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Machines, Volume 6, Issue 2

2018 June - 15 articles

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Articles (15)

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,001 Views
18 Pages

A rectangular microchannel heat sink is modeled by employing thermal resistance and pressure drop networks. The available correlations for both thermal resistance and pressure drop are utilized in optimization. A multi-objective optimization techniqu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
11,643 Views
24 Pages

Oil condition monitoring is a common practice in the wind industry. However, the published research about oil degradation in wind turbine gearboxes is limited. This paper aims at providing new information on the oil degradation process by analyzing w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,855 Views
12 Pages

Prediction of Thrust Force and Cutting Torque in Drilling Based on the Response Surface Methodology

  • Panagiotis Kyratsis,
  • Angelos P. Markopoulos,
  • Nikolaos Efkolidis,
  • Vasileios Maliagkas and
  • Konstantinos Kakoulis

In this research, experimental studies were based on drilling with solid carbide tools and the material used was Al7075. The study primarily focused on investigating the effects of machining parameters (cutting speed, feed rate, diameter of the tool)...

  • Review
  • Open Access
248 Citations
27,624 Views
22 Pages

Requirements of the Smart Factory System: A Survey and Perspective

  • Mohammed M. Mabkhot,
  • Abdulrahman M. Al-Ahmari,
  • Bashir Salah and
  • Hisham Alkhalefah

With the development of Industry 4.0 and the emergence of the smart factory concept, the traditional philosophy of manufacturing systems will change. The smart factory introduces changes to the factors and elements of traditional manufacturing system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,682 Views
15 Pages

UML-Based Cyber-Physical Production Systems on Low-Cost Devices under IEC-61499

  • Carlos A. García,
  • Exteban X. Castellanos and
  • Marcelo V. García

Current industry must improve the day-to-day control and industrial communications of its processes in order to bring itself closer to the Industry 4.0 paradigm. To attain these improvements, which aim towards obtaining agile and intelligent manufact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,773 Views
20 Pages

The paper proposes a novel approach to assess the integrity of Electrical Insulation Systems (EIS) by evaluating the response of the Transient Voltage Signature Analysis (VSA) to voltage source inverters correlated with changes in the Insulation Capa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,357 Views
21 Pages

In this work, the analytical derivation and the computer implementation of the adjoint method are described. The adjoint method can be effectively used for solving the optimal control problem associated with a large class of nonlinear mechanical syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,632 Views
15 Pages

In this investigation, different computational methods for the analytical development and the computer implementation of the differential-algebraic dynamic equations of rigid multibody systems are examined. The analytical formulations considered in t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
108 Citations
17,082 Views
13 Pages

Obstacle Avoidance System for Unmanned Ground Vehicles by Using Ultrasonic Sensors

  • Marco Claudio De Simone,
  • Zandra Betzabe Rivera and
  • Domenico Guida

Artificial intelligence is the ability of a computer to perform the functions and reasoning typical of the human mind. In its purely informatic aspect, it includes the theory and techniques for the development of algorithms that allow machines to sho...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,460 Views
19 Pages

Development of a Methodology for Condition-Based Maintenance in a Large-Scale Application Field

  • Marco Cocconcelli,
  • Luca Capelli,
  • Jacopo Cavalaglio Camargo Molano and
  • Davide Borghi

This paper describes a methodology, developed by the authors, for condition monitoring and diagnostics of several critical components in the large-scale applications with machines. For industry, the main target of condition monitoring is to prevent t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
12,701 Views
11 Pages

A knurled interference fit is a machine part connection made by a plastic joining, which includes the advantages of commonly-used shaft-hub-connections. The combination of the friction and form fit, which are responsible for torque transmission, resu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,834 Views
9 Pages

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Over-Polishing of Silicon Carbide in Annular Polishing

  • Junjie Zhang,
  • La Han,
  • Haiying Liu,
  • Yikai Shi,
  • Yongda Yan and
  • Tao Sun

Annular polishing technology is an important optical machining method for achieving a high-precision mirror surface on silicon carbide. However, the inevitable over-polishing of the specimen edge in annular polishing deteriorates achieved surface qua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,125 Views
12 Pages

In face milling, the roughness of the machined surface varies due to the movement of the cutting edge. Changes in roughness parameter values in the axis of rotation (symmetry plane) have been examined at a constant depth of cut for symmetrical millin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,553 Views
10 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Machining Procedures

  • Janos Kundrak,
  • Viktor Molnar and
  • Istvan Deszpoth

The in-depth analysis of cutting procedure is a topic of particular interest in manufacturing efficiency because in large-scale production the effective use of production capacities and the revenue-increasing capacity of production are key conditions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
6,828 Views
20 Pages

The goal of this investigation is to construct a computational procedure for identifying the modal parameters of linear mechanical systems. The methodology employed in the paper is based on the Eigensystem Realization Algorithm implemented in conjunc...

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