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Development and implementation of a telerobotic system with visual and haptic feedback : current progress
(Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2011-09)
Telerobotics is a field of robotics interested in controlling robots from a distance.
Incorporating visual and haptic (touch) feedback allows the operator greater accuracy in
manipulating objects in a remote environment. ...
Prove your hypothesis
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-09)
The Southern African Telemedicine conference has extended its reach in 2011 and now includes eHealth and other relevant areas such as e-Learning, mHealth and innovation. Our partner, ISFTeH, is also hosting its 16th ...
The development of experimental machines in order to understand the demands of incremental sheet forming of titanium
(Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2011-09)
Titanium sheet-metal is extensively used for aerospace and biomedical applications. The
diversified customer's demands have created a recent trend towards the small batch
production. In this context incremental forming ...
The investigation and design of a focused high pressure cooling technique for the milling of Ti6Al4V
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Industrial Engineering, 2011-09)
Titanium is used in aircrafts structures and engines. The materials’ low thermal
conductivity and chip segmentation during machining cause a fluctuating heat load on the
cutting edge. The extreme reactivity of titanium ...
Evaluation of robot technologies for deep level mining applications
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Industrial Engineering, 2011-09)
Mining starts with the extraction of effortless resources, but quickly progresses to more complex situations. As the mining depth increase the technical challenges and difficulty to retrieve resources rises. The future ...
Micromilling analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Industrial Engineering, 2011-09)
This paper reports on a Techno-economic model of micromilling, incorporating major contributors to products’ manufacturing cost.
Micromilling is a comparatively new machining technology and is developing rapidly. Many new ...
Developments in wear maps as machining optimisation tools
(Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2011-09)
Tool wear maps can be a diagnostic instrument for failure analysis. This paper presents a summary of the recent developments of wear maps and experimental results from the milling of a Ti6Al4V benchmark component. This ...
Food system analysis : an assessment of food availability and accessibility
(Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2011-09)
The food system refers to the chain of activities connecting food production to consumption. Studies on the impact of the globalization of the food system have become increasingly important in the context of food security ...
A nurse rostering algorithm for a district hospital in South Africa
(Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA), 2011-09)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An acute shortage of healthcare professionals is the rule rather than the exception in South Africa. Effective scheduling of nurses is critical to ensure good quality of care, while limiting sta related ...
Operations research in telemedicine
(Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA), 2011-09)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare, where distance is an issue. This paper explores the use of operations research techniques to contribute to the successful implementation of telemedicine systems. ...