The Efficiency of Edge Banding Module in a Mass Customized Line for Wooden Doors Production

Abstract

The TechnoPORTA technology line is a fully automated smart line ensuring the highest quality and efficiency of production wooden doors. The aim of the study was to experimentally determine the performance of the edge banding module in the TechnoPORTA line on particular working days and to determine the possible influence of organizational and technological factors characterizing the line’s operation, which can be defined and determined by analyzing the temporal technological data obtained from the IT systems controlling the line’s operation. The research was conducted on the edge banding module, which is crucial to the performance of the entire TechnoPORTA line. During the study, data on door leaf machining were collected such as the mean time of production per one working cycle, mean time of retooling, number of retooling, number of door leaves leaving in a series, and most frequent time of series. The data collected by the IT system controlling the line indicates that this module is flexible and its performance is not related to the control parameters. The results can be used to improve the operation of the module and the replication of the work schedule to subsequent modules of the technological line.