Mechatronics technology in predictive maintenance method

Mechatronics Technology for Solar Cells

A mechatronic real-time solar tracker is developed with National Instruments Compact Rio programming module, photoresistors sensor, stepper motors, and a set of nickel metal hydride (NiMH) cells. The tracking array is able to pivot on two axes by way of the stepper motors to reflect the effect of daily and seasonal trajectories of the sun. This design will keep the solar cell perpendicular to t...

Predictive Maintenance

Predictive maintenance using FMECA method and NHPP models

Most of predictive maintenance technologies are inaccessible to small scale and medium scale industries due to their demanding cost. This paper proposes a predictive maintenance policy using failure mode effect and criticality analysis (FMECA) and non-homogeneous Poisson process (NHPP) models which require minimal use of advanced monitoring technologies and sophisticated data acquisition system...

Mechatronics as a Challenge for Teaching Technology in Secondary Education

1 Slavko Kocijancic, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Dept. Physics and Technology, Kardeljeva pl. 16, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, [email protected] Abstract  Teaching of technology in Slovenian lower-secondary schools has, in the past, been primarily focused on design and construction of simple everyday objects. The technology curriculum was renewed in 1999 emphas...

Industry-oriented Competency Requirements for Mechatronics Technology in Taiwan

This study employed a three-phase empirical method to identify competency indicators for mechatronics technology according to industry-oriented criteria. In Phase I, a list of required competencies was compiled using Behavioral Event Interviews (BEI) with three engineers specializing in the field of mechatronics technology. In Phase II, the Delphi technique was performed with ten experts in mec...