The aim of the thesis is to optimise the existing workplace for product assembly and welding, thereby reducing costs, increasing productivity and profitability, and improving the quality of the weldments. For the existing workplace, three process optimisation options were identified through automation and robotization and presented in detail. When optimising the workplace, it turned out that the key parameters influencing the cost increase were labour, space, and workplace tools. We found that with the increase in annual volumes due to steam manufacturing, semi-automated process 1 is the most cost-effective. By switching to the new line, we have thus reduced costs by 6,31 % per per welded part produced in the case of steam production. We have calculated a breaking point of 886 annual individual products and 435 annual products in the case of steam production for semi-automated process 1, which is the best among all automated processes.
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