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Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology College of Science and Technology Morehead State University IET 317Group 5 Project  Group Members: James Forrest, Lowell Outland, Evan Scott, Donald Snyder, Matt Wells Steel Wheel Assembly Work Cell Central Motor Wheel of America(CMWA) CMWA was established in 1987. Location: Paris, Kentucky Employs approximately 500 people. CMWA Products OEM supplier of Steel and Aluminum Wheels. Steel Wheel Customers: Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai Aluminum Wheel Customers: Toyota and Lexus. Rationale for selecting the Steel Wheel Assembly Station The rationale for our chosen process is simple A work cell is a collection of equipment required to make a single complex part The part being produced is the steel wheel The Steel Wheel Assembly Station itself has many parts. (Including: the operators, robotic loaders, punch press, date stamp device, welders, grinders and inspection) Multiple factors can lead to the occurrence of waste Rationale cont. If diligent lean techniques aren’t practiced in this work environment, the efficiency of the work cell could easily deteriorate, wasting valuable company time and money In our efforts to make improvements we analyzed the processes of the Steel Wheel Assembly Station Identified areas that can be improved Made suggestions on how to improve them to make it a more lean and efficient process Description of Steel Wheel Assembly Station ? The cell is used to assemble two main components of a steel wheel. The two components are the center disk (wheel center) and the Rim (outer part of the wheel). These parts are placed near an operator at the beginning of the assembly line. At the beginning of the wheel assembly machine there is one operator. This individual is responsible for loading the center disk onto the conveyor belt and loading the rim into a small punch press. This punch press is responsible for punching out the valve stem hole. The punch