Production line – takt time, bottleneck station and output

Design & TechnologyMechanical EngineeringAges 16–17

The line has several stations in series, each with its own processing time; click Run to watch parts move along the conveyor and pile up in a queue in front of the slowest station (the bottleneck), while the other stations sit idle waiting for work. Click a station, then drag the slider to change its processing time, or fit a robot / add a parallel station at the bottleneck, and watch the takt time, hourly output and per-shift production change instantly.