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Repeated timing sum

Pick-and-place cycle

Inputs

User-entered travel time to the pick or place position.
User-entered return travel time for the same repeated cycle.
User-entered gripper or process dwell at pick.
User-entered gripper or process dwell at place.
User-entered transfer, sensing, or other time added to each cycle.
Declared repeated cycle count for the batch-time result.

Results

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Declared repeated cycle time

3.1

Ideal hourly throughput

1,161.3

cycles/h
Declared-cycle batch duration

5.1667

tcycle = tout + tback + tpick + tplace + taux; throughput = 3600/tcycle; tbatch = Ntcycle

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Method

Formula, when it applies, and when it does not

Sum travel, dwell, and auxiliary times into a repeated pick-and-place cycle, throughput, and batch-duration screen.

tcycle = tout + tback + tpick + tplace + taux; throughput = 3600/tcycle; tbatch = Ntcycle

When

  • Repeated identical cycles
  • Times entered by user
  • No path simulation
  • No overlap or queuing

Don’t

  • This is a repeated timing sum from user-entered travel, dwell, and auxiliary times. It does not simulate robot paths, acceleration, blending, queuing, overlap, controller behavior, reach, collision, faults, payload limits, uptime, safety, or throughput guarantees.
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