Before explaining how to calculate conveyor capacity, I will explain what is a conveyor. Conveyor is a mechanical equipment which is designed to move material from one place to another. Ok, now lets discuss what is a conveyor capacity. Conveyor Capacity Conveyor capacity is the maximum amount of material that is transferred by the conveyor […]
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How to improve OEE ? is a most valuable question nowadays, because all companies are trying to reduce the manufacturing cost and the improvement in OEE gives a good result for that. Before we start I recommend you to the article of OEE. What will happen if we improve OEE? In simple words the good
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Thinking process of a lean practitioner will be explained in this article, in 4 steps. How a lean practitioner think for achieving lean manufacturing. Before discussing how a lean practitioner think, we shall discuss what is lean. In this article we will take manufacturing industry as example. One request, before leaving this article please write
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Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering which deals with optimizing all type of resources and utilities which are used for producing a product or giving a service, so as to reduce the cost and increase the profit. Meaning of optimizing is ‘make the best or most effective use of’ and meaning of effective is
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How to make a Plant Layout will be described in this article in 10 steps. Although I am discussing this for setting up an assembly line, this steps can also be applicable to all types of layout. 10 steps for a satisfactory plant layout Following 10 steps can be followed for making a perfect plant
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Six sigma certification or concept will be explained here. This is the basics of six sigma certifications such as six sigma green belt and six sigma black belt. It also gives the answer to the question why a project is called a six sigma project?. An example to understand six sigma concept A customer wants
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Suppose takt time of a product is 3.5 seconds and cycle time an operation is 14 seconds. Here I will explain how to calculate no of workstations from takt time and cycle time, for completing this operation so as to meet the customer demand. No of workstation = Cycle time / takt time = 14/3.5
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This article is applicable to every career in this world, not only the career of Industrial Engineers. Also please note that, this article is only for those who believes in God. In this article I am going to explain how to be successful in your career The only thing you should do to be successful
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Total Effective Equipment Performance – TEEP, is a measure of how well a machine is used to produce good products, for the whole available time. Its calculated by multiplying OEE with the utilization factor. Utilization factor = Planned production time / Available time. This calculation can be understood by the following example. TEEP can be
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Line balancing is done to reduce or eliminate the waiting time in the workstations of an assembly line which runs in one piece flow. Thus we can utilize the resources such as manpower and machinery/equipment more effectively. Line balancing definition Line balancing is a method for eliminating idle time in assembly line and also for
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