Question: A single station robotic assembly system performs a series of five assembly elements, each of which adds a different component to a base part. Each element takes 6 sec. In addition, the handling time needed to move the base part into and out of position is 4 sec. For identification, the components, as well as the elements that assemble them, are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The fraction defect rate q = 0.005 for all components, and the probability of a jam by a defective component in - 0.7. Average downtime per occurrence = 5.5 min. Deter-mine:

(a) production rate,

(b) yield of good product in the output.

()uptime efficiency, and

(d) proportion of the output that contains a defective type 3 component.