2. Pickling The wire is pulled through the die, its volume remains the same, so as the diameter decreases, the length increases. % of areal reduction

3. Single block wire drawing machines A bracket standing up to hold the die A vertical drum which rotates and by coiling the wire around its surface pulls it through the die The wire drum or "block" is provided with means for rapidly coupling or uncoupling The block is also tapered Snatching

6. Mechanical Properties The strength-enhancing effect Tensile strength can be as high as 3760 MPa Drawing dies Tungsten carbide Die angles usually range from 6–15 °

7. OPTIMIZATION OF OPERATIONS IN A STEEL WIRE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Process flow chart :

9. Wire breakages and maintenance resulted in approximately 60% of the total idle time Downtime of any one of the KOCH machines will affect the productivity of Bekeart No specific schedule was prepared for preventive maintenance The time consumed and the frequency of each fault was not studied No specific task was taken to change or to revise subassemblies or machine members design which are giving trouble periodically.

10. GOAL: NEED TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY Productivity can be increased in numerous ways : By reducing the input for the same level of output By increasing the output with the same level of input By combining both By reducing down-time due to - Wire breakages, maintenance, reducing the material input, by using better quality of goods, improved utilization of resources, reduction in working capital

11. IDLE-TIME ANALYSIS Shift-to-shift detailed production chart of each machine Reasoning for idle time occurrence per shift Wire breakages were basically due to defective raw material, improper pickling and welding Rare problems – very high time consumption Regular problems – very less time consumption

12. The number of arrivals of the entity at the stores. The number of resources required Frequency and time of breakdown maintenance of the KOCH machines Utilization of the KOCH machines

13. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS Optimum Lot Size The objective was to reduce the blocking of the coils in the process The optimum arrival quantity – 42 Throughput Increasing the arrival quantity Adding an extra forklift

14. Variables Decision Scenarios 12345 % down, KOCH1 6.61.45.71.81.6 % down, KOCH2 8.62.68.22.5 % down, KOCH3 8.82.88.63.82.9 % down, KOCH4 9.13.19.13.43.0 % Utilization of forklift1 99.910079.879.980.0 % Utilization of forklift2 44.543.599.499.5 Preventive Maintenance

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