Produce the Wood Revolution: Creating a production system and layout design for wind turbine towers
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Production engineering (MPPEN), MSc
Publicerad
2020
Författare
Buss, Jens
Ryrberg, Rasmus
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
The wind turbine industry is firing on all cylinders and with an expanding market
several new companies wants to take part. One such company is Modvion AB (Modvion)
who is a start-up company with a different approach that makes them stand
out from the rest. Modvion specialises in building wind turbine towers using laminated
veneer lumber (LVL) as the primary material, as opposed to the conventional
material choice of steel. Furthermore, Modvion uses a unique modular tower design,
further distinguishing them from their competitors as this design makes transportation
easier, allowing Modvion to build towers at sites other manufacturers can’t
reach.
In order to capitalise on the expanding market, Modvion has to create their first
production system, meaning that a production facility needs to be designed. This
thesis presents possible solutions for how the processes within the production system
can be performed, as well as a possible layout of the facility.
Through the results from the project, some conclusions can be drawn. Firstly,
the product design has a large impact on the performance and complexity of the
production system. Secondly, the future demand that is intended to be met by
the new plant needs to be as accurate as possible, so that the risk of designing a
either too high or too low production capacity for the facility can be minimised.
This is further evident by the demand being the biggest factor when choosing the
production layout, thus, affecting the entire dynamics of the production system.
Finally, the level of automation within the facility needs to be aligned with the
overall manufacturing strategy set by Modvion, in order to maximise the benefits
while minimising the drawbacks of automation.
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Wind Turbine Tower, Production System, Production Layout, Automation , Laminated Veneer Lumber