Line balancing in a just-in-time production environment: balancing multiple U-lines

The introduction of multiple, independent production lines has helped many firms to increase their production flexibility, provide for redundancy when equipment breaks down, reduce idle time and labor costs, and achieve many other benefits. This paper introduces and formalizes the multiple U-line balancing problem. Optimal solution methodologies are provided for Type I (minimize the number of stations for a given cycle time), Type II (minimize the cycle time for a given number of stations), and cost-minimization line-balancing problems. A branch-and-bound algorithm is also developed for the situation in which equipment requirements are dependent on the line configuration and the task assignment to stations. Computational results indicate that the greatest benefit of exploiting multiple lines occurs for smaller cycle-time problems that require higher output.     

Facilities management, building maintenance and modernization link

The widening of interest and scope of property management and maintenance has attracted a greater diversity of professional disciplines into facilities management. Dr Quah, coordinator of CIB W70 on Management, Maintenance and Modernization of Building facilities, expresses her personal views on the current fascination with the subject.     

谈公共设施中的环境陶艺形态

探讨公共设施环境陶艺形态的类型、表现手法及特点,指出公共设施中的环境陶艺形态设计要强调实用与审美、环境相统一。     

污染土地和建筑物再利用——核设施退役场址开放的问题

简述了几篇关于核设施退役与土地及建筑物再利用文章的主要内容 ,是在日本广岛召开的国际辐射防护协会第 1 0届大会上发表的。其中关于土地和建筑物开放无限制使用的剂量准则及工作程序对我们的工作会有参考价值。     

天生桥一级水电站施工总布置研究

天生桥一级水电站采用合同管理方式建设，主体工程划分为四个土建及金属结构安装合同和一个厂房永久机电设备安装工程合同，为满足合同管理的要求，进行了场内外交通运输设计、施工场地划分、公用施工临时设施和专用施工临时设施的划分、土石方平衡规划等设计工作，潢足了工程建设的需要     

Supply Hub in Industrial Park (SHIP): The value of freight consolidation

Industrial parks, characterized as a cluster of enterprises situated in one location to share common resources, have played an indispensible role in boosting regional economic and industrial development. However, further development has been impeded by the shortage of land space, especially for the construction of warehouses. This paper proposes the concept of Supply Hub in Industrial Park (SHIP) as a promising approach addressing this challenge. SHIP is defined as a public provider of warehousing and logistics services for manufacturing enterprises located within an industrial park. The research reported in this paper focuses on evaluating the value of freight consolidation, one of the typical benefits of applying the SHIP approach. Two mathematical models of the supply chain in a typical industrial park are formulated: with and without SHIP. Genetic Algorithm (GA) is applied for solving the two models, and sensitivity experiments are conducted for comparative analysis between the two scenarios. The computational results show that through consolidating shipments, SHIP brings benefits to the whole industrial park. Total cost savings resulted from the application of SHIP would increase with the size of the supply chain, the vehicle capacity, and the rates of fixed transportation costs and holding costs of finished products at manufacturers.     

武汉丽人源生物科技发展有限公司产业园及无菌车间设计

通过对武汉丽人源生物科技发展有限公司园区及无菌车间设计的介绍,阐述工业园及工业厂房的设计思路,探讨其发展策略、发展方式和实施策略。     

Diurnal variations in rain attenuation on Ku band earth–space paths

This paper presents analytical results of the diurnal variations in Ku band rain attenuation along earth–space paths at four locations in Southeast Asia and proposes a new model that can predict rain fade in a short period of every 2 h daily. Data from four radiometers and four rain gauges over a 3 year period were analysed to obtain the characteristics of diurnal variations in rain attenuation and rainfall as well as cumulative attenuation distributions in every 2 h interval. The results of this analysis are applied to develop an intensive prediction model using the knowledge of rainfall and attenuation statistics. This model is tested with the measured data and is found to be useful for the design of a more efficient Ku band satellite system especially between 99 per cent and 99·9 per cent link availability in an area of heavy rainfall. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

节能型浮式生产储油装置惰气系统

为最大限度地利用FPSO上热站锅炉的烟气,减少FPSO上惰气系统能源消耗,对惰气系统配置及控制方式进行了改进。即惰气系统采用1台烟气模式、1台柴油模式,并与之对应配置2套完全独立的惰气总管,和1套公共控制系统。惰气系统工作时,烟气模式优先运行,烟气量不足时,柴油模式运行,产生的惰气作为烟气模式的补充。采用这种惰气系统,不但对FPSO热介质加热炉产生的烟气可以充分利用,减少柴油消耗量,节约惰气系统燃料成本,而且可以同时进行外输及洗舱作业,提高生产时率。     

1981年8～9月黄河上游强连阴雨期水汽输送分析

对黄河上游兰州以上区域１９８１年８￣９月强连阴雨期主要降水时段水汽输送的计算和分析表明，这次降雨的水汽来自孟加拉湾，由５００ｈＰａ低槽前的西南气流输送水汽；降雨区内水汽的经向辐合是水汽辐合的主要过程，纬向辐散是水汽输出的主要机制，降雨中高原地形和垂直运动也明显影响了水汽输送和降雨；该区域水汽净输送量约占实测降雨量的９２％。