Question

1. a An injection molder has received an order of 500,000 plastie parts. The time available CLO- for supplying the parts is 3 month and the cycle time for the production of a set of parts is 5 minutes. Assuming a reject rate of 5 % please describe a strategy to supply the demand successfully in terms of number of cavities and production shifts? There are two identical machines available for this job. [61 CLO-1

this is from book mold flow design.
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Answer 1

Since 5f. is Yejeted Hence nok Pon Produced5 x 500, 00o 525,00 Produced by. one machine 525, 2 962, 560 Time pndus one paxt = 5min en Hime in 3 mnth3 K3ex 24X 66) min -129, 6GD min- ho.oe Cav'ky Ye wred per machine- Hence Production shift -9(h) X 3 shift (Per d = 11 Cavies Per machine