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SOLUTION OF PRACTICE OF MAN-MACHINE DIAGRAM

1. Two drying machines are assigned to one operator with the following standard times:

ACTIVITY
DRYER 1 (min) DRYER 2 (min)
Download 3 4
Operation 15 16
Cargo 2 3
Determine:

• H-M diagram
• Cycle time
• Percentage of utilization

Weather Man Thirst See 2

Decarging and
Preparation Leisure
charging sec 1
5

Download and
Preparation
12 upload see 2

Operation

20 Leisure Operation

Leisure

28

T. Cycle= 28 min

% Utilization Homb = 12/28 = 42.86 %

% Utilization Sec 1 =15/28 = 58.57 %

% Utilization Sec 2 =16/28 = 57.14% —

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2. Cerconsa wants to determine the idle time of a worker attending four automatic furnaces in
order to reassign tasks. The following are the standard times in minutes:

OVEN
ACTIVITY OVEN 1 OVEN 2 OVEN 4
3
Download 3.4 3.5 2.7 3.6
Operation 15 25 10 16
Cargo 2.6 3 2 2

a. Elaborate the H-M diagram

b. Finding the cycle time
c. Identify the time of use
d. Indicate which activities can be assigned to the employee in his or her free time:
> Machine surface cleaning = 4 min per machine.
> Inspection of gas terminals = 1 min per machine.

Analysis: The essence of a Man-Machine diagram is that the utilization percentages are
maximized. In the exercise we observed a time of 16 minutes of Man's Leisure. In order to
take advantage of his work and that of the machines, the proposal would be to unload and
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load furnaces 1 and 3, thus occupying 12.5 minutes (6+6.5) and the rest of the time (2.2)
would be used to inspect the gas terminals of the two machines. With these changes the
Operator utilization % will be 96.13% (37.3/38.8).

3. An operator is responsible for servicing four CNC machines that are used to manufacture
components of a certain product (cylinders). Finally, each component is assembled in the
same order in which it was manufactured (sequence A-B-C-D). The teams have the following
standard times:

MILLING
ACTIVITY LATHE A LATHE B MILLER C
MACHINE D
Download 1 1 3 1
Operation 7 5 8 5
Cargo 1.5 1 1 0.5

If the assembly of each part takes 3 seconds. How many items will be produced at most in the
8-hour shift? Final inspection = 2 min (after all operations).
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Weather Man Lathe A Lathe B Strawberry C Strawberry □

Download and Preparation Leisure

2.50 load Lathe A
Leisure

Download and Preparation Leisure

4.50 load Lathe B
Download Y Operation
load Strawberry Preparation
3.50 € Operation
Unloading and
loading Preparation
10.00 Strawberry □ Leisure
10.05 Assemble A
10.10 Assembly B

Leisure Operation
15.00 Operation
15.05
16.50 Assemble C
16.55 Assemble □
16.60
13.60 Inspection

Articles in 3 hours5= 480 minutes

Nart =480/18.6 =25.3 =26 pcs.

4. A metalworker works on a parallel lathe performing a wick drilling and bore turning operation
on SAE-1.045 steel bushings that are used in the manufacture of road machines. The set of
activities performed by the operator and the machine with their respective standard times
are as follows:

Take piece of steel from box 4 sec.

Place piece on lathe chuck 5 sec.
Operates the machine for 4 sec.
Operates lathe tailstock and drills the steel piece for 60 sec.
Remove tailstock 6sec.
Arrima the lathe carriage to machine the hole 7sec.
Mechanizes hole automatically (without operator action) 50sec.
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Stops the automatic feed and removes the carriage from the lathe for 10 sec.
Stops the lathe for 5 sec.
Remove the piece from the plate 6 sec.
Performs quality control of the turned part 10 sec.
Place piece in box 5 sec.

A man-machine diagram that minimizes the idle time of the operator is requested.

T-cycle [sec) MAN Bull

4 Take a piece of steel Inactive

9 Place the piece on the lathe chuck. Preparation

13 Operates the machine Preparation

Drives steel counterboring and pierces

T3
steel Drilling

T3 Remove tailstock
Preparation
86 Arrima tomo trolley

136 Wait for Machining

Stops the automatic feed and removes

146
lathe carriage Preparation

151 Stops the volume Preparation

15T Remove the piece from the plate Preparation

16T Quality control Inactive

172 Place the part in the box Inactive

Current cycle time = 172sec (Ipieza)

Operator idle time occurs in machining (it is visible in all metalworking companies).
Therefore, quality control and placement of the part to the box can be added to the
operator's tasks, thus improving his actual utilization % from 70.93% to 79.65n% (8.72%).