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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"manufacturing automation"”.
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Discrete Event Control in Manufacturing Automation
… developed to provide different services for manufacturing automations. They are FBSCT, supporting software package for supervisory control logic design and verification; Open HMI Builder, an easy-use GUI development tool; and enhanced simulation tool with Simulink using IEC61499. All these …
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A monograph for automated assembly research
The emergence of manufacturing automation to deal with decreased productivity and shorter product market-life is very evident in the area of assembly. Correspondingly, a wealth of researchers dedicate considerable efforts to advancing automated assembly technology. The purpose of this thesis is to …
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Optimization of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) Fleet Size With Incorporation of Battery Management
<p>An important aspect in manufacturing automation is material handling. To facilitate material handling, automated transport systems are implemented and employed. The AGV (automated guided vehicle) has become widely used for internal and external transport of materials. A critical aspect in the …
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The impact of activity based costing on managerial decisions: an empirical analysis
… expanding product mix diversity, and increased manufacturing automation. Activity based costing (ABC) has evolved out of this environment as a system which attempts to better identify, measure, integrate, and communicate the total costs of the production activities. Case study research on ABC …
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Product management framework for the development of automation solutions for biologics drug substance manufacturing
… framework for the development of innovative manufacturing automation solutions, and the application of this framework to the development of automation for a continuous biomanufacturing platform at Amgen. A recently formed team at Amgen - Next Gen Automation (Drug Substance)(NGA(DS)) - is …
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Performance limits of linear variable reluctance motors in controlled linear motion applications
… time, has been demonstrated in the context of manufacturing automation applications such as circuit board assembly and other product-transfer operations. The control objective is to move a single mass in a single axis from a starting position to a target position following the fastest possible …
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An object-oriented simulation-based method for emulation development for testing shop control software
… testing of control software for automated manufacturing systems. However, research efforts in emulation have focused mainly on controllers for equipment, AGVS, and workstations. This research focuses on emulation for testing shop control software. Though conceptually simple, emulator …
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Analysing approaches to specify automated manufacturing systems
Automating manufacturing systems can achieve competitive advantage leading to growth in profits through efficiency gains and other advantages including safety of workers and quality of produced products. However, without accurate specification there is no guarantee of realising return on …