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3. Your boss sends you out to review productivity at an automated upsetting forge. The operation cycle consists of a processi

3. Your boss sends you out to review productivity at an automated upsetting forge. The operation cycle consists of a processing time of , a part handling time of , and a tool change is required every 25 parts, which takes . Over an 60 -hr period you observe four breakdowns that result in 3 hours of downtime at the equipment. Additionally 29 parts are rejected by quality control and deemed defective. It's a long running process so no setups are required. Determine (a) hourly production rate of acceptable parts and (b) scrap rate during the period.


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a) The total processing time per part is 2.14min+0.65min=2.79min. The tool change time is 1.50 min and it is req
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