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Tools For The Design Of Flexible Manufacturind Systems, Prashant A. Patel
Tools For The Design Of Flexible Manufacturind Systems, Prashant A. Patel
Theses
Flexibility in manufacturing systems can broaden the horizons for a company. But the means for achieving it are far more critical. This trend is created by the increase in competitiveness, growth of technology along with demand variations, more customization, and short product life cycles. But "Flexible Manufacturing Systems" to most of the manufacturers sounds like a synonym for automation.
A real Flexible Manufacturing System is designed when every unit of the company is synchronized in such a way to respond in a harmony to any changes that come against it. Fine-tuning of each and every part of the company is …
Design Of An Effective And Timely Product Development Process For Medical Devices, Jean Benoit Almonor
Design Of An Effective And Timely Product Development Process For Medical Devices, Jean Benoit Almonor
Theses
Effective product development process is one of the most critical issues facing medical devices manufacturing today. There is a need to search for ways to improve or solve the cross organization and company boundaries to enhance the faster release of new medical products to the market. This thesis presents an integrated set of perspectives on the process of new product development of medical devices with dual goals of achieving marketing speed and meet customer satisfaction.
The Attribute Driven Specifications approach described in this thesis, is one of the most valuable tools in the approach to effective product development in medical …
Demanufacturing Metrics For Industrial Fasteners And Disassembly Process, Narendra P. Raj
Demanufacturing Metrics For Industrial Fasteners And Disassembly Process, Narendra P. Raj
Theses
As the society progresses towards ecological maturity, the issue of reducing the environmental burden imposed by used products becomes increasingly important Environmental issues are becoming increasingly relevant for product designers and manufacturers. Public awareness of the value and fragility of an intact ecology is constantly growing, and the traditional assumption that the cost of ecological burdens to be shared by a society, as a whole is no longer accepted. Environmental protection legislation requiring manufacturers to "take back" and recycle used products will be a commonplace throughout Europe and the U.S. in the near future.
Demanufacturing involves separating and disassembling a …
An Evaluation Of The Aws Entry Level Welder Training Program, John R. Rice
An Evaluation Of The Aws Entry Level Welder Training Program, John R. Rice
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program for Entry Level Welders and to provide this information to the American Welding Society (AWS), industry, and educators. The problem of this study was to evaluate the AWS Entry Level Welder Training Program (ELWTP) by obtaining the opinions of faculty members who taught the program and welders who had completed the program.
Two groups comprised the research population for this study. The first group consisted of faculty members who were actually involved in teaching the course at institutions accredited by the AWS to offer the curriculum. …