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Grinding or shaving - economic decision support in the production of gears

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Summary, in English

This paper describes a case study at an automotive company with the purpose ov developing an economically based decision support tool, for strategic decision about wheather to chose grinding or shaving as a finishing method in gear manufacturing. In the study different cost models are compared regarding input parameters in alignment with the required input data required to make a decision. With the performance driven cost model used during the analysis, shaving was shown to be the most cost efficient finishing method.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

1-8

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Materials Engineering

Keywords

  • cost analysis
  • performance
  • gear manufacturing

Conference name

Swedish Production Symposium, 2014

Conference date

2014-09-16 - 2014-09-18

Conference place

Gothenburg, Sweden

Status

Published