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Development of a condition based maintenance system for a sugar producing company

Chindondondo, Brian; Nyanga, Lungile; Van der Merwe, Andre Francois; Mupinga, Tapiwa (South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-07)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With globalisation taking centre stage in almost every market; traditionally monopolistic manufacturing companies in Zimbabwe are struggling to compete with international companies whose operations are ...

Design of cotton ginning dryer control system

Maradzano, Isabellah; Nyanga, Lungile; Van der Merwe, Andre Francois; Dlodlo, Zwelibanzi B.; Chikowore, Takawira R.; Mhlanga, Samson (South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The most important factor in preserving the quality of cotton during ginning is the fibre moisture content. At higher moisture content, cotton fibres are stronger but trash is harder to remove. Selecting ...

Analysis of a time based and corrective maintenance system for a sugar producing company

Chindondondo, Brian; Nyanga, Lungile; Van der Merwe, Andre Francois; Mupinga, Tapiwa; Mhlanga, Samson (South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Southern Africa sugar producers’ market is under threat from Brazilian sugar, with the latter’s sugar landing in Southern African countries - Zimbabwe in particular – at 75% of the selling price ...

Effect of mould temperature on the filling behavior of molten resin in plastic injection moulding of high density polyethylene (HDPE)

Gwebu, Andile M.; Nyanga, Lungile; Van der Merwe, Andre Francois; Nyadongo, Sipiwe T.; Mhlanga, Samson (South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The growth of injection moulding as a manufacturing process has led to the development of more products resulting in an increase in the focus on product quality, as manufacturers try to lower production ...

RFID Based Automatic Tollgate System (RATS)

Gunda, Lovemore; Masuka, Lee; Gonye, Reginald; Mhlanga, Samson; Nyanga, Lungile (South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2012)

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an auto identification technology which uses Radio Frequencies (between 30 kHz and 2.5GHz) to identify objects remotely. The paper describes a system which does the job of detecting, ...