In this paper, we study the production process on multi-stage assembly lines. These production systems comprise simple processing as well as assembly stations. At the latter, workpieces from two or more input stations have to be merged to form a new one for further processing. As the flow of material is asynchronous with stochastic processing times at each station, queueing effects arise as lon...

Existing models describing sarcomere assembly have arisen primarily from studies using cardiac muscle. In contrast to cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle differentiation is characterised by dramatic changes in protein expression, from non-muscle to muscle-specific isoforms before organisation of the sarcomeres. Consequently, little is understood of the potential influence of non-muscle cytoskeletal...

This paper presents a new software tool for automatic creation of simulation models for flow lines. The tool was developed in a general way. The tool was applied to the production flow line at the rolling stock Company Bombardier Transportation Portugal, SA, in Amadora, in order to develop its simulation model. Information regarding manufacturing philosophies, flow assembly lines, production sc...