Planning a Robot Cell for the Manufacturing Facility. Suggestion #1: Dr. IE feels as though putting an IRB 2400 Robot into the facility with a VF-OE machining center would be the most cost effective way to machine cast widgets. He would like to machine 1000 widgets in batches of 25. Suggestion #2: The manufacturing technicians have worked a deal with a local vendor to buy a VF-O machining center and an IRB 1400 Robot. The technicians will machine 1000 cast widgets in batches of 50. Assumptions: 1. MasterCAM will be used to create the CNC Code and Robot Studio to program the robot. 2. Cost of Engineer to Create CAM and program Robot = $50/hr. (convert to minutes) 3. One Time MasterCAM and Robot Program creation time= 4 hrs. = 240 minutes 4. Machining Time on VF-O (does not include load & UNL time per part) = 15 minutes. 5. Machining Time on VF-OE (does not include load & UNL time per part) = 13.5 minutes 6. Working Time: 40 hrs./ week, 52 weeks/ yr. (convert to minutes) 7. With Robot: 0.2min. Load and 0.2 min. Unload = 0.4 min. Total Load & Unload Time 8. Cost of Capital: 7.25%, Life of Robot and Machine: 6 yrs. (So, you will use the robot and machine and make payments on your loan over 6 years.) Hint: Find A/P, .0725, 6yrs. and convert the annual cost of a robot and/or a machine to a per minute cost using the working time given above. 9. Cost of Operator: $25/hr. (convert to minutes) 10. Batch Set Up Time: 60 minutes/batch. 11. Machine Costs: VF-O - $80,000 VF-OE - $97,000 12. Robot Costs: IRB 1400- $50,000 IRB 2400- $58,000 13. Fixture Cost: $500 14. CAM/ Robot Studio Program Usage Fee: $250 COST EQUATION USING THE ROBOT: