Speed Chain or Roller Conveyor? Choosing for High-Mix Assembly
Both conveyor types can move a carrier at the same rate. The difference appears when the product changes every few hours, when…
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Every Kailida article filed under Assembly Line Design — selection notes, commissioning detail and field experience from our project engineers.
Guangzhou Seat Assembly: Mixed-Model Production at 45 Seconds
Three seat variants, one line, 45-second takt. The line had to change fixtures and material without losing a cycle, and the torque…
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Fixture Plate Design: Location, Material and Quick Change
A fixture plate is a precision interface between the product and the line. If the location scheme is wrong, no amount of clamping…
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Seat Assembly at 45 Seconds: Cycle Time and Station Layout
A seat line at 45 seconds is a balance problem wrapped around a heavy, bulky product. The station layout has to account for…
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Fixtures, Tooling and Material Feed at Takt
A balanced line still loses output if the fixture takes nine seconds to load or the operator walks four metres for a part. Tooling…
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Setting Cycle Time on a Speed Chain Line: Stations, Accumulation and Buffer
Takt time is a division. Line balance is where the work actually happens. Here is how to divide stations, size buffers and avoid a…
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Conveyor Layout: Six Basic Forms and How to Choose
Most conveyor layouts are a variation of six forms. The choice is set by the building, the process and the number of operators…
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Flexible Changeover on Appliance Final Assembly Lines
A refrigerator line that builds three models on one conveyor needs more than a quick-change fixture. It needs a sequence, a…
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Battery Module and Pack Lines: Layout from Cell to Pack
A battery pack line is a sequence of controlled environments. Cell grading, module assembly and pack assembly have different…
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Traceability on Automotive Assembly Lines: Implementation Steps
Traceability is not a barcode scanner at the end of the line. It is a sequence of reads, writes and interlocks that prove every…
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Planning a Phone Assembly Line from SMT to End of Line
A phone line is a sequence of environments, not a single conveyor. SMT, sub-assembly, final assembly, test and packing each need a…
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Speed Chain Conveyor Lines: Structure, Working Principle and Selection
A speed chain line is not a roller conveyor with a different name. The 2.5× ratio between chain and carrier speed changes how you…
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Line Balancing: A Practical Method for Station Division
Line balancing is not a software exercise. It is a sequence of decisions about what can be separated, what must stay together and…
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