Complete with work stations, barcode sensors and a conveyor belt, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering students Todd Altshuler and Brandon White, working with professors Ginni Callow and Karen Bangs, designed and built a small assembly line lab that will help teach Cal Poly engineering students some of the basics of workflow measurement.
Students in IME 223 — “Principles of Work Simplification and Motion Analysis” — will apply process improvement concepts in a series of three hands-on labs, including process charting/precedence diagrams, learning curve, work sampling, and line balancing. In addition, students will be introduced to data analytics by collecting data through barcode sensors and analyzing the data to drive and quantify improvements on the assembly line.
Located in Building 192, Room 219, the new Hands-on Volume Assembly Lab’s pilot cost of $4,400 was funded by an additional gift from Stephanie Allen to the Conner Family Endowment Fund.
