Unit 2 - ProModel - Exercises
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Unit 2: ProModel
Exercises
1. Three different types of parts arrive at a machining center. Before the center
There is a work-in-process warehouse with virtually limitless capacity. The
operation time and the rate of entry of the parts are as follows:
Input Rate Type
piece (parts/h) (min/piece)
1 2 3
2 4 5
3 2 10
Simulate for 100 hours, and determine:
a) The use of the machining center.
b) Total number of pieces produced.
c) Average waiting time of the parts in the warehouse.
d) Average number of pieces in stock.
2. A painting system consists of two processes in series: painting and baking. The
Painting time is 10 min/piece, and baking time is 6 min/piece. For
In the process, there are two painters and a furnace. The input rate is 7 pieces/hour (piece
type 1) and 3 pieces/hour (type 2 piece). The time to move from one process to another
It is 30 seconds. Simulate the system for 5 days to determine:
a) The use of each operation.
b) Average time of stay of the pieces throughout the process.
c) Average wait time of the parts before painting and before
baked.
A certain type of part enters a production line; the supplier delivers the
pieces in groups of 5 every 10 minutes. The line consists of 5 operations, with a
dedicated machine for each operation. The processes are:
Operation 1 2 3 4 5
Time
2 1 0.5 0.25 0.125
(min/piece)
The time to move between stations is 0.0625. The animation must include a
counter of produced pieces. Simulate the process of 1000 pieces to determine:
a) Total time of the simulation.
b) Use of each operation.
c) Waiting time before the first operation.
d) Percentage of time the part is blocked (convert percentage to hours.
and min.).
4. Customers arrive at a copying center every 5 minutes, with a distribution
exponential. There they are attended to by a worker with an average service of 6
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minutes with exponential distribution. There is only space for three people in line; if
someone else arrives, they are sent to another copying center. Simulate the system from
this information and determine:
a) What is the average number of customers waiting in line?
b) What is the use of the copying center?
c) If each customer that leaves costs the copy center $5, how much does it amount to?
the expected loss?
5. Bars arrive at a lathe every 3 minutes with an exponential distribution. There they
processed according to a normal distribution with an average of 5 minutes and deviation
one minute standard. They then go through an inspection process. The
The capacity of the storage before the lathe is 10 pieces. On the other hand, to a milling machine
plates arrive every 5 ± 1 minutes. The processing time of the plates in the milling machine
is distributed triangularly (2, 4, 7). Then, the plates go to inspection. The
The inventory capacity before the milling machine is 10 pieces. In the process of
inspection has available space to store 15 pieces, while
The inspection time is 4 ± 2 minutes for the bars and 6 ± 1 for the plates.
After the inspection, the parts exit the system. Consider a transport time.
between stations 2 minutes apart with constant distribution.
a) Simulate the system for 40 hours to determine the minimum capacity of each
inventory, so that all parts that arrive in the system are processed
and there is no blockage due to lack of capacity.
b) What is the difference in the number of pieces produced between the model
original and the improved model?
Start of the simulation.
d) Change the graphs of both pieces after being processed.
6. Type 1 parts arrive at the production system of the company EHYPSA every
5 ± 3 minutes, and type 2 pieces every 3 ± 2 minutes. Type 1 pieces go through cleaning.
in a time of 8 ± 3 minutes; upon leaving, 25% must be cleaned again, and 75%
remaining goes out of the system for sale. Type 2 parts go through first
verification in a time of 9 ± 3 minutes, and then for cleaning in a time of
3 ± 1 minutes. Upon leaving cleaning, 5% must be cleaned again, and the remaining 95%
exit the system for its sale. Simulate the system for 1 month and determine the number
minimum number of verification and cleaning workers that allow maximizing production
for now. Indicate the number of pieces of each type that were produced during the month.
7. A packing machine is fed by two conveyor belts. Due to the
first, sweets enter at a constant rate of 2000 sweets/hour. By the second
Bags enter. The machine packs 50 candies per bag and places the product.
packaged in a third party, for its transportation to the product warehouse
finished. The total packing time is 20 seconds. The speed of the belts
It is 150 feet per minute. Every 3 hours, the packing machine stops for adjustments and
cleaning; the time to carry out these operations is exponential with an average of
10 minutes. While the packer is being adjusted, the bags and the sweets continue.
entering the system. Develop a model and determine the average entry rate of
bags, number of packed candy bags, inventory in process and the percentage
of the use of the packing machine.
