Automating manual reward systems

The introduction of Personal Computers has enabled Industrial Engineers to automate many aspects of their responsibilities, thus becoming significantly more productive. One aspect which clearly benefits from automation is the creation, implementation, and periodic maintenance of Pay-for-Performance Reward Systems. However, selecting the correct software package is not easy. Industrial Engineers currently have a variety of fully automated software packages to choose from which can range from $2,000 – $100,000. The initial cost alone may make it difficult to Justify for a small plant. Furthermore, if you have a variety of reward systems (Gainsharing - Small Group - One for One) finding a single program to handle all of them may be impossible.

This was a problem Norton Company faced five years ago. We are a fortune 500 company with manufacturing plants located throughout the world, using a variety of reward systems. To remain cost competitive in all aspects of our business, we had to find a way to reduce the on-going maintenance costs of our incentive systems.

Investigating alternatives uncovered a low cost, flexible solution to our problem. The use of off-the-shelf spreadsheet and data base software enabled us to fully automate all aspects of our reward systems.     

New Environment-Friendly Approach for Bastnasite Metallurgic Treatment (I): Extraction of Tetravalent Cerium from Sulphuric Acid Medium with Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phosphoric Acid

Bastnasiteisamainsourceofrareearthproducts inwhichCeO2/REOisabout50%.Atpresent,a cidity leachingcombinedwithalkali conversion method[1]iscommonlyusedinthebastnasitetreat ment.Thismethodisunfriendlytotheenvironment becausetheradioactiveelementofthoriuman…     

用功放驱动热电致冷器来调节温度

系统设计师设计光纤通信系统时经常会遇到一个问题，那就是如何确保激光系统可在某一温度范围内保持其特性。若温度改变，激光系统的中心频率也会随着改变。为了确保频率保持稳定，新一代的固态激光模块都内置一个热电致冷器(Thermoelectric Cooler, TEC)，以便将热能泵入模块或将热能释出，以调节温度。热电致冷器按照佩尔蒂埃效应(Peltier effect) 的原理运作。每当直流电流经热电致冷器时，热能便会由热电致冷器的一边传送至另一边，令热电致冷器的一边转“热”，另一边则转“冷”。若直流电被逆转，原先热的一边会转冷，冷的一边则会…     

高炉炉渣流动性的实验研究

以宝钢高炉渣中的四大组元(CaO,SiO2,Al2O3,MgO)为基础,实验研究MgO,Al2O3含量及碱度对炉渣的熔化性温度和流动性的影响.结果表明,炉渣中Al2O3含量控制在16%,配制适量的MgO(9%～10%),在1 500℃以上的高温区域,炉渣仍能保持正常的流动性,适合炉缸温度充沛的高炉使用;MgO含量由6%增加到10%时,较明显地降低了炉渣粘度,粘度的递减值约为0.07～0.15 Pa.s.     

用于微波/射频集成电路的一种新型低损耗介质——多孔硅及氧化多孔硅厚膜

提出在单片微波集成电路(MMIC)中用多孔硅/氧化多孔硅厚膜作微波无源器件的低损耗介质膜.研究了厚度为70μm的多孔硅/氧化多孔硅厚膜在低阻硅衬底上的形成,这层厚膜增加了衬底的电阻率,减少了微波的有效介质损耗.通过测量在低阻硅衬底上形成的氧化多孔硅厚膜上的共平面波导的微波特性,证明了在低阻硅衬底上用厚膜氧化多孔硅可以提高共平面传输线(CPW)的微波特性.     

Correction to Construction of Panoramic Image Mosaics with Global and Local Alignment

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Performance of a non‐load‐bearing steel stud gypsum board wall assembly: Experiments and modelling

A gypsum wall assembly was exposed to an intense real‐scale compartment fire. For the wall assembly, temperatures were measured at the exposed face, within the stud cavity, and at the unexposed face during the fire exposure. Total heat flux gauges were used to measure the temporal variation of the energy incident on the walls, and cameras, both visual and infrared, were used to image the unexposed face of the wall assembly during the fire exposure. The behaviour of the wall assembly under the fire load is discussed as are current model results for a simulation of the fire test. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Phase Shifter for a 915 MHz Phased Array Hyperthermia System

This paper describes a design for an analog phase shifter operating at 915 MHz and suitable for use in a phased array microwave hyperthermia system. Here, the major operating constraint was minimization of amplitude variation over a 1800 phase shift, whereas previous phase shifters were designed to obtain a linear relationship between phase and control voltage. The result is a simple, inexpensive hybrid coupler phase shifter that operates over a narrow bandwidth and provides 180°of continuous phase shift with input powers up to 1 W.