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Balancing (Part 2)
More Line Balancing Calculation
A None
40
B A
80
C D, E, F
30
D B
25
E B
20
F B
15
G A
120
H G
145
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 7–3
Solved Problem 2
192 units
r=
8 hours
ct = 1 = 8 hours
(3,600 sec/hr) = 150 sec/unit
r 192 units
t 720 sec/unit
TM = = = 4.8 or 5 stations
ct 150 sec/unit-station
145 130
B E C
80 20 30
J
A F 115
• Prioritize task in order of largest number of
following task 40 G 15 I
• Prioritize task in order of longest task time H
120 130
145
7–8
Work No. of following D
Element task
25
B E C
A 9
B 5 80 20 30
J
G 3 F 115
A
D,E,F,H 2
40 G 15 I
I,C 1 H
120 130
J 0 145
A
S1 A 40 40 150-40= 110
B B 80 120 110- 80= 30
25
D,E,F D 145 30-25 = 5
S2 E,F,G,H G 120 120 150-120= 30
E 140
E,F 20 30-20 = 10
F,H
S3 H 145 145 150-145= 5
S4 F F 15 15 150-15 = 135
I,C 130
I 145 135-130= 5
C
S5 C 30 30 150-30 = 120
J J 115 145 120-115= 5
7–9
Work No. of following D
Element task
25
B E C
A 9
B 5 80 20 30
J
G 3 F 115
A
D,E,F,H 2
40 G 15 I
I,C 1 H
120 130
J 0 145
Idle Time
Work-Element Cumulative
Station Candidate(s) Choice
Time (sec) Time (sec) (c= 150 sec)
S1 A A 40 40 150-40= 110
B B 80 120 110-80 = 30
D,E,F.H D 25 145 30-25 = 5
S2 E,F,G.H G 120 120 150-120 = 30
E
E,F 20 140 30-20 =10
F,H
S3 H 145 145 150-145 = 5
S4 F F 15 15 150-15 = 135
I,C I 130 145 135-130= 5
C
S5 C 30 30 150-30 = 120
J J 115 145 120-115= 5
7 – 10
Solved Problem 2 D
25
B E C
80 20 30
J
A F 115
40 G 15 I
H
120 130
145
Idle Time
Work-Element Cumulative
Station Candidate(s) Choice
Time (sec) Time (sec) (c= 150 sec)
S1 A A 40 40 150-40= 110
B B 80 120 110-80 = 30
D,E,F. D 25 145 30-25 = 5
S2 E,F,G.H G 120 120 150-120 = 30
E
E,F 20 140 30-20 =10
F,H
S3 H 145 145 150-145 = 5
S4 F F 15 15 150-15 = 135
I,C I 130 145 135-130= 5
C
S5 C 30 30 150-30 = 120
J J 115 145 120-115= 5
7 – 11
Solved Problem 2
d. Calculating the efficiency,
We know that sum of the work-element times (t) is 720 sec,
cycle time (c) is 150 sec, number of stations (n) is 5, therefore
t 720 sec/unit
Efficiency (%) = nct (100) =
5(150 sec/unit)
= 96%