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Machine Requirement Calculator
Machines of one type needed for a target, from that machine type's share of the SMV.
Machines needed
7
Exact requirement
6.51
The formula
Machines = target x machine-type SMV / (working minutes x efficiency), rounded up.
Worked example
Target per day: 1000 pcs, SMV on this machine type: 2.5 min, Working minutes per day: 480 min, Expected efficiency: 80 %. Result: Machines needed = 7; Exact requirement = 6.51.
Assumptions
- Run per machine type (lockstitch, overlock, flatlock) with that type's summed SMV.
This calculator is the single-use version of what Intelactory runs across every style.
Costing sheets, line plans, dye recipes and packing lists that compute themselves from your real orders, with the numbers connected end to end.
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