Improved Process chart --- Part A

Travel
Quantity Symbol Process Remarks
Feet
Storage in tube cradle
Use overhead
55 tubes 0 Lifting using crane
crane
Time in crane
Loading on to trailer
travel minimized
Trailer pulled by truck to Dept. 91 Eliminate Dept.
1840
stores 97 and rack
10 tubes Loading onto trailer with crane

1000 Transported to Dept. 91

Loading onto wheeled rack

11 tubes In wheeled rack

Transported to chamfering
100
machine
Chamfering

Turning

Cutting

Unloading the stock

Loading the cut piece

Chamfering at cut off end

726
Cut pieces are loaded into the tub
pieces
In tub
Transportation by gasoline lift
100
truck to the inspection area
Inspection for count and visual
quality
726
Pieces are loaded into tubs
pieces
In tub
 Transported by Gasoline lift truck
to Dept. 41
Loaded into washer

Washing
726 Eliminate
Ejection into tub
pieces container
In tub

85 Transported to sand blast room

Unloaded behind the sand blast
machine
Sand blasting
726 Eliminate
Loaded into the transportation tubs
pieces ordinary tub
In transportation tub
Transportation of tubs by electric
1 tub 157
lift truck to inspection area
Counting of pieces
725
Retubbing
pieces
In tub

Lifting by gasoline lift truck

587 Transported to welding area

 Improved Process chart --- Part B
Travel
Quantity Symbol Process Remarks
Feet
Storage in Warehouse

58 strips 5 Loaded into a trailer

Transported by trailer truck
500
combo to Dept. 56
Loading on to piercing
machine
Piercing

Blanking

Unloading from machine

Checking for size and no. of
holes
500
Unloading to pan
pieces
In pan
Transportation by lift truck to
25
flattening machine
Loading on machine

Restriking

Flattening
3000
Loading into tub
pieces
In tub

Checking for quality

1 tub Lifting by electric hoist

Transported to washing
12
machine
Unloaded to washing machine

Washing
3000
Unloading into tubs
pieces
 In tub
Weighing for verification of
count
Transported by gasoline lift
1265
truck to Dept. 41
Unloading beside sand
blasting machine
Loading into sand blasting
machine
Sand blasting

Extraction of grit
3000
Shoveling into tubs
pieces
In tub

1 tub Loading into electric lift truck

157 Transported to inspection area

Verification of counts
Loading onto gasoline lift
1 tub
truck
Instead of taking to dept. 43 for
3000
Loading into bins by hand putting into boxes, just put into
pieces
bin straightaway at dept.41
In bins
Transportation to welding
1 bin
assembly fixtures in Dept. 42
Positioning on assembly
fixtures
 Process chart --- Assembly

Travel
Quantity Symbol Process
Feet
Storage near welding machine

1 each Clamping of parts A and B

Gas welding

Inspection

Storage