Modares Mechanical Engineering

Modares Mechanical Engineering

A Review of Generations of Shipbuilding and its Upgrade with Advanced Machine Tools

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
Mohammad Ali Mohammadi
Somayeh Mohammadi
10.22034/mme.23.10.163
Abstract
The course of change and transformation of the generations of shipyards shows that the occurrence of an accident or the invention of new technology and advanced machine tools has caused the shipyard to change to the next generation every period. This generation change includes 5 levels so far. The difference between generations of shipyards includes three general parameters of production philosophy, production technology and factory layout. The realization and development of the first generation in the late 1940s, the second generation in the late 1960s, the third generation in the late 1980s, the realization and development of the fourth generation in the early 2000s, and the development of the fifth generation started in 2020. The most important factor in the change of generations of shipbuilding is to achieve the open index (better, cheaoer and sooner). In the research, an overview of important parameters in determining the generation of shipbuilding with advanced machine tools, such as material flow, pre-outfit workshop, block making, factory expansion, mechanization, buffer area, process line, outfitting, and vessel dimensions, have been discussed.
Keywords
Generation
Shipbuilding
Technology
Machine tools
Marine Industries

Subjects

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Modares Mechanical Engineering
Volume 23, Issue 10
October 2023
Pages 163-167