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Viability of telemedical remote robotic systems.
(Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2011-09)
Worldwide, the demand for telemedicine devices and systems has risen steadily in recent
years. The design of remote robotic systems has always been a complex undertaking.
Technological limitations affecting bandwidth and ...
XAP - an open source protocol for eHealth
(Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2011-09)
In a recent SAIIE conference paper it was suggested to use xAP protocol in the telemedicine environment. Telemedicine has since been described to evolve into eHealth where the focus is not only on the remote control of ...
E-manufacturing - the roadmap for South African manufacturers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Industrial Engineering, 2011-09)
Globalization and the internet have given customers a wide choice of products to choose
from and they are now expecting a lot from products. Customers are demanding more
value, less risk and better integration of products ...
Study on applicability of adhesive forces for micro-material handling in production technology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Industrial Engineering, 2011-09)
Micro-material handling and micro-assembly becomes increasingly important in largevolume
manufacturing of products like sensors in automotive applications. Smaller
dimensions of the micro-objects lead to problems with ...
Micro-material handling, employing e-beam coatings of copper and silver
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2012-05)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Van der Waals forces and other adhesive forces impose great challenges on micro-material handling. Mechanical grippers fail to release micro-parts reliably because of them. This paper explores how the ...
Silver, copper and aluminium coatings for micro-material handling operations
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2013-08)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Micro-material handling has challenges accompanying it because of adhesive forces, which make the picking and placing of micro-parts difficult. The adhesive forces hinder the picking of a micro-part, and ...
Agent based job scheduling for a vehicle engine reconditioning machine shop
(Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2016)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Job scheduling at a machine shop is a multi-decision criteria problem whose skills are acquired after some years of experience. For Small, Medium to Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) with limited machinery the ...
A holonic approach to reactive scheduling when rush orders emerge
(Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2016)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Rush orders can complicate the life of project managers when they emerge especially if they are
of a high priority. Initially prepared process plans and schedules become invalid while extra
capacity may ...
Design of a multi agent system for machine selection
(Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2016)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a machine shop effective assignment of jobs to machines is a multi-criteria decision making problem which is usually done by professionals and experienced planners. The skill of job assignment becomes ...
Holonic control system: a proposed solution for managing dynamic events in a distributed manufacturing environment
(South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Due to globalization, manufacturing of products is no longer a local activity done by a single company but rather a distributed venture as more firms are realizing the need to improve their flexibility ...