Practice Determining Balanced Number Of Trucks (4.2) - Loading Time and Gravimetric Capacity

Practice: Determining Balanced Number of Trucks

Lesson 4.2Loading Time and Gravimetric Capacity

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Question 1.
Define gravimetric capacity.
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What does the manufacturer specify?
Question 2.
How is loading time calculated?
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Think about the timing of loading activity.
3Question 3.
What does gravimetric capacity refer to?
- A measure of speed
- The maximum safe load
- The cycle time of equipment
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What does the manufacturer state about the machine?
4Question 4.
True or False: It is safe to overload machines beyond their gravimetric capacity.
- True
- False
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Consider the consequences of exceeding limits.
Question 5.
You are managing a project with a loader that has a cycle time of 1.5 minutes and a truck with a 35-minute cycle time. If the truck capacity is 12m³, how many trucks would be balanced?
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Work with the cycle time ratios.
Question 6.
If the excavator can handle a dump of 15 tons, with a load of 8 tons per truck, how many truck loads can it process within a given time frame, assuming no waiting time?
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Think about the limits versus machine capacity.

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