PLANT LAYOUT AND DESIGN

MAK499

Course Code: MAK499
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Andaç Töre Şamiloğlu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Understanding the importance of plant layout and production line determination.
Ability to enhance the production line of a plant for different types of products and different types of demands.
To learn the factors that affect the selection of plant location and auxiliary installations.
Enhancing production quality and speed in production plants, using organization and production line schemes.
Ability to arrange intermediate products, stocking and warehousing in production plants.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Organizational concepts. Plant location, location factors, plant site selection guide. Plant layout and material flow; objectives of plant layout, industrial buildings, types of layouts, product layout, process layout, cellular layout, fixed-position layout. Material flow systems; conveyors, robots, inventory systems, interm stocks. Alternative solutions in plant design; factors and methods, product characteristics and quantity, strategies relating to technology and products, manufacturing systems, cost calculation, machine tool selection, layout selection, algorithms relating to programmable layout, material flow, inventory systems.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to plant layout, selection of plant site, location factors.
2^nd Week	Performance determination of production system, cost, flexibility, time and reliability criteria, performance criteria and relation with location types.
3^rd Week	Comparison of plant layout types, material flow layout, project layout.
4^th Week	Material flow analysis, array diagram, multiple array processes.
5^th Week	Analysis of activities, workflow, non-dimensional block diagrams.
6^th Week	Principles and aims of material flow, control list of transportation.
7^th Week	Equipments of material transportations, AS/RS systems, conveyors, automatic vehicles.
8^th Week	Pixed-position layout, determination of number of transport vehicles.
9^th Week	Layout of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), components, manufacturing centers.
10^th Week	Layout of flexible manufacturing systems, robots, material transportations.
11^th Week	Layout of flexible manufacturing systems, layout types in FMS.
12^th Week	Cellular manufacturing systems, requirements, family of work pieces.
13^th Week	Cellular manufacturing systems, cell layout, concept of stock and intermediate product, integration of cells.
14^th Week	Other criteria on plant layout, selection of machining tools, number of workstations, cost.

Recommended or Required Reading

Clark, J.E. Facility Planning, PrenticeHall
Tompkins, J.A., White, J.A., Bozer, Y.A., Tanchoco, M.A. Facility Planning (3. baskı), Wiley

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Project
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	2
Quiz	1	2
Project	1	20
Attendance	1	1
Total(%)		55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		45
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2.5	2.5
Preparation for Quiz	3	1.5	4.5
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	6	2	12
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	7	2	14
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2.5	2.5
Homework
Project	1	30	30
Quiz	4	0.5	2
Total Work Load			137.5
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4.58
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2
K3		X		X	X
K4
K5
K6				X
K7
K8	X	X	X
K9		X
K10	X	X	X	X
K11	X