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Technical Analysis of Material Handling System in Production System (생산시스템에서의 물류시스템 기술분석)

  • Kim, Dong-Hun
    • 연구논문집
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    • s.26
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    • pp.57-68
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    • 1996
  • Recently, a lot of researches on material handling system are actively studied for realization of FA(Factory Automation), FMS(Flexible Manufacturing System) and CIM(Computer Integrated Manufacturing). Management and application of material handling system are precondition technologies playing an important part in integration of production system including manufacturing. assemhly, and inspection cell. In this paper, the general situation of automation technology is investigated and technology level is analyzed in comparision with an advanced country. And the operation trend and part of material handling system including AS/RS, AGV, and Conveyor, are studied. And also technologies related to material handling system in the inside and outside of the country are studied.

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Flexible Roll Forming Technology for Multi-Curved Sheet Metal Forming (다중곡률형상의 판재성형을 위한 가변롤성형 기술)

  • Yoon, J.S.;Son, S.E.;Song, W.J.;Kim, J.;Kang, B.S.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.243-249
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    • 2013
  • The multi-point forming (MPF) process for three-dimensional curved sheet metal has been developed as an alternative to the conventional die forming process since MPF allows the manufacturing of various shapes using one die set and reduce the cost of production. However, the MPF process cannot provide high quality products yet due to defects occurring in the sheet such as dimples and wrinkles. It can also lead to economic loss because of long tool setup time and additional machining required outside of the sheet formed area. In this study, a new sheet metal forming method, called flexible roll forming (FRF), is proposed to solve the problems of existing processes for three-dimensional curved sheet metal. This progressive process utilizes adjusting rods, as well as upper and lower flexible rollers as forming tools. In contrast with the existing processes, FRF can reduce the additional production costs because of the possible blank size for the part longitudinal direction, which is unrestricted. In this research, methods and procedures of the flexible roll forming technology are described. Numerical forming simulations of representative three-dimensional curved sheet products are also carried out to demonstrate the feasibility of this technology.

Laser Sintering of Silver Nanoparticle for Flexible Electronics (유연소자 응용을 위한 은 나노입자의 레이저 소결)

  • Jia, Seok Young;Park, Won Tea;Noh, Yong-Young;Chang, Won Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.135-139
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    • 2015
  • We present a fine patterning method of conductive lines on polyimide (PI) and glass substrates using silver (Ag) nanoparticles based on laser scanning. Controlled laser irradiation can realize selective sintering of conductive ink without damaging the substrate. Thus, this technique easily creates fine patterns on heat-sensitive substrates such as flexible plastics. The selective laser sintering of Ag nanoparticles was managed by optimizing the conditions for the laser scan velocity (1.0-20 mm/s) and power (10-150 mW) in order to achieve a small gap size, high electrical conductivity, and fine roughness. The fabricated electrodes had a minimum channel length of $5{\mu}m$ and conductivity of $4.2{\times}10^5S/cm$ (bulk Ag has a conductivity of $6.3{\times}10^5S/cm$) on the PI substrate. This method was used to successfully fabricate an organic field effect transistor with a poly(3-hexylthiophene) channel.

Development of Manufacturing System Package for CFRP Machining (패키지형 탄소섬유복합재 가공시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Hyo-Young;Kim, Tae-Gon;Lee, Seok-Woo;Yoon, Han-Sol;Kyung, Dae-Su;Choi, In-Hue;Choi, Hyun;Ko, Jong-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.431-438
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    • 2016
  • Recently, concerns about the environment are becoming more important because of global warming and the exhaustion of earth's resources. In the aviation and automobile industries, the application of light materials is increasingly important for eco-friendly and effective. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics is a composite material which great formability and the high strength of carbon fiber. CFRP, which is both light and strong, is hard to manufacture. In addition, CFRP machining has a high chance of defects. This research discusses the development of a manufacturing system package for CFRP machining. It involving CFRP Drilling/Water-jet Manufacturing Machines, Inspection/Post-processing Systems, CNC platform for an EtherCAT servo Communication, Flexible Manufacturing Systems and CFRP machining Processes.

Thrust Force Estimation using Flexible Neural Networks

  • Kim, Myeong-Hee;Shigeyasu Kawaji;Masaki Arao
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.47.1-47
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    • 2001
  • The drilling process has a great importance for the production technology due to its widerspread use in the manufacturing industry. In order to enhance a maximum production rate and prevent the drill from the damage, it is important to monitor and control the drilling system. Thrust force and cutting torque are the main output variables in the design of drilling control systems. In this paper, an alternative estimation method of thrust force by using flexible neural networks is proposed. Flexible neural network uses the sigmoid activation function with adjustable parameter in order to enhance the approximation accuracy ...

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Flexible Pressure Sensors Based on Three-dimensional Structure for High Sensitivity

  • Jung, Young;Cho, Hanchul
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.145-150
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    • 2022
  • The importance of flexible polymer-based pressure sensors is growing in fields like healthcare monitoring, tactile recognition, gesture recognition, human-machine interface, and robot skin. In particular, health monitoring and tactile devices require high sensor sensitivity. Researchers have worked on sensor material and structure to achieve high sensitivity. A simple and effective method has been to employ three-dimensional pressure sensors. Three-dimensional (3D) structures dramatically increase sensor sensitivity by achieving larger local deformations for the same pressure. In this paper, the performance, manufacturing method, material, and structure of high-sensitivity flexible pressure sensors based on 3D structures, are reviewed.

An Optimal Design Method on system of Flexible Manufacturing Cells(FMCs) using Simulation Technology

  • Lee, Seung-Hyun;Yoo, Wang-Jin;Yoon, Hee-Jung;Lim, Ik-Sung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.22 no.53
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    • pp.89-97
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    • 1999
  • We are concerned with the optimal design of flexible manufacturing cells in this study, thus try to suggest the detail information for each resource on the optimal conditions. Object oriented simulation technology is used to write models more easily and to execute simulation running time more rapidly, and the optimal level of relevant decision variables is probed by response surface methodology(RSM), which is well known for the optimization technology based on experiment design and regression equation. We investigate the optimal level for the number of pallets and the speed of AGVs of FMC systems, carry out the performance analysis of this system. Consequently we suggest systematic procedures for the optimization of FMCs in detail design stage.

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Dynamic Scheduling of FMS Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach to Minimize Mean Flow Time

  • Srinoi, Pramot;Shayan, Ebrahim;Ghotb, Fatemeh
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.99-107
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    • 2008
  • This paper is concerned with scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) using a Fuzzy Logic (FL) approach. Four fuzzy input variables: machine allocated processing time, machine priority, machine available time and transportation priority are defined. The job priority is the output fuzzy variable, showing the priority status of a job to be selected for the next operation on a machine. The model will first select the machines and then assign operations based on a multi-criteria scheduling scheme. System/machine utilization, minimizing mean flow time and balancing machine usage will be covered. Experimental and comparative tests indicate the superiority of this fuzzy based scheduling model over the existing approaches.

Planar Fashionable Circuit Board Technology and Its Applications

  • Lee, Seul-Ki;Kim, Bin-Hee;Yoo, Hoi-Jun
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.174-180
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    • 2009
  • A new flexible electronics technology, named P-FCB (Planar Fashionable Circuit Board), is introduced. P-FCB is a circuit board technology implemented on the plain fabric patch for wearable electronics applications. In this paper, the manufacturing of P-FCB, and its electrical characteristics such as sheet resistance, maximum current density, and frequency characteristics are reported. The fabrication methods and their electrical characteristics of passive devices such as resistor, capacitor, and inductor in P-FCB are discussed. In addition, how to integrate silicon chip directly to the fabric for the flexible electronics system are described. Finally, examples of P-FCB applications will be presented.

Adaptive scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems

  • Park, Sang-Chan;Raman, Narayan;Michael J. Shaw
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.57-70
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    • 1996
  • This paper develops an adaptive scheduling policy for flexible manufacturing systems. The inductive learning methodology used for constructing this state-dependent scheduling policy provides and understanding of the relative importance of the various system parameters in determining the appropriate scheduling rule. Experimental studies indicated the superiority of the suggested approach over the alternative approach involving the repeated application of a single scheduling rule for randomly generated test problems as well as a real system, and under both stationary and nonstationary conditions. In particular, its relative performance improves further when there are frequent disruptions, and when disruptions are caused by the introduction of tiiight due date jobs, one of the most common surces of disruptions in most manufacturing systems.

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