Plant management . The first step in laying outa new industry or in rearranging an old one is to mapout the most advantageous sequence of continuous industries this is comparatively easyto do, since the sequence is usually fixed automaticallyby the character of the industry. The same is trueof assemblying industries of the extreme type wherethere is little or no sequence. In intermittent manu-facturing, however, this problem is often most difii-cult and almost always deserves more attention thanis given it. It is often most difficult in these in-dustries to secure a balanced equip
Plant management . The first step in laying outa new industry or in rearranging an old one is to mapout the most advantageous sequence of continuous industries this is comparatively easyto do, since the sequence is usually fixed automaticallyby the character of the industry. The same is trueof assemblying industries of the extreme type wherethere is little or no sequence. In intermittent manu-facturing, however, this problem is often most difii-cult and almost always deserves more attention thanis given it. It is often most difficult in these in-dustries to secure a balanced equipment or any ap-proach to a natural flow of material from the receiv- ARRANGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 249 ing end to the delivery end with a minimum of expensefor handling and transporting. When a decision hasbeen made regarding the machines or processes thatare to be installed, an outline plan of the arrangementof these processes and the buildings that are to housethem can be made. In making this plan, attention. Figure 19. Stamp Miu, CoNniriTors Ikdustrt Plant must be had to the character of the ground on whicKthe plant is to stand. Thus Figure 19 shows a roughoutline of such a process map for an ore reductionplant situated on a hillside to take advantage of grav-ity, the ore passing thru the several machines and proc-esses largely because of that force. Figure 20 showsa similar plan for an intermittent process industry inwhich transportation is in general from left to right. S50 PLANT MANAGEMENT but in which there may be many small backwardmovements of material in some classes of work. 5. Size of floors and buildings.âThe exact size ofeach floor and of each building, will depend on the ma-chines and processes to be installed. This must bedetermined by the conditions of the case. Thus inFigure 19 the capacity of the machinery in each de-partment must be equal to the capacity in every other,due attention being had to necessary duplication to in-sure steady operation. In Figur
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