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Assembly Line Balancing

Assembly line balancing is a technique used to optimize assembly lines by assigning operations to workstations to minimize workstations, cycle time, and idle time while maximizing efficiency. The key goals are to match customer demand rate using takt time principles. Calculating the theoretical minimum workstations and line efficiency can help balance assembly lines to increase productivity.

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Assembly Line Balancing

Assembly line balancing is a technique used to optimize assembly lines by assigning operations to workstations to minimize workstations, cycle time, and idle time while maximizing efficiency. The key goals are to match customer demand rate using takt time principles. Calculating the theoretical minimum workstations and line efficiency can help balance assembly lines to increase productivity.

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ASSEMBLY LINE

BALANCING
Introduction
• The manufacturing assembly line balancing was
first introduced in the early 1900’s.
• There are different types of assembly line balancing
problems.
-SALBP-1.
-SALBP-2.
• Line and work cell balancing is an effective
tool to improve the throughput of assembly
lines
What is Assembly Line
Balancing (ALB)?

• Assembly Line Balancing, or simply


Line Balancing (LB), is the problem of
assigning operations to workstations
along an assembly line, in such a way
that the assignment be optimal in some
sense.
• Goals of ALB:
-minimize number of work
stations.
-minimize the cycle time.
-minimize idle time.
-maximize the line efficiency.
Assembly line Principles:
• Division of labor principle.

• Interchangeable parts principle.

• Material workflow principle.

• Line pacing principle.


Types of ALB
• SALBP
• UALBP
• MALBP
• GALBP
What is the Takt Time?
• Takt time is most simply the average rate at
which customers buy products and hence
the rate at which products should be
manufactured.
• It is expressed in time units one every so
many minutes or so many minutes between
completions
Takt Time = Available Work Time
Customer Demand
Example:
Customer demand = 10 units / month
Total time available = 20 days
Takt time = 20
10
=2
Drumbeat = 1 part every 2 days
Each process needs to complete
one unit every 2 days
Benefits of the Takt time

• Easily managed processes


• Output of each process matches
customer demand
• Reduced costs
• Improved quality
Line Balancing : Simple Example
Improved Situation
Minimum Work Stations:
• Calculate the theoretical minimum number of
workstations (N).
– If Cd = 4.8 minutes

 ti
j ti = completion time for
task i
i =1 j = number of tasks
N= Cd Cd = desired cycle time
Line Efficiency:
• Evaluate the efficiency of the line (E).
– If Cd = 4 minutes and N = 4 work stations.

 ti
j ti = completion time for
task i
i =1 j = number of tasks
E=
Cd = actual cycle time
N Cd
N = actual number of
workstations
Conclusion:
• Simply Assembly Line Balancing is a
valid method to optimize assembly
lines. By using Takt search we can
easily optimize the ALB problems.
balanced assembly line help to increase
the productivity of organization.
References:

1. www.optimaldesign.com/Download/Opti Line
/FalkenauerPLM05.pdf
2. www.acsco.com/ LineBalancing .htm
3.http://www.manufacturinginstitute.co.uk/text.asp?
PageId=83
4.http://www.simcore.fr/Pages/en/en_soft_pplb.php?
Langue=en&IndexMnu=6

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