Reliability and maintainability analysis to improve the operation of the limoncello production line

The reliability, maintainability, failure rate and repair rate models of a limoncello automated production line for a period of 8 months at machine and entire line level were carried out. It was pointed out that (i) the real operating time of the limoncello production line (LPL) is 89.35%, whereas for the rest 10.65%, the LPL is under repair, (ii) the Weibull distribution provided the best fit of the failure data for the LPL to describe the time‐between‐failures (TBFs), whereas the time‐to‐repairs (TTRs) are lognormal distributed, and (iii) the failure rate of the production line increases, implying that the current maintenance strategy is not adequate and must be improved. This particular methodology can also be utilised in the beverage industry sector by the machinery manufacturers and the manufacturers of bottled products to improve the design and operation management of the bottling production line.     

Scorpion采集站之间线电压的传输与控制原理

本文通过理论分析,结合实际电路信号波形,详细地阐述了Scorpion模拟采集系统中采集站单元(A单元)内部线电源的传输原理、采集站线电压的存在方式以及线电压在采集站内部的传输条件,对理解A单元的工作原理及解决这部分电路的相关故障有一定的帮助。     

A control theoretical modelling for velocity tuning of the conveyor belt in a dynamic mixed-model assembly line

This paper proposes a control theoretical modelling to study dynamic behaviour of a mixed-model assembly line. First, an open-loop model is developed for the system, then examined via different conveyor’s velocity values. It is realised that the performance of the system is very sensitive to the velocity; therefore, a closed-loop (CL) model is developed taking feedback from the system. By the use of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller and SIMULINK, some interesting results are obtained applying CL model: regardless of the sequence of the products in the line, the total work-overload and idleness always equals to zero. Moreover, less working area within the workstation is required. Based on the statistical analysis, it is found that no significant increase in makespan is imposed by CL model. It is also shown that PID controller is robust not only to the disturbances of the velocity, also to the uncertainties in the assembly operation times. These results are supported by many numerical experiments dealing with different test problems, line configurations and sequences. Finally, using a discrete event simulation model, the proposed approach is applied into a seru production mode. Simulation results show that the feedback PID controller can deal with real-world assembly line problems, successfully.     

基于耦合线的高隔离度三频分支线耦合器

本文提出了一种应用于无线功率传输系统中的新型三频分支线耦合器.通过在传统分支线耦合器的基础上加载1/4波长短路耦合线来实现3个频段的通带.每个通带之间均保持高的隔离度,且通过改变加载耦合线的奇偶模阻抗值,耦合器通带的中心频率可以在较宽频带范围内调节.对一个工作在0.69/1.0/1.4 GHz的平面三频耦合器模型进行了设计与加工,测试结果与理论期望值吻合较好.     

Integrated Set Parts Supply system in a mixed-model assembly line

The mixed-model assembly line (MMAL) is a type of assembly line in which a variety of product models are assembled on the same line. The use of highly variant parts on the assembly line need to be considered carefully to enable satisfactory material flow control and allow for smooth production. To increase the quality of parts supply and parts assembly in MMAL, Toyota has introduced an innovation system known as Set Parts Supply (SPS). In this paper, we investigate the parts supply issues in SPS implementation using a case study in the automotive industry. The linkage of parts supply strategies with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is introduced to improve the SPS implementation which are (i) synchronized parts supply, (ii) e-kanban system and (iii) Synchronized Supply Sheet. From the research findings, the integration with MES has contributed to the Just In Time in parts supply at the supermarket area and assembly line.     

Dynamic adaptation of service compositions with variability models

Web services run in complex contexts where arising events may compromise the quality of the whole system. Thus, it is desirable to count on autonomic mechanisms to guide the self-adaptation of service compositions according to changes in the computing infrastructure. One way to achieve this goal is by implementing variability constructs at the language level. However, this approach may become tedious, difficult to manage, and error-prone. In this paper, we propose a solution based on a semantically rich variability model to support the dynamic adaptation of service compositions. When a problematic event arises in the context, this model is leveraged for decision-making. The activation and deactivation of features in the variability model result in changes in a composition model that abstracts the underlying service composition. These changes are reflected into the service composition by adding or removing fragments of Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL) code, which can be deployed at runtime. In order to reach optimum adaptations, the variability model and its possible configurations are verified at design time using Constraint Programming. An evaluation demonstrates several benefits of our approach, both at design time and at runtime.     

Ztreamy: A middleware for publishing semantic streams on the Web

In order to make the semantic sensor Web a reality, middleware for efficiently publishing semantically-annotated data streams on the Web is needed. Such middleware should be designed to allow third parties to reuse and mash-up data coming from streams. These third parties should even be able to publish their own value-added streams derived from other streams and static data. In this work we present Ztreamy, a scalable middleware platform for the distribution of semantic data streams through HTTP. The platform provides an API for both publishing and consuming streams, as well as built-in filtering services based on data semantics. A key contribution of our proposal with respect to other related systems in the state of the art is its scalability. Our experiments with Ztreamy show that a single server is able, in some configurations, to publish a real-time stream to up to 40 000 simultaneous clients with delivery delays of just a few seconds, largely outperforming other systems in the state of the art.     

单元嵌套网格产汇流理论

凭借"大数据"可以精细刻画降雨空间分布和下垫面空间变异性的优势,提出了"大数据"背景下考虑降雨空间分布和下垫面空间变异性对流域产汇流影响的计算方法,即单元嵌套网格剖分流域的方法。通过引入"网格水滴"的概念揭示了流域瞬时单位线的物理本质,对由RodriguezIturbe和Valdes所提出R-V地貌瞬时单位线理论进行补充,分析了等流时线法和单位线法的局限性,提出的单元嵌套网格产汇理论既克服了等流时线法和单位线法的缺点,也吸取了它们的优点,为在"大数据"支撑下统一等流时线和单位线法提供了可行性。     

电镀生产工艺参数的可编程逻辑控制系统设计

传统电镀生产线自动化程度低、集成度差、过度依赖人工操作,行车运行的精度和时间都无法保证,严重影响镀件的质量。提出一种电镀生产工艺参数的可编程逻辑控制系统设计,依据电镀生产线的结构、工艺流程和工艺参数,匹配适合电镀生产线的可编程逻辑控制器的硬件结构和软件程序。实验结果证明,设计的自动控制系统可以降低电镀启停时的电流冲击,精确控制行车行走的位置和时间,提高了电镀线的生产效率和产品的合格率。     

交接配线式ODN结构的研究

针对光纤到户（FTTH：Fiber To The Home）网络建设中,在接入用户不确定条件下的配线结构选择问题,通过定性和定量的分析方法,对直接配线式ODN（Optical Distribution Network）结构与交接配线式ODN结构进行比较。结果表明,交接配线式ODN结构具有接入稳定、覆盖范围大和扩容灵活的优点,适宜在竞争的电信市场环境中应用,对FTTH的大规模工程建设具有一定的借鉴意义。