Question: An eight-station automatic assembly machine has an ideal cycle time of 10 sec. Downtime is caused by defective parts jamming at the individual assembly stations.
An eight-station automatic assembly machine has an ideal cycle time of 10 sec. Downtime is caused by defective parts jamming at the individual assembly stations. The average downtime per occurrence is 3.0 min. The fraction defect rate is 1.0% and the probability that a defective part will jam at a given station is 0.6 for all stations. The cost to operate the assembly machine is $1.50 per minute and the cost of components being assembled is $.60 per unit assembly. Ignore other costs.
Determine (a) yield of good assemblies,
(b) average production rate of good assemblies,
(c) proportion of assemblies with at least one defective component, and
(d) unit cost of the assembled product.
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