Dwindling setup time through a low-cost mechanization – A case study

Nowadays World class manufacturing organizations continuously try to provide highest quality products at the
lowest price by implementing innovative approaches for optimizing their production system. Mechatronics play an
important role in meeting such requirements, because “Quality is Free”. With this aim the processes are studied for
optimizing work method and time. The optimization of work method can be done by reducing work content by
improving the processing methods and the time can be optimized by automating the process. This systematic approach of
process improvement is illustrated with a case study. The case study has been carried out in a leading car manufacturingindustry (Ford India Limited) The process is improved by designing a mechanism and was mechanized by applyingMechatronics concepts for obtaining higher accuracy and quick processing. Here two kinds of solution were suggestedand compared as well. The both new setups eliminate the drawbacks in the existing method (Manual Processing).
Actually, Manual processes will lengthy, tedious, time consuming and consequently error prone. The proposed machine
setups designed completely and demonstrated successfully.