Conventionally, improving production efficiency, flexibility and responsiveness has been the primary research focus of production management, while energy consumption has received relatively little attention. Energy consumption plays a more and more important role in the manufacturing environment. This is mainly driven by energy cost and environmental concerns. When the energy system becomes complicated and coupled with ongoing production, it is very difficult to hunt the “hidden treasure” which affects the overall benefit of a manufacturing system. This paper provides a systematic method to search for energy saving opportunities and strategies. We start from dynamic production transient analysis and provide quantitative analysis for identifying energy saving opportunity in a system. Furthermore, energy saving strategy is justified through cost analysis for tradeoffs between energy savings and throughput loss. A case study is conducted to demonstrate its potential on energy savings in a multistage manufacturing system.

中文翻译：

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用于生物细胞显微操作的基于弯曲的恒力平台的设计和测试


传统上，提高生产效率、灵活性和响应能力一直是生产管理的主要研究重点，而能源消耗受到的关注相对较少。能源消耗在制造环境中发挥着越来越重要的作用。这主要是由能源成本和环境问题驱动的。当能源系统变得复杂并与持续生产相结合时，很难找到影响制造系统整体效益的“隐藏宝藏”。本文提供了寻找节能机会和策略的系统方法。我们从动态生产瞬态分析开始，提供定量分析来识别系统中的节能机会。此外，通过成本分析来权衡节能和吞吐量损失，从而证明节能策略的合理性。通过案例研究来展示其在多级制造系统中的节能潜力。