Abstract In this work, the role of appropriate mixing for mercaptan removal from Kerosene using caustic soda has been investigated in the pilot scale. Static mixer at different condition has been used as a passive mixing tool to achieve proper mixing and consequently high performance of mercaptan removal. Two lengths of static mixer including 20 and 40 cm as well as two pitches 1 and 3 m...

Products such as cars, trucks, and heavy machinery are assembled by two-sided assembly line. Assembly line balancing has significant impacts on the performance and productivity of flow line manufacturing systems and is an active research area for several decades. This paper addresses the line balancing problem of a two-sided assembly line in which the tasks are to be assigned at L side or R sid...

Smaller production companies, such as job shops, are often incapable of committing significant human or capital resources for the improvement of manufacturing flow times. However, there is considerable demand in these organizations for solutions that offer improvements without the risk involved in expending these resources. This paper investigates the impact of scheduling rules and reorganizati...

In recent years, as general purpose computers like personal computers spread into control systems in manufacturing fields, the control systems are expected to be integrated with business systems such as quality management systems, cost management systems and ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. This integration makes it possible to deliver data rapidly between control systems and business...

Manufacturing execution system (MES) is a computer application system that integrates all relevant real-time information along every step in a manufacturing process. MES is essential for manufacturers for gathering real-time production line information, supporting manufacturing decision making and increasing manufacturing efficiency. MES is a must for operation control and lot tracking in the s...

The goal of ‘Industry 4.0’ is to promote the transformation manufacturing industry intelligent manufacturing. Because its characteristics, digital twin perfectly meets requirements In this paper, through signal and data S7-PLCSIM-Advanced Connecting TIA Portal NX MCD, conceptual design simulation-based debugging mechatronics in an automobile connecting rod production line based on a are realize...

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are considered as the most commonly used host for industrial manufacturing of therapeutic proteins. The aim of this study was to evaluate the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of hygromycin B in both CHO-DG44 and CHO-S cells since hygromycin B resistance cassette can be used for future selection of gene expression in CHO cells. The minimum inhibitory conce...

This paper describes a new task-contracting schema for multi-agent manufacturing control based on soft computing. It aims to apply fuzzy techniques to implement a real-time multi-criteria task-contracting mechanism for part flow control in manufacturing floor. For comparison purposes, the paper also considers other recently proposed evolutionary strategies to adapt and optimize agents’ decision...

High volume automated manufacturing lines often run at efficiencies as low as seventy percent-even for well-understood, mature products. Despite continuous improvement efforts over the last two decades that resulted in increased line speed, overall line efficiency (the actual number of parts produced divided by the maximum number of parts the line is capable of producing) has typically remained...