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Methods Engineering in Industrial Work

The document discusses methods engineering and its components. It describes method study as the systematic examination of work methods to develop more efficient processes. It defines work measurement as establishing the time taken by a qualified worker to perform a specific job. Finally, it provides examples of operation process charts, flow process charts, two-handed process charts, and chronocycle and string diagrams which are tools used in methods engineering to analyze workflows.

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Methods Engineering in Industrial Work

The document discusses methods engineering and its components. It describes method study as the systematic examination of work methods to develop more efficient processes. It defines work measurement as establishing the time taken by a qualified worker to perform a specific job. Finally, it provides examples of operation process charts, flow process charts, two-handed process charts, and chronocycle and string diagrams which are tools used in methods engineering to analyze workflows.

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ME404 – Industrial

Engineering
Module-III
Methods engineering
Work study

Method study Work measurement

Motion study Time study

Higher productivity
Components of methods engineering
 Methods engineering or work study is a branch of industrial
engineering specializing in the analysis of methods and the
improvement and standardization of methods, equipment, and
working conditions.
 Method study is systematic recording and critical examination of
existing and proposed ways of doing work, as a means of developing
and applying easier and more effective methods and reducing cost.
 Work measurement is the application of techniques designed to
establish the time for qualified worker to carry out a specific job at a
2
defined level of performance.
Operation Delay

Storage
Inspection-
cum-operation

Inspection
Operation-cum-
transportation
3
Operation process chart
Task : Manufacture of pipe clamp assembly
Chart begins : Raw materials lying in stores
Chart ends : Finished assembly of pipe clip on the rack
Charted by : …………. Date of charting :……….

20 mm Hex. G.I casting 10 mm M.S. bar

0.3 8 Turn 0.1 3 Inspect 0.1 1 Cut to length

Drill
holes
0.7 9 Drill 0.5 5 2 Cut thread
face 0.25
sheet

0.25 10 Tap 0.1 4 Inspect 3 Cut thread


0.1
seat

Part Inspect
0.05 11 0.1 5 0.1 4 Bend
off holes

Centre distance
M/c
0.2 7 Nut 0.6 6 0.25 1 and inspect
radius
thread

Radius 0.1 Inspect and


Repeat 0.1 6 6
seat centre distance
once

0.05 7 Assemble

Summary
Symbol Frequency Time 0.1 12 Assemble

8 1.15
0.4 13 Paint

19 5.05

0.15 14 Hang

Operation process chart


5
Flow process chart
MAN TYPE Task : Inspection of component MATERIAL TYPE
Chart begins : Man in inspection Dept. Chart begins : Material in goods receiving
Chart ends : Man in inspection Dept. Chart ends : Man in stores
1 To goods receiving
Await arrival of man

1 Locate component
1 To inspection Dept.

1 Set on bench
2 Pick out component

2 To inspection Dept.
1 Inspection

3 Set the component to bench


2 Measure dimension

1 Visual inspection
3 Stamped

4 Measure and record length


2 To stores

Stored
5 Put inspection seal

3 To stores

6 Enter stock

4 Return to inspection Dept.


Summary

Symbol Symbol

Frequency 6 4 1 Frequency 3 2 1 1 1
7
Two handed process chart
Task : Inspection of component
Chart begins : Both hands free before assembly Charted by : ………….
Chart ends : Both hands free after assembly Date of charting :……….
Left hand Right hand

Description Symbol Symbol Description


Reach for bolt 1 1 Reach for bolt

Grasp bolt head 1 1 Grasp nut

Carry to central position 2 2 Carry to central position

Hold bolt
2 Place nut on bolt

Transfer assembly to right hand 2


3 Screw nut

4 Grasp assembly

Summary
3 Carry to box
Symbol

5 Release assembly
Frequency
5 4 0 0
(RH)

Frequency 4 Return hand to central position


2 2 1 1
(LH)

Two handed process chart


9
Chronocycle graph
2 1

Store

1 1

Flow diagram
Store
M2
(in) M4

M5
M1
Store
M3
(out)
M6
String diagram

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