Abstract: An optimization strategy is presented for cylindrical plunge grinding operations. The optimization strategy is designed to minimize cycle time while satisfying production constraints. Monotonicity ...

Abstract: In manufacturing industry, downtimes have been considered as major impact factors of production performance. However, the real impacts of downtime events and relationships between downtimes and ...

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Abstract: A heat transfer model for grinding has been developed based on the finite difference method (FDM). The proposed model can solve transient heat transfer problems in grinding, and has the ...

Abstract: In grinding operations, the high specific energy generates high temperatures in the grinding zone, and therefore causes various types of thermal damage on the workpiece surface such as burn or ...

Abstract: Throughput bottlenecks define and constrain the productivity of a production line. The most cost-effective way to improve system throughput is to mitigate bottlenecks toward a balanced system. ...

Abstract: Timely performance of preventive maintenance (PM) tasks is a critical element of manufacturing systems. Since the majority of PM tasks requires that equipment be stopped, these tasks can generally ...

Abstract: One key characteristic of any process performance is variability; that is, a process rarely performs consistently over time. The bottleneck is one of the main reasons causing the system variability ...

Abstract: Downtime is arguably the single most significant contributor to system inefficiency in a multistage manufacturing system. Achieving near-zero downtime has been the ultimate goal of production ...

Abstract: A new thermocouple fixation method for grinding temperature measurement is presented. Unlike the conventional method using a welded thermocouple, this new method uses epoxy for affixing the ...