The contractor was awarded a contract to construct a parking lot for a small shopping center. The contractor plans to use single pusher scraper for site grading with a chain loading method.

It has been decided there will be total 11 scrapers, and for each scraper the estimated cycle time is 7 mins.

a) how many pushers are required to serve a fleet of 11 scrapers.b) the expected production of the scraper fleet if only 1 pusher is available. (production of a single scraper assuming adequate pusher support is 317 BCY/hr.

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opudodennis opudodennis · Answer 1 · 2020-01-02T08:37:25+01:00

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Loading Method Single Pusher Tandem Pusher

Back-Track 1.5 1.4

Chain or Shuttle 1.0 0.9

Answer:

(a) 3 back-trucks and 2 chains

(b) 2491 BCY/hr

Explanation:

(a)

The number of scrapers per pusher

[tex]Back-track=\frac {7}{1.5}=4.667[/tex]

[tex]Chain=\frac {7}{1}=7[/tex]

Number of pushers needed

[tex]Back-truck=\frac {11}{4.667}=2.357\approx 3[/tex]

[tex]Chain=\frac {11}{7}=1.57\approx 2[/tex]

(b)

Production=(Number of pushers* Number of scrappers* Production per scrapper)/ Required number of pushers

[tex]Production=\frac {1}{1.4}\times 11 \times 317 BCY/hr= 2490.7\approx 2491 BCY/hr[/tex]