Figure 4-103. Example timing of a bulk shipping or receiving operation.

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Figure 4-103. Example timing of a bulk shipping or receiving operation.

e. In a balanced operation, all men and equipment

load quantity from the gondola car, (2) the time

expended by a straddle truck in moving the unit load

units are synchronized to an acceptable producing pace.

from the off loading point to the stacking point, and (3)

Figure 4-104 depicts three separate equipment

the time required for a forklift truck to stack supplies as

operations. Each must move in balance with productive

deposited by a straddle truck. Related time elements

capabilities of other units in this hypothetical operation.

for each of these operations will form the basis for

To attain this, two cranes are necessary to keep pace

equipment assignment. The illustration is intended to

with one straddle truck and one lift truck. Separate

depict one method of handling a particular commodity.

timings of each segment have established pattern of

It is recognized that other equipment and/or methods

equipment requirements. Considerations in timing are:

may also apply.

(1) the time expenditure for a crane to discharge a unit

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