Rapid Time Response: A solution for Manufacturing Issue

Rapid response manufacturing through a rapidly recon"gurable robotic workcell

This article describes the development of a component-based technology robot workcell that can be rapidly con"gured to perform a speci"c manufacturing task. The workcell is conceived with standard and inter-operable components including actuator modules, rigid link connectors and tools that can be assembled into robots with arbitrary geometry and degrees of freedom. The recon"gurable `plug-and-...

A Manufacturing Cell Integration Solution

This paper intents to describe the work of integration developed in the metalwork manufacturing cell of CCP (Centro de CIM do Porto). It focus the manufacturing cell philosophy, the structure of the cell controller, and the way integration was done using the MMS communication standard. The present work was developed at CCP as a part of the ESPRIT 5629 Project, conclued in October 1995.

Rapid Synthesis and Evaluation of a Cheaper Corrosion Inhibitor for Steel in HCl Solution

A corrosion inhibitor suitable for industrial production and field application was rapidly synthesized from benzene-1,2-diamine, benzaldehyde, methanol, hydrochloric acid, and FeCl3. The mechanism of corrosion and its inhibition was proposed. We investigated the effect of the main reactants on corrosion rate, and optimal synthetic composition (benzene-1,2-diamine 10 g, b...

Quick Response Manufacturing : ‘ When Kanban is Not the Solution ’

20 In the summer of 2002 two articles [1,2] written by Lindsay Harding appeared in Control magazine. They described the Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) approach developed by Rajan Suri at the University of Wisconsin in the USA. At the time, Trevor Turner was working on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) in an SME, located near to Glasgow, making metal valves. The company, which manufactu...

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