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  • Automated Assembly Planning : From CAD Model to Virtual Assembly Process

    Creator:
    Rafibakhsh, Nima
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    Assembly planning is a crucial task for every manufacturing product. In general, assembly operations consume more than 30% of the total manufacturing time and cost. Therefore, any effort in optimizing assembly will have a significant impact on the economic success of manufacturing. Finding an optimal assembly plan by hand is...
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    Dissertation
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    planning is a crucial task for every manufacturing product. In general, assembly operations consume more

  • A product development process measurement methodology applied to small manufacturing companies

    Creator:
    Schlegel, Stephen C.
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    The implementation of concurrent engineering into many large companies has greatly improved their product development processes. These companies have seen significant gains in quality and customer satisfaction with reduced product costs, defects, and time-to-market (Lake, 1992). Many large companies have successfully employed this relatively new product development philosophy. However, smaller...
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    Masters Thesis
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    applied to small manufacturing companies AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephen C. Schlegel Jr. for the

  • Energy use coefficients for irrigation system materials

    Creator:
    Daskalakis, George H.
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    Finite, uncertain, and increasingly expensive energy resources require a better understanding of energy utilization in all sectors of the national economy including agriculture. A significant portion of energy used in agriculture is required for the manufacturing, installation, transporting, and operation of irrigation systems. Quantification of the amounts of energy used...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for the manufacturing, instal- lation, transporting, and operation of irrigation systems

  • The effect of cell locations in the processes of machine duplication and part subcontracting in manufacturing cell design

    Creator:
    Puvanunt, Vimalin
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    Significant improvements in manufacturing productivity has resulted from implementing cellular manufacturing systems (CMSs) in small to medium sized batch-oriented manufacturing systems. The work reported in this thesis illustrates the effect of cell locations in dealing with the processes of machine duplication and part subcontracting under budgetary restrictions. In addition, this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    (type) i maximum dollar amount the parts manufacturing company is willing to spend over a planning

  • The development and application of asystemic human error identification and remediation methodology

    Creator:
    Lee, Wei-Tau
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    This thesis describes a Systemic Vulnerability Identification and Remediation (SVIR) methodology that identifies human fallibilities and errors in complex technical processes, and recommends remediations for the errors, based on human factors principles and guidelines. The objectives of the research described in the thesis are the development of the methodology and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the methodology and evaluation of its effectiveness by applying it in an actual manufacturing

  • Linking equations for the analysis of a serial automated workstation system

    Creator:
    Nagarajan, Raghavendran D.
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    In this research, an analytical model for analyzing a production line consisting of a series of automated workstations with infinite buffers is developed. Automated workstations are assumed to have deterministic processing times, and independent exponentially distributed operating time between failures and repair times. The analytical model starts with existing results...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Manufacturing Engineering Head of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Dean of the Graduate School I

  • Analyzing manufacturing system changes using discrete event simulation

    Creator:
    Baker, Eric S.
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    This research studied the effects of changing from a traditional manufacturing system to a cell manufacturing system in a value-added wood products company. Discrete event simulation was used to describe the current system and the proposed new systems. Parts were separated into part families that shared similar processing requirements. From...
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    Masters Thesis

  • An information modeling framework and desktop application to compose unit manufacturing process models for sustainable manufacturing assessment

    Creator:
    Smullin, Matteo M.
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    The demand from consumers for more sustainable products, and the need to comply with government regulations motivates manufacturers to evaluate their operations for opportunities to reduce environmental impact and improve economic competitiveness. Manufacturers have actively improved the sustainability performance of their products through the use of sustainability assessment methods and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    planning, in particular by preserving connections between UMPs within a manufacturing system. A

  • Process-based modeling for cradle-to-gate energy and carbon footprint reduction in product design

    Creator:
    Alsaffar, Ahmed J.
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    Interest in accounting for environmental impacts of products, processes, and systems during the design phase is increasing. Numerous studies have undertaken investigations for reducing environmental impacts across the product life cycle. Efforts have also been launched to quantify such impacts more accurately. Life cycle energy consumption and carbon footprint are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the manufacturing processes and supply chain network design. Thus, the objective of this research is

  • A distance and shape-based methodology for the unequal area facility layout problem

    Creator:
    Kriausakul, Thanat
    Abstract:
    Significant improvements in production effectiveness have resulted from implementing cellular manufacturing systems (CMS). Following the cell formation, an important issue that needs to be addressed is the unequal cell (or department/facility) layout problem, which is the sub-issue in the CF problem. The work reported in this thesis illustrates the assignment...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Significant improvements in production effectiveness have resulted from implementing cellular manufacturing