An alternative indium-free material for transparent conducting oxides of fluorine-doped tin oxide [FTO] thin films deposited on polyethylene terephthalate [PET] was prepared by electron cyclotron resonance - metal organic chemical vapor deposition [ECR-MOCVD]. One of the essential issues regarding metal oxide film deposition is the sheet resistance uniformity of the film. Variations in process ...

Sheet metal bending processes are applied in a multitude of mechanical parts. The process involves optimising the sequence of designated bends taking into account the total processing and handling time, avoiding collisions of the sheet metal with tools and machine and respecting the dimensional accuracy constraints of the part. Experienced operators employ expert rules to define possible differ...

This paper presents a new approach to multiple fault diagnosis for sheet metal fixtures using designated component analysis (DCA). DCA first defines a set of patterns based on product/process information, then finds the significance of these patterns from the measurement data and maps them to a particular set of faults. Existing diagnostics methods has been mainly developed for rigid-body-based...

In general, it is desirable to finish the weld quickly, before a large volume of surrounding metal heats up and expands. The welding process used, type, welding current and speed of travel, thus, affect the degree of shrinkage and distortion of a weldment. The use of mechanized welding equipment reduces welding time, metal affected zone and consequently distortion. This article helps to define ...

This report, prepared by the Center for Competitive Analysis of the University of Missouri Outreach and Extension (UO/E), provides an overview of some important aspects of the Sheet Metal Work industry (“sheet metal industry”), Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 3444. Its primary intended audiences are UO/E, which may consider educational programming designed to assist business owner...

With the successful development of efficient algorithms for Frequent Subgraph Mining (FSM), this paper extends the scope of subgraph mining by proposing Vertex Unique labelled Subgraph Mining (VULSM). VULSM has a focus on the local properties of a graph and does not require external parameters such as the support threshold used in frequent pattern mining. There are many applications where the m...

The double-skin roofs investigated in this paper are formed by adding a metallic screen on an existing sheet metal roof. The system enhances passive cooling of dwellings and can help diminishing power costs for air conditioning in summer or in tropical and arid countries. In this work, radiation, convection and conduction heat transfers are investigated. Depending on its surface properties, the...

Intelligent deep-drawing is an instrumental research field in sheet metal forming. A set of 28 different experimental data have been employed in this paper, investigating the roles of die radius, punch radius, friction coefficients and drawing ratios for axisymmetric workpieces deep drawing. This paper focuses an evolutionary neural network, specifically, error back propagation in collaboration...

In this paper, a flexible beam-based modeling method is proposed for dimensional control of the sheet metal assembly process. This method uses developed decomposition principles of key design and manufacturing characteristics for integration of assembly process and product design. It allows for modeling of assembly processes and product in the early design stage of process and product design. T...

This paper describes the design and implementation of an OntologyBased System for Features Recognition and Design Rules Checking in the domain of sheet-metal engineering using Semantic Web technologies. The system was implemented by means of the Protégé Application Programming Interface (API), a rule engine and a reasoner. Using ontology in the core of the system enabled the representation of m...