A Model of a Closed-Loop Conveyor with Random Material Flow.
Abstract
A closed-loop conveyor with one loading station and one unloading station is considered. The material arriving at the unloading station is modeled as a stationary stochastic process. An analytical solution for the probability distribution of the material flow leaving the unloading station is presented. It is shown that the storage feature of the closed loop can be used to smooth the random fluctuations present in the input flow. This smoothing is quantified by the variance reduction factor, which is the ratio of the variances of output flow and input flow. The variance reduction factor is related to the conveyor capacity and a linear decision rule for unloading.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA032102
Entities
People
- Eginhard J. Muth
Organizations
- University of Florida