In order to characterize the pollution discharged into the Moselle River and some of its tributaries, spectroscopic techniques, namely UV-vis spectroscopy and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy, have been combined. UV-visible spectra were analysed using the maximum of the second derivative at 225 nm (related to nitrates), the SUVA254 and E2/E3 indices (related to the nature of organic matter...

Several authors described experiments aimed particularly at determination of demandingness of piercing processes, namely with respect to piercing mandrels or their stress load, similarly as e.g. at technology of piercing of extremely high blanks Skripalenko et al. 1 or piercing of continuously cast ingots from alloyed steel 2 . Komori 3 dealt with mathematical simulation of piercing according t...

Among the requirements of a mechatronic system those related to its smart functions are crucial for an effective design. Smartness is associated to the system capability of self–adapting when the operating conditions change and usually it resorts to the action of the control system. The occurrence of the ‘Systems Engineering’ greatly improved a suitable definition of the system smartness, by id...

This paper presents a new approach for surface roughness (Ra) prediction during milling by using dynamometer to measure cutting forces signals and cutting conditions. End milling machining process of hardened die steel with carbide end mill, was modeled in this paper using the adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) to predict the effect of machining variables (spindle speed, feed rate an...

Obtaining finely ground, homogeneous plant and soil samples for chemical analysis without cross contamination is a major concern when using direct combustion procedures for determination of total nitrogen (N), total carbon (C), and isotope-ratio analysis. A rollermilling device, using square glass bottles instead of round grinding bottles, was evaluated. Rotation of the square bottles on the ro...

The Answer Garden supports knowledge sharing in two intertwined ways: by making relevant information retrievable and by mediating access to people with knowledge. We present a case study in which the Answer Garden approach was applied to encourage knowledge sharing in maintenance engineering of a steel mill. The results show that the sheer amount of drawings and the long history of changing cla...

Many nervous systems contain rhythmically active subnetworks that interact despite oscillating at widely different frequencies. The stomatogastric nervous system of the crab Cancer borealis produces a rapid pyloric rhythm and a considerably slower gastric mill rhythm. We construct and analyze a conductance-based compartmental model to explore the activation of the gastric mill rhythm by the mod...

V-Si-B and Mo-Si-B alloys are currently the focus of materials research due to their excellent high temperature capabilities. To optimize the mechanical alloying (MA) process for these materials, we compare microstructures, morphology and particles size as well as hardness evolution during the milling process for the model alloys V-9Si-13B and Mo-9Si-8B. A variation of the rotational speed of t...

Cold curving is today the cheapest and more common way to produce curved steel members by bending or curving of straight members. This is a repetitive process during which the straight member passes several times through a machine with bending rolls imposing progressively the desire curvature (see for example the curving machine of figure 1). The non-reversible deformations introduced by the pr...