Path following control problem is treated in recent years. In many past results of path following control, it is assumed the plant has single-input and the velocity of the plant is considered as constant value. However, when we have to reduce traveling time, we must control velocity of the plant in tracking problem. In this paper, velocity control and path following task are achieved at the sam...

This article introduces the theory behind digital order tracking, which is implemented by oversampling, interpolation and resampling techniques in Brüel&Kjær instrumentation. As application examples order tacking is applied to the vibration signal from a coast down of a turbogenerator from a power plant station, a run-up of a large marine diesel engine, gated measurement on an automobile engine...

A new health impact index, excess cost, is advocated for identifying jobs in need of further study regarding ergonomic problems. The excess cost index is compared with incidence rate, excess count, and severity rate indices in terms of concept and appropriateness to the purpose. The four indices are illustrated with data regarding medical leave from an automobile assembly plant and evaluated in...

Ongoing globalization causes increasing transportation rates and transshipment volumes at sea ports (Steenken, 2004). Different to container transshipment, the transshipment of finished vehicles has received only minor attention in research yet (Mattfeld and Kopfer, 2003). By means of statistics for major ports of the North-West European coast line the structure and development of vehicle trans...

We report findings regarding otolaryngologist-confirmed rhinitis, current exposure to MWF aerosols, fungi, and endotoxins for workers in a plant manufacturing automobile piston rings. Questionnaire data showed that 61.5% of 187 workers exhibited rhinitis-related symptoms. Rhinitis was confirmed in 99 of 115 workers whom were medically examined. Otolaryngologist-confirmed rhinitis was present in...

Walking being the oldest form of urban transport, and until the advent of major transformationsin transport technology in the nineteenth century, most cities were structured in ways that supported walkability.Today, there is a change in transportation which emphasizes, the traditional pedestrian paths which are increasinglybecoming non-regulated spaces when compared to the urban spaces for auto...

Facility layout design is a strategic issue and has a significant and lasting impact on the efficiency of a manufacturing system. An ideal facility layout provides the optimum relationship among output, floor area and manufacturing process. Traditionally, the facility layout problem is solved using many methods like heuristics, Mathematical programming, Knowledge based approaches etc. This pape...

We describe a new solution approach for order sequencing which reflects the build-to-order strategy of the European automobile industry. Therefore, it has to cope with a daily changing variety of customer orders. Each order consists of a set of commodities which are implemented while the order sequence passes through a body shop, a paint shop, and an assembly shop. Existing solution approaches ...