Research Article
Material Handling Equipment Selection Using Weighted Utility Additive Theory
Table 1
Quantitative data for the conveyor selection problem [
2].
| | Conveyor | Fixed cost per hour
(FC) | Variable cost per hour
(VC) | Speed of conveyor
(m/min) (SC) | Item width
(cm) (IW) | Item weight
(kg) () | Flexibility
() |
| | 2 | 0.45 | 12 | 15 | 10 | Very good (0.745) | | 2.3 | 0.44 | 13 | 20 | 10 | Excellent (0.955) | | 2.25 | 0.45 | 11 | 30 | 20 | Excellent (0.955) | | 2.4 | 0.46 | 10 | 25 | 15 | Very good (0.745) |
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