Reduction in Setup Time

on Rubber Moulding Machine

using SMED Technique
PUBLISHED IN:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY (IJERT)
(VOL. 4 ISSUE 04, APRIL-2015

 What is Single Minute Exchange of Die(SMED)?

Developed by Ohno in late 1950s for Toyota.

According to
Shingo

Which is
done after
m/c stops

Internal

Setup

Its a technique used to

Types

reduce set-up time by

identifying internal and
external factors

External

Which is done
while m/c is
running.

The basic idea is to convert as many internal activities to

external activities.

 Why Single Minute Exchange of Die(SMED)?

Production in Smaller Lots.
Develop Broader Products.
Reduce Set-Up time.
Increase Productivity

 Case Study

Implementation of SMED for moulding of rubber to metal

phosphate components for production of anti vibratory
mounting.

Problems Faced
Due to different products frequent change of setup
The setup change take around 2 hours.
Human fatigue
Effect on productivity

 Operations Description
Removal of
bolts

Final Process

Mould from
M/C surface
to stacker.

Heating of
mould

Replacement
of Mould

Fastening of
plates.

 Old Process
Sr.
No.

Parameters of Setup

Time

Total time: 116.34 mins.

 Categorization of Internal and External Activities

 Implementations
External heating of
mould
Tools available in
advance
Provision of rollers
Increasing stackers

Overheated to compensate for losses.

Prevent hustle at the exact time.

Rollers on both M/C surface, rack and stacker.

Reduce worker's fatigue.
Instead of one use two stackers.
Reduced the time to replace the mould.

 Time after Implementation

Sr.
No.

Parameters of Setup

Time

As the activity is externally and not done while the

machine is on, so the time is considered as zero in
the table for changeover

Total time: 8.05 mins.

 Results

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