Pallet pooling is regarded as a sustainable and cost-effective measure for the industry, but challenging to advocate due weak data pallet authentication.In order establish trust between end-users services, we propose an end-to-end, bidirectional authentication system transmitted pallets based on blockchain Internet-of-things (IoT) technologies. In addition, secure fosters authenticity in whole ...

In this paper the feedback pulse coupled neural network (FPCNN) is used for the segmentation and edge detection of x-ray images generated from American Science and Engineering (AS&E) Inc. systems used for cargo and pallet search. We prove that this technique is able to isolate important parts of x-ray images. Furthermore, our results show that the FPCNN has a good ability to retrieve small dens...

Component layout plays an important role in the design and usability of many engineering products. The layout problem is also classified under the headings of packing, packaging, configuration, container stuffing, pallet loading or spatial arrangement in the literature. The problem involves the placement of components in an available space such that a set of objectives can be optimized while sa...

It will be described a case study in the context of Continuous Education in New Manufacturing Systems. In the case study the term New Manufacturing Systems will be restricted to Flexible Manufacturing Systems context. The term Continuous Education will be analyzed as one six years experience in teaching and researching activities at post-graduation level at the cefet-pr.cpgei. The education-res...

Three species of trichogrammatid egg parasitoids (Trichogramma deion Pinto & Oatman, Trichogramma ostriniae Pang & Chen, and Trichogramma pretiosum Riley) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) were evaluated under laboratory conditions as potential biological control agents for the Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), on retail shelves. A single shelving unit was...

Supply chain management is applied by companies across the globe due to its demonstrated results such as delivery time reduction, improved financial performance, greater customer satisfaction, building trust among suppliers, and others. According to D’Amours, Ronnqvist, and Weintraub (2008), companies resort to supply chain practices to improve their performance. Thus, it is important to first ...

Jeong-Hyun Park et al. 405 ABSTRACT⎯ In this letter, we suggest a postal RFID application model and system architecture that can be used for real-time trace and tracking system implementation of parcel processing and pallet management. This letter also shows the tag recognition performance of parcels and pallets by speed and mounting tag materials such as cans, water, and paper using an impleme...

Regrasping must be performed whenever a robot's grasp of an object is not compatible with the task it must perform. Imagine a robotic cell with an arm alternatively picking up parts from a conveyor or a pallet and inserting them. The parts are presented in arbitrary orientations. I t can happen that the task cannot be achieved within a single grasp, due to a conjunction f constraints of the two...