Industrial Technologies – Assembly Systems

Exercise 1
You have an upaced assembly line with the following operations:
Operation Precedence Estimated time (ti) (sec)
A - 15
B A 10
C B 8
D A 5
E C,D 5
F E 7
G F 6
H G 8
I H 10
J I 6
The production target is 8000 pieces/week (40h/week).
To draw the precedence’s graph, to define the minimum number of stations and to balance the line.
Exercise 2
You have an unpaced assembly line with the following operations:
Operation Precedence Estimated time (ti) (min)
1 - 2
2 - 4
3 - 3
4 1,2 5
5 3,4 6
6 3 4
7 5 2
8 7 5
9 6,7 3
10 8 3
11 9,10 6
The required volume is 60 pieces for a shift of 8 h.
To draw the precedence’s graph, to define the minimum number of stations and to balance the line.