Fire and Gas (F&G) detection is an essential part of the mitigation system in facilities handling and storing flammable and toxic materials. While detector reliability might be very high, safety performance of a F&G system strongly depends on layout and coverage. Current reference standards for on-shore applications do not define the plant areas to be mapped, the coverage targets, and the refer...

The need for accurate provisional restorations has led to the introduction of a multitude of materials for the same, with considerable variation in physical, chemical and biologic properties. Polymethylmethacrylatebased materials have long dominated the arena of provisional restorative materials, but the advent of newer resin based materials with superior handling characteristics has broadened ...

Bitumen as a binder in coating and insulating materials is modified with polymers to improve its performance in service conditions. Almost all polymers are incompatible with bitumen, and at high temperatures due to relatively very low viscosity of the bitumen phase, are separated from it. These lead to a considerable limitation in the use and handling of polymer-modified bitumens. An understand...

Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems have many benefits to different manufacturing systems. The benefits of Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems include better inventory control, larger inventory and storage capacities, and faster and more effective materials handling. Materials handling has always been a challenge in any manufacturing environment being a non-value added process and poten...

Purpose The handling of material is a high resource consuming task in many different manufacturing industries and especially in the construction sector. Global demand for material-handling products is projected to rise by 7.0 percent annually until 2014 to a total of $119 billion. Typically, work on the construction site, in the materials distribution process or in the construction materials pr...

Background: Job back pain is of the most common occupational injuries in the world that affects people's physical and mental health. The purpose of this study was to assess back compressive force (BCF) in manual handling tasks among workers of a chemical manufacturing company using the UTAH method. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on a group of 35 workers doing man...