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Fixture makes things possible and increase productivity in machine related activities as well as in manual operations.
The Honda of America motorcycle manufacturing plant in Marysville, OH, implemented a new fixture used in finishing motorcycle fenders and reduces the number of part lifts to only two, one for loading and one for unloading. The new method, cut cycle time for the operation by 50 percent and reduced scrap by 83 percent.
Humantech (Ann Arbor, MI www.humantech.com) is the consultant that redesigned the operation method that involved reaching forward as far as 28 inches, maintain awkward upper body postures, and 24 lifts of a 12-pound part in the operating cycle. The cycle time was 30 minutes.
Due to the new fixture, forward reach was reduced to 15 inches, and awkward postures have been eliminated. The financial benefit was estimated to be $500,000 per year.
https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/84116-assembly-in-action-fixture-redesign-cuts-cycle-time-in-half
Fixture makes things possible and increase productivity in machine related activities as well as in manual operations.
The Honda of America motorcycle manufacturing plant in Marysville, OH, implemented a new fixture used in finishing motorcycle fenders and reduces the number of part lifts to only two, one for loading and one for unloading. The new method, cut cycle time for the operation by 50 percent and reduced scrap by 83 percent.
Humantech (Ann Arbor, MI www.humantech.com) is the consultant that redesigned the operation method that involved reaching forward as far as 28 inches, maintain awkward upper body postures, and 24 lifts of a 12-pound part in the operating cycle. The cycle time was 30 minutes.
Due to the new fixture, forward reach was reduced to 15 inches, and awkward postures have been eliminated. The financial benefit was estimated to be $500,000 per year.
https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/84116-assembly-in-action-fixture-redesign-cuts-cycle-time-in-half
Note:
Designing new jigs and fixtures that reduce time taken by operators is part of motion study and industrial engineering. Industrial engineers have to acquire the capability of conceptualizing and designing jigs & fixtures and have to interact with specialist tool designers if necessary to get the fixtures required for process productivity improvement.
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Updated on 20 May 2021
pub 11 June 2020
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