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While prior research has focused on siloed approaches to equipment replacement, this study introduces an integrated decision-making framework that synergizes predictive maintenance (IoT/M), dynamic multi-criteria analysis (MCDM), and sustainability-driven material selection. By validating this model through cross-sector case studies and strategic operational planning across various industrial sectors. We demonstrate a 30% improvement in replacement timing…

Soft robots have softer, more flexible, and more compliant characteristics than traditional rigid robots. These qualities encourage more secure relationships between people and machines. Nevertheless, traditional robots continue to rule the commercial sector. Due to the high cost of gripper production, soft robots are very far from being commercially feasible. This research focuses on fabricating…

Currently, the quality and quantity of product must be inspected before transporting. Currently the popular unsealing box product inspecting is performed by weighing the box where the errors occur according to the tolerance of the weighting machine and tolerance weight of the product. On the other hand, the quantity of product can be inspected automatically…

Sales behavior and the technical development of products influence their fabrication. As market influences become increasingly volatile and unpredictable, factories will have to adapt their manufacturing to market trends even more in the future. Adaptation is referred to as convertibility and can be achieved, among other things, by mobile and intercompatible machines. Enabling machines to…

The article describes a way to increase the efficiency of an abrasive tool by its impregnation in an aqueous solution of chromium diiodide. The device scheme for impregnating the instrument is proposed. Research results of durability of tools impregnated with chromium diiodide and structural condition of material of a surface layer of details after processing…

During service, oil and gas pipelines may be exposed to cyclical loads during service, which may lead to a structural failure. Failure is due in most cases to cracks in the structure. Mechanics of the propagation of surface cracks pose a serious challenge and, therefore, models are required to help analyze it. In this study,…

To reduce the risk of accidental system shutdowns, we propose to control system developers (supervisor, SCADA) a prediction tool to determine the occurrence date of an imminent failure event. The existing approaches report the rate of occurrence of a future failure event (stochastic method), but do not provide an estimation date of its occurrence. The…

Network Analyzer is equipment widely used for the execution of radio frequency application scattering parameters. Throughout absolute reading the scattering parameter measured. An absolute reading does not include error, drift, offset, linearity, resolution, coefficient of sensitivity and several other variables that will contribute to the measured measurement dispersion. Type A evaluations of measurement uncertainty clarified…

Vegetable oils are often proved to be promising for industrial lubrication applications among which soybean oil found to be better due to its attractive and desirable thermo physical properties for machining compared to other vegetable oils. However, already it was established that influenced desirable thermophysical properties necessary for a vegetable oil through which better machining…

Increasing the telecommunications products that allow Vector Network Analyzer is becoming more common tools to measure the S-Parameter. It will be an absolute number from the S-Parameter measurements produced in real and imaginary, other words it is also known as the product of the calculation. The calculation findings do not include the systematic and random…

Manufacturing System (MS) sizing is a crucial task to complete in order to obtain the desired MS performance and efficiency. It involves selecting the required number of resources from each used type in a given planning horizon. In fact, different approaches coupling simulation/optimization tools have been developed to solve this issue and evaluate the MS…

This study introduces the implementation of fuzzy set theory to solve machine layout design issues, in order to handle vague information, using a genetic algorithm with tournament selection as the selection operator. The material handling inputs, including frequency and volume of materials that move between machines, were the parameters regarded as fuzzy numbers. The experimental…

Combining state-of-the-art additive manufacturing technologies with structural optimization has the potential to produce geometrically complex multi-material components with integrated functionalities and desired structural behavior. In this article, the simulation-driven design process of a multi-material light-weight gripper with an integrated pneumatic bellows actuator is described. The design of the bellows structure is based on a previously…

Driven by today’s market demand, semiconductor is pushing towards the zero-defect direction. The improvement demanded in semiconductor manufacturing is becoming increasingly challenging. In this paper, common molding defects comprise of voids, incomplete fills, and piping holes are studied systematically, focusing on three key areas: 1) Potential mold flow weakness; 2) Molding temperature stability; as well…

Production of garri (edible processed and granulated form of cassava) and sustaining the production process has become so laborious, time consuming, and predisposes one to some form of danger, especially as it concerns the hot fire that one is disposed to during the process. In west African tradition, where this garri serves as one of…

The automotive industry has focused to use polymer materials in order to increase energy efficiency. So, the industry pays attention to use 3D printing technologies using several polymers. Among several 3D printer technologies, fused deposition modeling (FDM) is one of the popular 3D printing technologies due to an inexpensive extrusion machine and multi-material printing. FDM…

Real estate pressures in modern electronics have resulted in the need for electrically small antennas, which have subsequently garnered interest amongst researchers and industry alike. These antennas are characterized by their largest dimensions translating to a fraction of the operating wavelength; such a diminutive size comes at the expense of reduced gain and efficiency, and…

Conformal metalization on mold compound offers new possibility for IC package design to improve features such as rigidization of the flexible core, heat sink capability, 3D-circuit patterning and the electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. With the unique processes, the fabrication technology had enabled to achieve the high reliable performance and had passed the electrical test. Following…