Practice Cycle Time Of The Bulldozer (1) - Cycle Time of the Bulldozer

Practice: Cycle Time of the Bulldozer

Lesson 1Cycle Time of the Bulldozer

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Question 1.
What are the two main components of cycle time?
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Think of the time taken during operations.
Question 2.
What is push time dependent on?
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What influences the distance pushed?
3Question 3.
What time is considered variable in the bulldozer cycle?
- Maneuver time
- Push time
- Both
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Think about which aspect changes based on distance.
4Question 4.
True or False: Cycle time includes just the time spent pushing material.
- True
- False
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Recall the definition of cycle time.
Question 5.
Consider a bulldozer with a blade load of 2 cubic meters and a cycle time made up of 10 minutes of push, 5 minutes of backtrack, and 2 minutes of maneuvering. Calculate the productivity in cubic meters per hour.
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Remember to convert time into hours for your productivity calculation.
Question 6.
If a bulldozer has a fixed cycle time of 15 minutes but operates under a dense material with a correction factor of 0.8, what is the new effective cycle time?
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How do correction factors change your baseline calculations?

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