Commissioning of a production line for structures for automobile seats

Abstract

     The work refers to the commissioning of welding machines, rail assembly and final assembly of the rail production line for the operation of car seats, is carried out in an automotive company specializing in manufacturing various components for luxury brands. It is a manufacturing industry that performs assemblies of components such as engines, vehicle interior parts, and seating structures. The automotive industry is one of the most complex and important in the market, this sector maintains high standards of quality and safety as it represents the form of mobility of the user. The process is required to be new and improved for the mass production of a new line of seats, to achieve this the lessons learned and improvements implemented in your current project will be taken into account and some tools of the lean manufacturing methodology will be applied. The commissioning was done in four stages: installation of machinery, test runs, documentation and release of machines. The results were successfully obtained achieving a 46% decrease in labor on the line, which is equivalent to 5 operators, and an increase in the rate of parts per shift from 21 per hour to 25 per hour.