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Flexible Lines with Setups: Analysis, Improvement, and Application

January 4, 2016
Author(s)
Cong Zhao, Jingshan Li, Ningjian Huang, John A. Horst
… Setup times commonly exist in many flexible manufacturing lines to adjust tools and carry out safety and … a Markov chain model is introduced to study flexible manufacturing lines with setups. An aggregation-based … rate. Finally, an application study at a furniture manufacturing plant is introduced. …

State Models for Jobs and Job Supervisors

June 1, 1997
Author(s)
David Flater, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Evan K. Wallace
… Intelligent control of discrete parts manufacturing jobs and machinery requires state models for … automata, control, manufacturing …

Distributed Data Interfaces--the Lessons of IMDAS

July 1, 1988
Author(s)
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr.
… are that they are the data repositories for the current manufacturing enterprise, that the existing application … data systems, databases, manufacturing enterprise …

ACCURACY DEGRADATION ANALYSIS FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEMS

June 7, 2017
Author(s)
Guixiu Qiao, Brian A. Weiss
… As robot systems become increasingly prevalent in manufacturing environments, the need for improved accuracy … have greatly enhanced automotive and aerospace manufacturing capabilities, including high-precision … system's tool center accuracy can lead to a decrease in manufacturing quality and production efficiency. Given the …

Lead-Free Solders: A Change in the Electronics Infrastructure

September 1, 1999
Author(s)
C A. Handwerker
… C. Since legislation to eliminate lead from electronics manufacturing was first proposed in the early 1990s, many of … materials. In the last seven years, our knowledge of die manufacturing product performance, and reliability of … availability: Equal to or better than eutectic Sn/Pb.3. Manufacturing requirements: Melting behavior the same as …

An Advanced Deburring and Chamfering System

July 31, 1990
Author(s)
Karl Murphy, Frederick M. Proctor
… International Symposium on Robotics & Manufacturing … of the IEEE Third International Symposium on Robotics & Manufacturing (ISRAM 90) …

Industrial Wireless Systems Workshop Proceedings

May 11, 2017
Author(s)
Richard Candell
… systems, which include process control, discrete manufacturing, safety systems, and building automation. … workshop, industrial wireless, manufacturing, wireless networks, guidelines …

Synchrotron 4-dimensional imaging of two-phase flow through porous media

July 13, 2016
Author(s)
Felix H. Kim, D. Penumadu, P. Patel, X. Xiao, E. J. Garboczi, Shawn P. Moylan, M A. Donmez
… media. An emerging topic of evaluating metal additive manufacturing (AM) parts with X-ray CT (XCT) is also introduced. AM is a revolutionary manufacturing technique for creating complex geometry parts … additive manufacturing …

Measuring downstream supply chain losses due to power disturbances

September 16, 2022
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas, Juan Fung
… disturbances in the supply chain for four industries: manufacturing, durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goods manufacturing, and total private industry. This indirect … manufacturing, power disturbance, value added, supply chain …

Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers of WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks

January 1, 2005
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi, Andrew N. Novick, John P. Lowe, Matthew J. Deutch, Gerald Nelson, Douglas D. Sutton, William C. Yates, D. W. Hanson
… intended to benefit WWVB radio controlled clock (RCC) manufacturers and consumers. It recommends key features to manufacturers that their products should include, and key … Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers of WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks …

Towards model-based integration specifications to secure the extended enterprise

September 30, 2020
Author(s)
Sylvere Krima, Marion Toussaint, Allison Barnard Feeney
… With the growing digitalization of manufacturing and the associated reliance on digital data, … and the distributed nature of supply chains, designing, manufacturing, and distributing a product involves a … The ASTM Journal of Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing …

ATP Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Technology [MVMT] Public Workshop

October 1, 1997
Author(s)
J C. Boudreaux, T R. Lettieri
… The ATP Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Technology [MVMT] program focuses on technology advances that strengthen manufacturing capabilities along the entire automotive … The purpose of the present ATP workshop is to provide the manufacturing community with a technical overview of the …

Virtual Assembly Design Environment

September 1, 1995
Author(s)
Kevin W. Lyons
… with software systems for engineering design and manufacturing will provide a new boost to the field of computer-aided engineering. One aspect of design and manufacturing which may be significantly affected by virtual … virtual assembly, virtual manufacturing, virtual reality …

Strategic Plan for the Factory Automation Systems Division

August 1, 1993
Author(s)
Howard Bloom
… The explosion of new information technologies and new manufacturing methods such as concurrent engineering, with … future needs of U.S. industry. A vision of 21st century manufacturing is presented in terms of the implementation of … by the National critical Technologies Panel, the Agile Manufacturing Forum, and the new government Advanced …

Simulation and Analysis for Sustainable Product Development

January 9, 2013
Author(s)
Mahesh Mani
… a critical role in the design of products, materials and manufacturing processes. However, there are gaps in the … and systems approach to predicting impacts via Sustainable Manufacturing Planning and Simulation (SMPS) is presented in … thereby facilitating steady reductions in design and manufacturing cycles. For SMPS, we propose to extend an …

Using NTP: Introduction and Recommended Practices

February 28, 2006
Author(s)
YaShian Li-Baboud
… With future e-Manufacturing applications requiring precisely synchronized … module to reliably and securely meet next-generation e-Manufacturing timing requirements. … Time Synchronization, NTP, e-Manufacturing …

The Technical Program of the Factory Automation Systems Division 1992

May 1, 1992
Author(s)
Howard Bloom, Larry Masters
… Division (FASD), one of four technical divisions in the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory supports the U.S. mechanical manufacturing industry through research and measurement …
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