullah, Cui, Yanmei, Salah, Bashir, Liu, Yuanpeng, and Saleem, Waqas
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YOGURT ,YOGURT industry ,PROCESS optimization ,MACHINERY ,MANUFACTURING processes ,INDUSTRIAL revolution - Abstract
In process optimization, a process is adjusted so as to optimize a set of parameters while meeting constraints, with the objective to either minimize the total processing time or maximize the throughput. This article focused on the process optimization of a fully automated yogurt and flavor-filling machine developed based on the industrial revolution 4.0 concept. Mathematical models were developed for minimizing the total processing time or maximizing the throughput of an Industry 4.0-based yogurt filling system with two different machine settings called Case-I and Case-II. In Case-I, the yogurt and flavors are filled at two distinct points while Case-II considers the filling of yogurt and flavors at a single point. The models were tested with real data and the results revealed that Case-II is faster than Case-I in processing a set of customer orders. The results were used as inputs for the single-dimension rules to check which one results in more intended outputs. Additionally, different performance measures were considered and the one with most importance to the management was selected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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