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The document discusses activity charts, which graphically depict the relationship between a worker's time and a machine's operating time over a period. It provides examples of "Man & Machine charts" that record when each (the operator and machine) works and what each does during various operations like sandblasting castings, drilling holes, and toasting bread. The goal is to eliminate unnecessary waiting times for both the operator and machine by obtaining a clearer picture of their interaction to optimize efficiency and equipment utilization.

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Man Machine Chart

The document discusses activity charts, which graphically depict the relationship between a worker's time and a machine's operating time over a period. It provides examples of "Man & Machine charts" that record when each (the operator and machine) works and what each does during various operations like sandblasting castings, drilling holes, and toasting bread. The goal is to eliminate unnecessary waiting times for both the operator and machine by obtaining a clearer picture of their interaction to optimize efficiency and equipment utilization.

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ACTIVITY CHARTS: MAN AND MACHINE CHARTS

IENG 301 FUNDAMENTALS OF WORK STUDY AND ERGONOMICS

ACTIVITY CHARTS: MAN AND MACHINE CHARTS


Although the process chart and the flow diagram give a picture of the various steps in the process, it is often desirable to have a breakdown of the process or of a series of operations plotted against a time scale. Such a picture is called an activity chart.

MAN AND MACHINE CHARTS


The operator and the machine work intermittently on some types of work. That is, the machine is idle while the operator loads it and while he or she removes the finished work from it, and the worker is idle while the machine is in operation. It is desirable to eliminate idle time for the worker, but it is equally important that the machine be kept operating as near capacity as possible.

MAN AND MACHINE CHARTS


The first step in eliminating unnecessary waiting time for the operator and for the machine is to record exactly when each works and what each does. Such a record is called Man & Machine chart. Many operations consist of three main steps:
(1) GET READY, such as putting material in the machine; (2) DO (doing the work), such as drilling a hole; and (3) Waiting for an operation to be completed or Idle.

Very often a clearer picture of the relationship of the operators working time and the machine time can be obtained by showing the information graphically to scale.

Example 1: Sandblasting Casting

Example 1: Sandblasting Casting

Example 1: Sandblasting Casting

Example 2: Drilling a hole in a steel casting

Example 3: Toaster Example


Each of the two sides of a hand-operated electric toaster can be operated independently of the other. A spring holds each side of the toaster shut, and each side must be held open in order to insert bread. Assume that the toaster is hot and ready to toast bread. The following are the elemental times necessary to perform the operations. Assume also that both hands can perform their tasks with the same degree of efficiency.
Place slice of bread in either side of toaster: Toast either side of bread: Turn slice of bread on either side of toaster: Remove toast from either side of toaster: 4 seconds 30 seconds 2 seconds 4 seconds

By using an activity chart for toasting three slices of bread, what method would you recommend to obtain the best equipment utilization that is, the very shortest over-all time?

Example 3: Toaster Example


Solution

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