The rapid interest growth for the adoption of Improvement Initiative (IMI) indicates the importance of improvement to sustain the business and to remain competitive. This phenomenon contributes to the extensive evolution ...

Corrosion has been recognised as a cause of deterioration, failure, catastrophic accidents, and hazards in industrial and residential systems for more than 150 years, resulting in economic expenditures and societal impacts. ...

Nowadays, the piezoelectric actuator is commonly used in micro-scale precision systems. However, the use of piezoelectric material is limited to a certain degree of motions because this material has a high tendency to ...

Manufacturing systems now face, the effects of an uncertain environment and challenges of responding quickly to the ever-changing customer requirements. This study expanded on the existing knowledge in agile manufacturing ...

This thesis presents a research work on the implementation of feature-based machining via macro programming technique. A part of new machining system based on STEP-NC requirement called Intelligent Machining System (IMS) ...

The part replenishment system (PRS) has long been studied in the manufacturing field where the study has been mostly carried out in internal replenishment (warehouse and inventory), and the external replenishment (distribution ...

The polyurethane block also known as PB is widely used in the automotive industry to manufacture checking fixtures (CF's). This material has high machinability and a low hardness that ranges from 3 7 to 84 at the shore D ...

Serviceability refers to maintenance, repair activities and is imperative in all organizations. In the context of Military organizations, these maintenance activities encompass the maintenance of equipment, weapons, vehicles, ...

Ultra-thin chip technology has the potential as the possible solution on overcoming the bottlenecks in silicon technology for new miniaturized applications. However, it increases the potential mechanical risk with such ...

In this thesis, a new concept of production system model called Factory-in­F actory (FiF) has been developed and iplemented to improve the efficiency and effectiveness on production system in small medium automotive company. ...