This paper presents the development of an Internet server controller based intelligent maintenance system for products. It also discusses on how to develop products and manufacturing systems using Internet-based intelligent technologies and how to ensure the product quality, coordinate the activities, reduce costs and change maintenance practice from breakdown reaction to breakdown prevention. ...

In this paper, a home network message specification for white goods based on power line communication is proposed. It is designed for white goods such as air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, etc. The proposed home network message specification is composed of a virtual device service and a devicespecific attribute. For practical implementation, an application software and two types...

As a new investigator, still feeling somewhat precarious and hoping for continued mentorship in my own career, it does feel odd giving out words of wisdom. I hope a description of my experience will suffice. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, but I was very passive in the early decisions that have led to my career. Even in college, I majored in science because, as a nonnative English speaker, ...

This study is part of the ongoing national Bioenergy Research Programme in Finland. The study looked into the quality of chips made of logging residues composed predominantly of spruce wood. In addition, the productivity of the Evolution 910R chipper, the MOHA chipper truck, and the Morbark 1200 tub grinder was studied. The three machines studied were capable of producing acceptable chips for h...

Nacrtak An experiment on comminution of logging residues with a tub grinder was carried out in order to calculate the productivity and procurement cost of wood chips. At the investigated site, the tub grinder had a hammer mill crusher at the bottom of the tub, and a grapple loader and a bucket loader worked as auxiliary machines for the grinder. As a result, the productivity of the tub grinder ...

This paper presents a simplified threedimensional dynamic model of a horizontal-axis portable washing machine. This model is used to predict the verge of walking instability during the spinning cycle. Next, two novel methods of stabilization are presented. The design-based method reduces the instability and is cost effective. The control-based method eliminates instability and vibrations and is...

A standard dish-washing machine fitted with an automatic cycle has been used to clean and disinfect bedpans. Visual and bacteriological examinations have shown that the machine produces superior and more reliable results than in trials of bedpans submitted to previously described methods.

describe how software has penetrated so many of the systems and services that we as consumers often take for granted—airliners, mass transit, and washing machines—where it lies hidden in plain sight. Meanwhile, many of our other authors frequently write about the enabling technologies that have allowed software to become so influential—the methods, tools, and practices that enable software deve...