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Search Publications by: Frederick M Proctor (Assoc)

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Mixed Pallet Stacking: An Overview and Summary of the 2010 PerMIS Special Session

February 4, 2011
Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Henrik I. Christensen, Thomas R. Kramer, Pushkar Kolhe, Frederick M. Proctor
Stacking boxes of various sizes and contents on pallets (i.e. making mixed pallets) is a primary method of preparing goods for shipment from a warehouse to a store or other distant site. A special session of the 2010 PERMIS workshop was held to examine

Metrics for Mixed Pallet Stacking

January 31, 2011
Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Thomas R. Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor
Stacking boxes of various sizes and contents on pallets (i.e. making mixed pallets) is a primary method of preparing goods for shipment from a warehouse to a store or other distant site. Many billions of dollars are spent each year in preparing, shipping

Using Simulation To Assess The Effectiveness of Pallet Stacking Methods

November 19, 2010
Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Frederick M. Proctor, Thomas R. Kramer, Pushkar Kolhe, Henrik I. Christensen
Stacking objects onto pallets is the most widely used method of bulk shipping, accounting for over 60% of the volume of goods shipped worldwide. Due in part to the wide variation in size, shape and weight of objects to be palletized, successful stacking is

PUSH-BUTTON DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION FOR ANALYSIS OF FACTORY FLOOR OPERATIONS

November 18, 2010
Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Byeong Eon Lee, Frederick M. Proctor, Sid Venkatesh, Nils Bengtsson, Anders Skoogh, Benjamin Raverdy
In manufacturing, Discrete Event Simulation (DES) can be effectively used to model production and provide sustainability analysis of equipment and system operation by measuring throughput, capacity, and bottlenecks. DES allows analysis under different

MTCONNECT-BASED KAIZEN FOR MACHINE TOOL PROCESSES

August 18, 2010
Author(s)
Byeong Eon Lee, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Sid Venkatesh, Nils Bengtsson
Kaizen is a part of Lean Manufacturing that focuses on the concept of continuous improvement to reduce waste. For implementing Kaizen on the factory floor, comprehensive and efficient tools for data acquisition, process measurement and analysis are

Feature-based Process Planning Based on STEP

December 31, 2009
Author(s)
Thomas R. Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor
This chapter begins by describing characteristics a process planning language should have. Then it discusses the extent to which four process planning languages have these characteristics. The first two of these are STEP standard process planning languages

STEPNC++ - An Effective Tool for Feature-based CAM/CNC

December 1, 2009
Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Thomas R. Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, Xun Xu, Sid Venkatesh, David Odendahl
This chapter discusses the realization of direct translation of feature-based CAM files into feature-based CNC part program files. The information infrastructure that allows this to happen is STEP-NC, as described by ISO 14649 Parts 10 and 11. Among the

Quantifying the Performance of MT-Connect in a Distributed Manufacturing Environment

October 8, 2009
Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Byeong Eon Lee, Frederick M. Proctor, Sid Venkatesh, Sidney Ly
In the CNC manufacturing world, the continuing pressure to reduce costs and improve time to market places a premium on smarter ways of manufacturing and intensifies the need to integrate feedback from the shop floor into the enterprise business systems

Evaluating Speech Translation Systems: Applying SCORE to TRANSTAC Technologies

September 29, 2009
Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Brian A. Weiss, Michelle P. Steves, Gregory A. Sanders, Frederick M. Proctor, Ann M. Virts
The Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) program is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) advanced technology research and development program. The goal of the TRANSTAC program is to demonstrate

Standardization of Auxiliary Equipment for Next Generation CNC Machining

October 17, 2008
Author(s)
David Odendahl, Sid Venkatesh, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor
This paper presents the recent work of the Open Modular Architecture Control (OMAC) Machine Tool Working Group to support STEP-NC, which is a new standard for the exchange of comprehensive Computer Numerical Control (CNC) manufacturing data. Because of the

An Integrated Control and Simulation Environment for Mobile Robot Software Development

August 7, 2008
Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Frederick M. Proctor, Christopher J. Scrapper Jr, Thomas Kramer
In order to expedite the research and development of robotic systems and foster development of novel robot configuration, is it essential to develop tools and standards that allow researchers to rapidly develop, communicate, and compare experimental