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Match factor for heterogeneous truck

and loader fleets
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C. N. Burt & L. Caccetta
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Western Australian Centre of Excellence in Industrial
Optimisation (WACEIO), Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth,
Western Australia, 6845, Australia

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Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2008, 84 – 85

Corrigendum

Match factor for heterogeneous truck

and loader fleets

C. N. BURT and L. CACCETTA

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Western Australian Centre of Excellence in Industrial Optimisation (WACEIO),

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University of Technology,
GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia

Sections 4 and 4.1, originally published in Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2007), 262 – 270, are
incorrect. The authors would like to apologise for this error. The correct sections should be as
follows:

4. Heterogeneous truck and loader fleets

For heterogeneous truck and loader fleets we consider the time required for each loader to serve
the available truck fleet. This is equal to the sum of the number of trucks of type i multiplied by the
time required to serve that truck type. These are the loading times, ltj, for each loader type j.
X
ltj ¼ ðtrucksi  unique loading timei;j Þ ð13Þ
i

Now we consider the loader service rate for all loaders in the fleet.

X ðnumber of loadersÞj
LSR ¼ ðnumber of trucksÞ ð14Þ
j
ltj

As in section 3, the truck cycle time is assumed to be an average for the entire truck fleet for that
period.
number of trucks
MF ¼  
P ðnumber of loadersÞj
ðnumber of trucksÞ j ðtruck cycle timeÞ
ltj
1
¼  : ð15Þ
P ðnumber of loadersÞj
j ðtruck cycle timeÞ
ltj

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In the instance of unique truck cycle times, this can be easily extended as follows:

ðnumber of trucksÞ
MF ¼   ð16Þ
P ðnumber of loadersÞj P
j ð i trucksi  truck cycle timei Þ
ltj

When only one type of truck and one type of loader operate in the fleet, equations (15) – (16)
reduce to equation (4), as expected.

4.1 Example
This example determines the match factor of a heterogeneous truck and loader fleet. Table 4
presents the data set.
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Table 4. Example data: heterogeneous truck and loader fleet with common truck cycle time.

Equipment Capacity (tonnes) Cycle time (seconds)

15 Truck type A 150 1500

7 Truck type B 230 1500
1 Loader type C 60 35
1 Loader type D 38 30

The unique loading times for each truck are determined by the rule of thumb described in
section 3.1.
150
Truck type A and loader type C : ¼ 2:5 3 swings; 3  35 ¼ 105 s
60
150
Truck type A and loader type D : ¼ 3:9 4 swings; 4  30 ¼ 120 s
38
230
Truck type B and loader type C : ¼ 3:8 4 swings; 4  35 ¼ 140 s
60
230
Truck type B and loader type D : ¼ 6:1 6 swings; 6  30 ¼ 180 s
38
We must calculate the loading times, ltj, for each loader of type j.

Loader type C: 15  105 þ 7  140 ¼ 2555

Loader type D: 15  120 þ 7  180 ¼ 3060
1
MF ¼  1 1

2555 þ 3060  1500
¼ 0:928

This solution is close to the theoretical perfect match of 1.0. This is a good result in terms of
overall efficiency and productivity of the fleet. However, one should be aware that costing has not
been considered in determining the MF and so it is possible that the fleet would be cheaper to
operate if the match factor was lower.