This paper proposes a methodology for real-time scheduling to sequence the pickup and placement of component on multi headed placement machines in printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The latest technology of surface mount device (SMD) placement machines have a smart feeder carrier that automatically identifies the exact location of each component type on the feeder slot, detects component’s m...

Sensor misalignment is often a key consideration for high performance motion control systems that use MEMS inertial measurement units (IMUs) in their feedback loops. For the gyroscopes in the IMU, sensor misalignment describes the angular difference between each gyroscope’s axis of rotation and the system defined inertial reference frame, also known as the global frame. Managing the impact that...

Sensor misalignment is often a key consideration for high performance motion control systems that use MEMS inertial measurement units (IMUs) in their feedback loops. For the gyroscopes in the IMU, sensor misalignment describes the angular difference between each gyroscope’s axis of rotation and the system defined inertial reference frame, also known as the global frame. Managing the impact that...

Globalization, coupled with environmental requirements, has spearheaded new levels of requirements for product end-of-life, the last phase of product lifecycle management especially for product remanufacturing and recycling which involves product disassembly to retrieve the desired parts and subassemblies. Selection of optimal disassembly schedule is a major challenge for remanufacturing and re...

Living beings often produce remarkable structures, such as the silica shells of diatoma, or the sophisticated structures of striated muscles. One major current problem is to invent useful objects inspired by these structures, but simpler, and able to be produced in short times. Some examples will be presented. "Subtleties and Differences in the Interactions of Biological and Non-Biological Mole...

Molecular farming has been considered as a secure and economical approach for production of biopharmaceuticals. Human TNF Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) as a promising biopharmaceutical candidate has been produced in different expression hosts. However, little attention has been paid to molecular farming of the TRAIL in spite of numerous advantages of plant expression systems. Theref...

With the issuance of this final rule, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration reschedules hydrocodone combination products from schedule III to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act. This scheduling action is pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act which requires that such actions be made on the record after opportunity for a hearing through formal rulemaking. This act...

Service-oriented components differ greatly with the traditional ones in the Service-Oriented Architecture. The ways of scheduling components seamlessly according to the agile computing needs to fit the e-business requirements is the key technology in the highly distributed, paralleled environment. In this paper, Based on the Multi-Agent Coalition, a new service-oriented component dynamic schedu...

Most of commercial CAD assembly modules are based on a geometric entities constraining. DOF between surfaces (or faces), axis alignments and point-to-point constraining are targeted to a final product digital mockup. The assembly components are not specifically time sequenced and ordered and the assembly simulation is targeted to improve and optimize the component interaction. The final assembl...

Molecular farming has been considered as a secure and economical approach for production of biopharmaceuticals. Human TNF Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) as a promising biopharmaceutical candidate has been produced in different expression hosts. However, little attention has been paid to molecular farming of the TRAIL in spite of numerous advantages of plant expression systems. Theref...