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SINTERED $Al_{2}O_{3}$-TiC SUBSTRATE FOR THIN FILM MAGNETIC HEAD

  • Nakano, Osamu;Hirayama, Takasi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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    • 1998.04b
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    • pp.6-6
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    • 1998
  • In 1957, the first magnetic disk drive compatible with a movable head was introduced as an external file memory device for computer system. Since then, magnetic disks have been improved by increasing the recording density, which has brought about the development of a high performance thin film magnetic head. The thin film magnetic head has a magnetic circuit on a ceramic substrate using IC technology. The physical property of the substrate material is very important because it influences the tribology of head/disk interface and also manufacturing process of the head. $Al_{2}O_{3}$-TiC ceramics, so called ALTIC, is known to be one of the best substrate materials which satisfies this property requirement. Even though the head is not in direct contact with the disk, frequent instantaneous contacts are unavoidable due to its high rotating speed and the close gap between them. This may cause damage in the magnetic recording media and, thus, it is very important that the magnetic head has a good wear resistance. $Al_{2}O_{3}$-TiC ceramics has an excellent tribological property in head/disk interface. Manufacturing process of thin film head is similar to that of IC, which requires extremely smooth and flat surface of the substrate. The substrate must be readily sliced into the heads without chipping. $Al_{2}O_{3}$-TiC ceramics has excellent machineability and mechanical properties. $Al_{2}O_{3}$-TiC ceramics was first developed at Nippon Tungsten Co. as cutting tool materials in 1968, which was further developed to be used as the substrate materials for thin film head in collaboration with Sumitomo Special Metals Co., Ltd. in 1981. Today, we supply more than 60% of the substrates for thin film head market in the world. In this paper, we would like to present the sintering process of $Al_{2}O_{3}$-TiC ceramics and its property in detail.

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Thin Film Transistor Backplanes on Flexible Foils

  • Colaneri, Nick
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.529-529
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    • 2006
  • Several laboratories worldwide have demonstrated the feasibility of producing amorphous silicon thin film transistor (TFT) arrays at temperatures that are sufficiently low to be compatible with flexible foils such as stainless steel or high temperature polyester. These arrays can be used to fabricate flexible high information content display prototypes using a variety of different display technologies. However, several questions must be addressed before this technology can be used for the economic commercial production of displays. These include process optimization and scale-up to address intrinsic electrical instabilities exhibited by these kinds of transistor device, and the development of appropriate techniques for the handling of flexible substrate materials with large coefficients of thermal expansion. The Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University was established in 2004 as a collaboration among industry, a number of Universities, and US Government research laboratories to focus on these issues. The goal of the FDC is to investigate the manufacturing of flexible TFT technology in order to accelerate the commercialization of flexible displays. This presentation will give a brief outline of the FDC's organization and capabilities, and review the status of efforts to fabricate amorphous silicon TFT arrays on flexible foils using a low temperature process. Together with industrial partners, these arrays are being integrated with cholesteric liquid crystal panels, electrophoretic inks, or organic electroluminescent devices to make flexible display prototypes. In addition to an overview of device stability issues, the presentation will include a discussion of challenges peculiar to the use of flexible substrates. A technique has been developed for temporarily bonding flexible substrates to rigid carrier plates so that they may be processed using conventional flat panel display manufacturing equipment. In addition, custom photolithographic equipment has been developed which permits the dynamic compensation of substrate distortions which accumulate at various process steps.

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Impact of ICT Capability on Real Time Enterprise Capability and Supply Chain Performance (ICT 활용 역량이 실시간기업(RTE)역량과 공급사슬 성과에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Seungki;Park, SoHyun;Noh, Hyeyoung;Kim, Seung-Chul
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.110-122
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    • 2020
  • Many companies make considerable efforts in implementing supply chain management systems to increase their competitiveness. In particular, there are significant investments in their ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and supply chain. However, considerable diversity exists in how well firms have been able to assimilate ICT and leverage the business value of it. In addition, studies on supply chains, particularly Real Time Enterprise (RTE) competence, which is cited for rapid information sharing and dynamic capabilities for each role in the supply chain, are insufficient. The purpose of this paper is to explore and evaluate effect of ICT utilization capabilities, including 'ICT internal cooperative capabilities' and 'ICT operational flexibility capabilities', on RTE capabilities (flexibility, visibility and prediction) and supply chain performance. To validate the research model proposed in the study, survey was conducted on companies using ICT along the supply chain of manufacturing industries. 216 data were used, SPSS and AMOS were used for the analysis methods. Study results showed that ICT internal collaboration capabilities affect agility, one of RTE capabilities, but not visibility and prediction, and ICT operational flexibility capabilities have affected all three RTE capacities. And, RTE capabilities had a huge impact on supply chain performance as expected. In this paper, it has been found that the ICT capabilities in manufacturing are an important factor in improving RTE capabilities that are important in the supply chain and improving the performance of the supply chain.

Measurement of outgassing rates of Kevlar and S-Glass materials used in torque tubes of High Tc Superconducting (HTS) Motors

  • Thadela, S.;Muralidhar, BVAS;Kalyani, B;Choudhury, UK;Yadav, SN;Rao, V.V.
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.11-15
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    • 2018
  • Torque tubes in High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) motor transfer torque from superconducting field winding rotor to the room temperature shaft. It should have minimum heat conduction property for minimizing the load on cryo-refrigerator. Generally, these torque tubes are made with stainless steel material because of high strength, very low outgassing and low thermal contraction properties at cryogenic temperatures and vacuum conditions. With recent developments in composite materials, these torque tubes could be made of composites such as Kevlar and S-Glass, which have the required properties like high strength and low thermal conductivity at cryogenic temperatures, but with a reduced weight. Development and testing of torque tubes made of these composites for HTS motor are taken up at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Hyderabad in collaboration with Central Institute of Plastics and Engineering Technology (CIPET), Chennai and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. As these materials are subjected to vacuum, it is important to measure their outgassing rates under vacuum conditions before manufacturing prototype torque tubes. The present study focusses on the outgassing characteristics of Kevlar and S-Glass, using an Outgassing Measurement System (OMS), developed at IIT Kharagpur. The OMS facility works under vacuum environment, in which the test samples are exposed to vacuum conditions over a sufficient period of time. The outgassing measurements for the composite samples were obtained using pressure-rise technique. These studies are useful to quantify the outgassing rate of composite materials under vacuum conditions and to suggest them for manufacturing composite torque tubes used in HTS motors.

Analysis of Educational System and Workforce Development Needs for Urban Air Mobility in Daegu-Gyeongbuk (대구경북지역 도심항공교통의 교육 체계 및 인력 양성 수요에 대한 분석)

  • Wooram Lee
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.701-710
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    • 2024
  • This study conducted a survey of companies in the aviation, drone, and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) sectors to analyze the educational and workforce needs, identifying essential competencies and technical training required. The study also proposed potential areas for collaboration between universities and industry regarding educational methods. Key findings and implications of the survey were derived. The results indicated that the most critical consideration for hiring was job-specific skills in the respective field. The most essential quality for workforce training was identified as enhancing the ability to use various equipment and software related to the major field. In the UAM sector, there was a high demand for personnel and education related to aircraft and components, with the highest demand being for lightweight manufacturing technology for aircraft. This study can serve as foundational data for addressing the educational needs in this field.

Ontology-based Collaboration Learning for Assembly Design (조립 설계를 위한 온톨로지 기반의 협동학습)

  • Choi Sook-Young;Yang Hyung-Jeong;Kim Kyoung-Yun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.783-786
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    • 2006
  • 컴퓨터기반 협동학습(CSCL)은 컴퓨터를 기반으로 학습자들이 공동체를 형성하고 상호협력관계를 통하여 학습하는 환경으로 학습자가 자신의 능력에 맞게 학습할 수 있고 다른 이들과 생각과 정보를 표현, 교환, 조언, 수정하는 등의 상호작용을 할 수 있다. 이러한 CSCL환경에서 학습자들이 어떤 학습 주제에 대해 주어진 프로젝트를 수행하기 위해 서로간의 생각과 정보를 효과적으로 교환하기 위해서는 그 주제에 속하는 개념들에 대한 용어들이 표준화되어지고, 개념들간의 관련성 및 제약성에 대한 정보들이 미리 정의되어 알려져 있어야만 한다. 그런데, 그러한 정보들을 학습자들이 일일이 파악하기란 매우 힘든 일이다. 이러한 문제는 온톨로지 기술을 이용하여 기계로 하여금 그러한 정보들을 이해하여 처리할 수 있도록 함으로써 해결할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 CAD 분야에서 학습자들이 어떠한 제품을 설계하기 위한 프로젝트를 수행시 서로간의 정보와 의견을 효과적으로 교환함으로써 프로젝트를 보다 효율적으로 수행할 수 있도록 하기 위해 공동의 학습공간을 지원하고 제품 설계에 대한 온톨로지를 구성하여 이를 이용하는 것을 제안한다.

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Sensitivity Analysis of the Optical System for UV-IR Space Telescope

  • Kim, Sanghyuk;Chang, Seunghyuk;Pak, Soojong;Jeong, Byeongjoon;Kim, Geon Hee;Hammar, Arvid
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.56.4-57
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    • 2015
  • We present the optical design and a sensitivity analysis for a wide field of view (FOV) instrument operating at UV and IR wavelengths. The ongoing investigation is performed in collaboration with Omnisys Instruments (Sweden) and focuses on a telluric-limb-viewing instrument that will fly in a low Earth orbit to study mesospheric wave structures over a wide range of horizontal scales in the altitude range 80 - 100 km. The instrument has six wavelength channels which consist of 4 channels of IR and 2 of UV. We are proposing an optical design based on three mirror aplanatic off-axis reflective system. The entrance pupil diameter and effective focal length are 45 mm and 270 mm, respectively. The FOV is $5.5^{\circ}{\times}1^{\circ}$ and the secondary mirror is set for stop. The optical specification is required to have an encircled energy of at least 80 % within a diameter of 21 um. We performed sensitivity analysis for the longest wavelength of 772 nm in consideration of the diffraction limit of system. The results show that tolerance limits for positions and angles of the mirrors are not very sensitive compared with typical error budgets of manufacturing and assembling process. The secondary mirror has the most sensitive tolerance for surface figure of 250 nm in root-mean-square.

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The Pursuit of Public Benefit in Fashion Enterprises (패션기업의 공익 추구 현상)

  • Ko, Hyun-Zin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.34 no.10
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    • pp.1717-1730
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    • 2010
  • This research analyzes the recent phenomenon of pursuing public benefit in fashion enterprises according to the increasing importance of corporate social responsibility attitudes towards the global sustainability crisis. The pursuit of public benefit in fashion enterprises has been realized by the activities that contribute to public welfare through one or plural corporations aligned with government, social corporations, and NGOs. The goals of public beneficial activities are to promote public issues and to support the underprivileged and communities both financially and voluntarily. Such activities can be categorized as philanthropy, sponsorship, social marketing, cause-related marketing, and public benefit product development. Especially public beneficial activities in fashion enterprises are featured as the charity donations of apparel products, the collaboration with fashion celebrities and artists in relation with popular culture and art, the limited edition of excellent design with slogans, and the visual campaigns to promote public issues. They deal with human right issues for the underprivileged and disease prevention issues. In addition, specially environmental issue and community trade issues (often raised in the fashion manufacturing and consuming process) are increasing.

An Exchanging System for an Implant Model between CAD and CAE with a XML Neutral Format (XML 중립포맷을 이용한 CAD와 CAE 간의 임플란트 모델 교환 시스템 구축)

  • Kim, Jin-Uk;Chun, Heoung-Jae;Lee, Soo-Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.23 no.12 s.189
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    • pp.95-102
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    • 2006
  • A product is designed through the collaboration among engineers in several fields such as design, analysis, and manufacturing. These series of functions are performed repeatedly during the design process. An easy access and exchange of the model data is one of the important elements that help to shorten production development time. Especially, the importance of data exchange between CAD and CAE applications is increasing in the field of verification and estimation of the products. However, information and knowledge of model which is generated by a CAD software cannot be transferred by a function of CAE software, as an exchange of product data between CAD and CAE applications. It causes a delay in design analysis and eventually discourages a designer's effort in improving his design. Therefore, we need to integrate a commercial CAD and CAE applications effectively and to use the same interface on a product model obtained in a distributed environment. This paper shows how to implement a model exchange between CAD and CAE by a web-service and how to provide a communication environment among engineers.

Building and Applying Shipbuilding Ontology for BOM Data Interoperability in Heterogeneous Shipbuilding PLM Systems (이 기종 조선 PLM 시스템 간 BOM Data 교환을 위한 조선 온톨로지 Framework 구축)

  • Kim, Dae-Seok;Lee, Kyung-Ho;Lee, Jung-Min;Lee, Kwang;Kim, Jin-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.197-206
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    • 2011
  • Shipbuilding is a complex industry which contains a lot of knowledge, technology, and utilities. Hence, the necessity of the PLM (Product Life-cycle Management) system which manages life-cycle information of marine product has been increased. So, many studies related to shipbuilding PLM have been preceded, and there are some cases to be built. To implement collaboration and concurrent engineering of ship designing and manufacturing, interoperability of product data in heterogeneous system is required. Also, sharing and reusing knowledge are important for innovation of business process and productivity of enterprises. Even though many studies related interoperability of product data are going on in varies domain, the application to shipbuilding is deficient. This paper proposes a methodology for management and interconnection of BOM data based on ontology in heterogeneous PLM system of shipbuilding. Using Prot$\'{e}$g$\'{e}$-OWL, we built simple domain ontology of shipbuilding industry, and then, we integrated product information of shipbuilding BOM which is represented with different ontologies. We verified possibility of integration of shipbuilding BOM in heterogeneous PLM, using ontology.