Improvement of Motorcycle Wheel Hubs Conveyor rail Process by Poka-yoke Techniques

Authors

  • Pakpoom Jaichomphu Industrial Engineering Faculty of Engineering Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Tak
  • Siwasit Pitjamit Industrial Engineering Faculty of Engineering Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Tak
  • Suwannee Sriyab Center of Excellence for Vocation and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Tak
  • Nuhjarin Sarika Industrial Engineering Faculty of Engineering Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Tak
  • Parida jewpanya Industrial Engineering Faculty of Engineering Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Tak

Keywords:

Poka yoke principle, Production process improvement, Reducing wasted time

Abstract

This research aims to improve the process of transporting motorcycle wheel hubs that are stuck on the conveyor rails. From the analysis using the fishbone chart, it was found that the motorcycle wheels hub conveyor has several flaws such as the castors in the conveyor chute being damaged due to the plastic castors. The aluminum wheels hubs move along the conveyor chute with a slope of 3 levels, causing the problem of impact between the workpiece and the caster. This causes damage, leads to work jams, and is the most contributing factor in time wasted. The research team collected data before the improvement of the conveyor rail collecting 207 pieces of data. There were 116 pieces of work that prevented the work from continuing accounting for 56.04 percent. After improving the conveyor rail using the Poka-yoke technique to prevent errors. Install guides to steer the direction. Changing the rails from plastic casters to stainless steel plates and installing a workpiece shock absorber to reduce the jamming of the workpiece. Found that the problem was 13 pieces, representing 6.28 percent, which reduced the problem of parts during the transport of the motorcycle wheel hub from 88.80 percent. It can be concluded that the improvement of the motorcycle hub conveyor can reduce the jamming time of the workpiece for the intended purpose.

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2023-06-29

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P. Jaichomphu, S. Pitjamit, S. Sriyab, N. Sarika, and P. jewpanya, “Improvement of Motorcycle Wheel Hubs Conveyor rail Process by Poka-yoke Techniques”, Eng. & Technol. Horiz., vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 138–146, Jun. 2023.

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Vol. 40 No. 2 (2023): April-June

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