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Line Balancing

Line balancing is arranging a production line so that work flows evenly between stations to avoid delays. This is achieved by rearranging stations or adding machines/workers to some stations so that all operations take approximately the same amount of time. The line balancing procedure involves determining tasks and their sequence, estimating task times, setting the cycle time, assigning tasks to stations to balance the line, and calculating the number of stations needed based on total task time and cycle time.

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Line Balancing

Line balancing is arranging a production line so that work flows evenly between stations to avoid delays. This is achieved by rearranging stations or adding machines/workers to some stations so that all operations take approximately the same amount of time. The line balancing procedure involves determining tasks and their sequence, estimating task times, setting the cycle time, assigning tasks to stations to balance the line, and calculating the number of stations needed based on total task time and cycle time.

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Line Balancing

Arranging a production line for an even


flow of production from one work
station to the next, so that there are no
delay at any work station that will leave
the next work station with idle time.
Balancing may be achieved by
rearrangement of the workstations or
by adding machine and workers at
same of the station so that all operation
take about the same amount of time.

Line Balancing Procedure


1. Determine what task must be
performed to complete one unit
of finished product and the
sequence in which the task must
be performed. Draw the
precedence diagram

2. Estimate the task time


(amount of time it take a worker
to perform each task).

3. Determine Cycle Time : Cycle


time is the time between
successive unit coming off the
end of the line.

4. Assign each task to a work


station and balance the line.
5. Determine the number of
workstation required .
Nt = sum of task time
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cycle time

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