In the past decade, electrochemical energy storage systems such as rechargeable batteries have been explored potential candidates for large-scale of intermittent power sources. Among these, redox flow stand out due to their low fabrication costs, high scalability, and long cycle life. Several battery pilot plants with MWh capacity constructed worldwide, although commercial profitability is curr...

technology selection is an important part of management of technology. recently karsak and ahiska (2005) proposed a novel common weight multiple criteria decision making (mcdm) methodology for selection of the best advanced manufacturing technology (amt) candidates based on a number of attributes. however, amin et al. (2006), by means of a numerical example demonstrated the convergence difficul...

A research study was conducted (1) to examine the practices employed by US manufacturers to achieve productivity goals and (2) to understand what level of intelligent maintenance technologies and strategies are being incorporated into these practices. This study found that the effectiveness and choice of maintenance strategy were strongly correlated to the size of the manufacturing enterprise; ...

Resin Transfer Molding (RTM), as a method for the manufacture of advanced ber reinforced composite materials, is attractive because it ooers the possibility of lower manufacturing costs and more complex shapes than traditional methods. A major issue in this new manufacturing process is the elimination of void spaces in the resin ll operation, so that products with high quality are manufactured....

A transient two-dimensional model is developed and numericaUy solved to specifically investigate the effects of CNC motion and workpiece boundary on cutting front mobility and temperature in reactive-gas assisted C01 laser cutting. Co-ordinated motion systems must ramp up and down to their desired speeds, and therefore the initial actuator acceleration is considered for its effect on the cuttin...

The objective of this study is to assess the critical factors which influence adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMTs) and identify hurdles and barriers which prevent smalland medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from accomplishing the desired goals of AMTs utilization. The proposed framework has synthesized previous studies and integrated related studies through conducting a comprehen...

Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) plays a major role in quality and flexibility improvements in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Advanced manufacturing technologies provide a great potential for improving manufacturing performance to compete in the global markets. Proper decision making in pre-implement and implementation of Robot technology as one of the types of AMT plays an importa...

The properties inherent in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT), create new opportunities for firms, and in particular small firms. The capability of these technologies to modify production specifications quickly and accurately means that firms can customise their products and attain economies of scope based on low volume and low cost production. While traditionally technology has been perce...