ME20026 Manufacturing Operations and Technology (ME20026)
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ME20026: MATERIAL HANDLING AND PLANT LAYOUT:
FLOW OF MATERIALS:
GOALS IN MATERIAL HANDLING:
Minimisation of handling in design, renovation, or expansion of a
manufacturing system
Enhance safety and working conditions throughout material handling
planning
DESIGN CONDITIONS IN MATERIAL HANDLING:
Category Measures
Physical state Solid, liquid, gas
Size Volume, length, width, height
Weight Per piece, per unit volume
Shape Long and flat, round, square etc
Condition Hot, cold, wet, under pressure etc
Safety risk Explosive, flammable, toxic, fragile etc
EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES:
Total Material Flow: Material Handling Labour Ratio: Labour Handling Cost: Equipment Utilisation:
Lower value is better Lower value is better Lower value is better Higher value is better
Simplest measure Indication of how much work Represents cost Used to gauge Summary of Effectiveness Measures:
Measure used to compare needs to be done to handle resulting from time effectiveness of material
different variations of routes material spent by staff on handling Effectiveness measure Best value
when planning material Measure is useful when staff material handling Total material flow Lower value
Material handling labour Lower value
handling using the same have dedicated material Useful when staff have actual output of rate
transportation equipment handling roles different roles
manufacturing system Labour handling cost Lower value
mass of material number of personnel workingtimethat is spent on theoretical output of Equipment utilisation Higher value
being transported ∈factory ×distance transported
on material handling material handling manufacturing system
total number of personnel total working time
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