Industrial · Process Optimization
Manufacturing Process Simulation & Optimization
Intermediate 4 weeks 30-50 hours
Build a mini conveyor line with a sensor-based bottleneck station. Measure throughput and cycle time, then improve the bottleneck and quantify the efficiency gain.
Major
Industrial
Focus area
Process Optimization
Total hours
30-50 hours
What you'll need
- mini conveyor belt module DIY with motor
- DC gear motor 12V for Arduino robotics pack
- infrared IR obstacle avoidance sensor module for Arduino
- Arduino Mega 2560 R3 microcontroller board
- SG90 micro servo motor for sorting mechanism
- microSD card data logging module for Arduino
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Steps
- Build a mini conveyor line with 2 or 3 stations.
- Add IR sensors to count parts and time each station.
- Program the Arduino to log cycle time and throughput.
- Identify the bottleneck station from your data.
- Improve the bottleneck and measure throughput again.
- Chart before and after results and document them for your portfolio.
What to photograph for your portfolio
- Conveyor line build
- throughput logs
- bottleneck analysis
- before/after improvement
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Engineered a manufacturing process simulation & optimization using Process optimization, Lean, sensors
Applied automation and data analysis to implement, test, and validate the analysis end-to-end
Skills you'll show off
Process optimizationLeansensorsautomationdata analysis