Line Balancing
Line Balancing
ON
LINE BALANCING
Submitted to :
Prof. L. C. Jhamb
Submitted by :
Jyotsana (0810)
Menka Kumari (0813)
Neha Singh (0821)
Goals:
– To meet production goals,
– Maximize output.
A balanced line:
• Promotes one piece flow
• Avoids excessive work load in some stages (overburden)
• Minimizes wastes (over-processing, inventory, waiting, rework, transportation,
motion)
• Reduces variation
Example
The table shows the tasks performed in a production line. Our goal is to combine them into
workstations. The assembly line operates 8 hours per day and the expected customer demand
is 1000 units per day. Balance the line and calculate the efficiency and theoretical minimum
number of workstations.
SOLUTION
• Step 1: Draw a precedence diagram according to the given sequential relationship
C=Production time per day / Customer demand (or output per day)
C= 28800 sec (8 hours) / 1000 units = 28.8
• Step 5: Assign tasks to workstations following the assignment rules and meeting
precedence and cycle time requirements
To form Workstation 1:
• Forming Workstation 2:
• Following the same criteria we achieve our balancing with 7 workstations
A
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• Step 6: Calculate Efficiency
C
B
– Efficiency= Total Task Time / (Actual number of workstations * Takt Time)
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– Efficiency= 156 / (7*28.8) = 77%
Conclusion F
• Simply Assembly Line Balancing is a valid method to optimize assembly lines.
3 D
However, many variables found in real operating lines increase the complexity of the
problem. More complex algorithms have been developed to solve the difficult task of
balancing large scale industrial lines. Some of them are commercially available in
G
software.
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E