Propuesta de redistribución del área de almacenamiento de materia prima de una siderúrgica validada mediante simulación discreta

Abstract

This degree project is developed in a steel plant, which has three phases for the transformation of scrap into steel rods for construction, storage and scrap processing, foundry and lamination. Specifically, in the storage and scrap processing phases are unproductive times in transportation and processing processes. As result, the demand of foundry is being unsatisfied at this time. For the solution of the aforementioned problem, the company generated a proposal of plant redistribution. The authors of the project analyzed the processes performed in the problematic phase by a detailed study of times, which allowed detecting with a greater accuracy the problems that contribute the most to the generation of unproductive times. The above allowed to direct the solution to the problem by proposals which contains a redesign of the layout through a QAP smoothed model and the Richard Muther methodology. Likewise, the project proposal was evaluated, the company proposal and the current state by means of a simulation, which contributed to a contrast between the three states, proving that the project proposal generates a considerable increase in the processed scrap for the founding area.