A two-dimensional bin packing problem with size changeable items for the production of wind turbine flanges in the open die forging industry uri icon

abstract

  • Efficient cutting design is essential to reduce the costs of production in the open die forging industry. This article discusses a slab cutting design problem that occurs when parallel piped items are cut from raw material steel slabs with varying widths and lengths to meet a volume requirement. The problem is modeled as a two-dimensional cutting stock problem or bin packing problem with size-changeable items. Cut loss and guillotine cut constraints are included. A knapsack-based heuristic algorithm is proposed and it is tested by a real-world manufacturer who is cutting steel for wind turbine flanges. The firm generates an annual cost reduction of approximately US $2000 000. © 2013 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

published proceedings

  • IIE Transactions

author list (cited authors)

  • Lee, J., kim, B., & Johnson, A. L.

citation count

  • 8

complete list of authors

  • Lee, Jongsung||kim, Byung-in||Johnson, Andrew L

publication date

  • December 2013