Integration Of Equipment Research Articles

Digital twin-driven variant design of a 3C electronic product assembly line

Large-scale personalization is becoming a reality. To ensure market competitiveness and economic benefits, enterprises require rapid response capability and flexible manufacturing operations. However, variant design and production line reconfiguration are complicated because it involves the commissioning, replacement, and adaptive integration of equipment and remodification of control systems. Herein, a digital twin-driven production line variant design is presented. As a new technology, the digital twin can realize the parallel control from the physical world to the digital world and accelerate the design process of the production line through a virtual–real linkage. Simultaneously, the actual production line can be simulated to verify the rationality of the design scheme and avoid cost wastage. Four key technologies are described in detail, and a production line variant design platform based on digital twin is built to support rapid production line variant design. Finally, experiments using a smartphone assembly line as an example are performed; the results demonstrate that the proposed method can realize production line variant design and increase production efficiency.

Status quo and improvement measures of shield waste onsite treatment in Shenzhen

In order to grasp the disposal technology of shield waste onsite treatment and the operational effectiveness in Shenzhen, we carry out a questionnaire survey, expert interviews and field investigations on 4 shield waste disposal sites of Shenzhen Metro Lines 6, 12, 13 and 16. We analyze in detail the onsite treatment process, resource-recycling products and process characteristics, summarize and sort out the main problems in the existing onsite treatment process. The results show that the existing onsite treatment process is basically feasible, and the targets of reducing the amount of shield waste, partially recycling and moisture content of mud cake less than 40% have been realized. However, some problems are also found, such as low treatment process efficiency, weak adaptability of treatment equipment, high silt content in recycled sand, and low integration and intelligence of equipment. In order to provide a more economical and feasible treatment scheme for the efficient disposal of shield waste in Shenzhen and other cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, some improvement measures and suggestions are put forward from the aspects of equipment performance improvement, treatment process optimization, integration and intellectualization.

Integrated design of tokamak building concepts including ex-vessel maintenance

The EU-DEMO (referred to as DEMO) tokamak complex currently consists of three buildings, like in ITER: the tokamak building, the tritium building and the diagnostics building. The tokamak building houses the tokamak itself and the numerous plant systems that interface with the necessary systems to produce and control the plasma. It is designed to permit assembly, operation and maintenance of the DEMO tokamak. The vacuum vessel is organized in 8 sectors, with radial ports at the lower and equatorial levels and one vertical upper port. The general architectural structure is arranged around the tokamak with a cylindrical bioshield of 2m thickness around the cryostat and floor levels corresponding to the cryostat penetrations. Additional levels are used for the integration of auxiliary equipment for the various plant systems and for accident mitigation systems. Currently, the tokamak building also represents the final nuclear confinement barrier for the radioactive material towards the environment and the public. This safety function requires the plant and safety systems to limit the release of radioactive substances during normal operation and in accidental conditions well below the safety limits. The complexity of a fusion power plant, like DEMO, with regards to integration of plant systems is much higher than that in a fission power plant due to the larger number of plant systems. Three main criteria drive the integration work of the plant systems inside the tokamak building: (i) safety requirements, (ii) functional requirements of the plant systems themselves and (iii) the maintenance approach. Cost considerations are also taken into account together with the normal and accidental environmental conditions in the various areas of the tokamak building that might challenge the qualifications of structures, systems and components (SSC). The layout of the tokamak building has to be further developed in the Concept Design Phase to follow the plant design evolution providing feedback to the various designers in order to assure that DEMO meets the cited design criteria with an optimized and licensable layout of the most complex nuclear building.

Public Spaces of Hotels in the Objects of Renovation Architecture: Methods of Integrating Production Equipment into Modern Interior Design.

In the modern hotel business, the process of adapting obsolete buildings and their interior spaces to the needs of the tourism industry is becoming increasingly important. The environment of such facilities provides its visitors not only with a comfortable stay, but also creates a special impression on guests. And not the least role in this process is played by objects and equipment that characterize the past production function of the building and remain in modern, already adapted interiors. The aim of the present study is to establish methods of integration of production equipment, which serves as a means of translating the identity of the place in the interiors, organized in the objects of renovation architecture, into the public spaces of hotels. The research is based on world examples of successful design solutions for hotels located in buildings that had production functions in the past. In particular, the Emma Hotel in San Antonio (Texas, USA), The Paper Factory Hotel in New York (USA), Vienna House Andel’s in Lodz (Poland), Gastwerk Hotel in Hamburg (Germany), The Singular Patagonia Hotel (Chile) and Tea Factory in Sri Lanka. It is established that the integration of equipment, as artifacts of the past, in the environment of public places in hotels can be carried out in several ways: the preservation of integral equipment or the use of its parts or elements. It is proved that the preserved industrial machines and mechanisms become important accents in the environment of the lobby areas and atriums. With a certain amount of preserved equipment, it is possible to create a museum exhibition within the hotel. At the same time, small artifacts are integrated mainly into the areas of bars and restaurants, without playing the role of significant accents.

A Novel Framework of an IOT-Blockchain-Based Intelligent System

With the growing need of technology into varied fields, dependency is getting directly proportional to ease of user-friendly smart systems. The advent of artificial intelligence in these smart systems has made our lives easier. Several Internet of Things- (IoT-) based smart refrigerator systems are emerging which support self-monitoring of contents, but the systems lack to achieve the optimized run time and data security. Therefore, in this research, a novel design is implemented with the hardware level of integration of equipment with a more sophisticated software design. It was attempted to design a new smart refrigerator system, which has the capability of automatic self-checking and self-purchasing, by integrating smart mobile device applications and IoT technology with minimal human intervention carried through Blynk application on a mobile phone. The proposed system automatically makes periodic checks and then waits for the owner’s decision to either allow the system to repurchase these products via Ethernet or reject the purchase option. The paper also discussed the machine level integration with artificial intelligence by considering several features and implemented state-of-the-art machine learning classifiers to give automatic decisions. The blockchain technology is cohesively combined to store and propagate data for the sake of data security and privacy concerns. In combination with IoT devices, machine learning, and blockchain technology, the proposed model of the paper can provide a more comprehensive and valuable feedback-driven system. The experiments have been performed and evaluated using several information retrieval metrics using visualization tools. Therefore, our proposed intelligent system will save effort, time, and money which helps us to have an easier, faster, and healthier lifestyle.

UMA Universal Maintenance Automata – an adaptable robotic platform designed to run maintenance operations in harsh environment

The MRO industry expected grow is limited by high human injury and death toll rates associated to harsh environments. The maintenance industry plans to integrate robotic systems in the maintenance chain promoting faster procedures with lower risks for humans. The uneven working scenarios ask for flexible solutions able to operate under different environment conditions. The current article deals with the design of a robotic platform for complex MRO setups able to operate over vertical, curved and irregular surfaces while enduring complex tasks. The solution is presented explaining the mechanical design, multibody simulation model and dexterity assessment along with equipment integration.

A Survey: To Govern, Protect, and Detect Security Principles on Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

The integration of medical equipment into the Internet of Things (IoT) led to the introduction of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). Variation of IoT devices have been equipped in medical facilities. These devices provided convenience to healthcare provider since they can continuously monitor their patients in real-time, while allowing them to have greater physical flexibility and mobility. However, users of healthcare services (such as patients and medical staff) often are less concerned about security issues associated with IoT. These alleviate existing problems and jeopardize the lives of their patients by making them susceptible to attacks. Furthermore, IoMT applications have direct access to healthcare services because it handles sensitive patient information. Therefore, it is extremely important to preserve and establish the security and privacy of IoMT. This further justifies the need to investigate and address the related issues. Despite existing literature on security and privacy mechanisms, the domain still requires more attention. Therefore, this paper aims to discuss the security and privacy principles, as well as challenges associated with IoMT. Besides, a comprehensive analysis of privacy and security solutions for IoMT is also presented. In addition, we introduced a novel taxonomy of IoMT security and privacy based on cyber security principles such as “govern,” “protect,” and “detect”. In conclusion, this paper provides a discussion on existing challenges and future direction for researchers.

Mobilization of Intensive Care Unit Patients: How Can the ICU Rooms and Modern Medical Equipment Help?

Intensive Care Unit patients frequently develop physical impairments, mainly weakness, during their ICU stay. Early mobilization is a central therapeutic element in patients on an intensive care unit to prevent and treat these physical sequelae to conserve independence. Different barriers such as lacking patient motivation, insufficient staffing and fear of dislocating vascular access or the airway led to insufficient implementation of current guideline recommendation. Integration of modern medical equipment as well as the adequate ICU room concepts is a promising option to overcome those barriers.Allowing for sufficient free floor area when planning an ICU - maybe through the integration of mobile elements - is likely to ease early mobilization and should be thoroughly considered when building or remodeling an ICU. Furthermore, wireless monitoring has been deemed necessary and could potentially decrease the fear regarding dislocation due to less cable or lines that need to be managed during mobilization.Virtual reality is a rapidly evolving field and while in ICU patients it could so far only show to reduce stress level it has been shown to improve rehabilitation in stroke patients. It is imaginable that its integration in mobilization on the ICU will boost patients' motivation. Trials are still outstanding.Robotics integrated in the ICU bed or in form of exoskeletons are currently being piloted in critically ill patients with many expected benefits due to the ability to support patients tailored to their individual needs, reduce staff requirements as the robotics will cover support function and improved duration and intensity of mobilization as for example the patient can be ambulated without ever leaving the bed, which also translates into potentially reduced fear regarding dislocation of the airway or vascular access.Currently, evidence on the benefits regarding the integration of ICU rooms as well as modern medical technology into the process of (early) mobilization is lacking but especially in the sector of robotics a huge potential is to be suspected.

Aesthetic Analysis of Building and Equipment Integration Design

Aesthetic Analysis of Building and Equipment Integration Design

Facing the transformation and upgrading of regional economy, build a multi-disciplinary cross-integration innovative talent training system ——Taking the School of Mechanical Engineering of Sichuan University of Light Chemical Industry as an example

With the implementation of the innovation development strategy in our country, rapid development of new economy that characterized by new technology, new format, new industry and new mode, has made new requirements to the talent raining systems of the colleges and universities in our country. To meet the requirement of national and regional economic transformation and development, the school of mechanical engineering of Sichuan University of science and technology integrated superior resources and adopts a series of reform measures, such as improving the innovative talent training mode of interdisciplinary integration, constructing the interdisciplinary professional curriculum system and practical curriculum system, establishing the collaborative education system of industry education integration, and improving the teaching management and quality assurance system, ect., to reconstitute an innovative talent training system characterized by high-end equipment and interdisciplinary integration of energy conservation and environmental protection, food machinery, materials, environment, etc., which provides intellectual guarantee and talent support for the development of regional economy and industry.

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON ACCEPTANCE OF MOBILE PAYMENT AND ITS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN MALAYSIA

Mobile payment refers to a payment method by which a consumer pays a bill for goods or services through a mobile terminal. mobile payment users can send payment instructions directly or indirectly to a bank financial enterprise via mobile devices or proximity sensing devices, thereby enabling currency payments and funds transfers. It realizes the integration of terminal equipment, Internet, application providers and financial institutions, and completes financial business such as currency payment. However, the adoption rates of this payment method are relatively low in Malaysia. This research aims to identify and explore key factors that affect the decision of whether to use mobile payments. Qualitative and quantitative research are the main methodology in this research. The well-established theories, Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the theory of Perceived Risk, the Compass Acceptance Model for the analysis and evaluation of mobile service (CAM) are applied to investigate user acceptance of mobile payments. An empirical model for acceptance of mobile payment in Malaysia is established in this paper. Survey data from mobile payments users are used to test the proposed hypothesis and the model. The result of data analysis shows that Malaysian consumers’ perceptions of cost has no statistically significant relationship with attitude to adopt mobile payment. On the other hand, the factors of Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Subjective Norm and Consumer Trust play significant roles. The results of this study also have some practical implications for the spread and management of mobile payment industry in Malaysia and some suggestions are offered to mobile payment platform. At the end of this paper, the limitations and future research directions are listed.
 
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THE ACCEPTANCE OF MOBILE PAYMENT AND SUSTAINABLE USAGE INTENTION IN MALAYSIA: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY (UTAUT)

Mobile payment refers to a payment method by which a consumer pays a bill for goods or services through a mobile terminal. mobile payment users can send payment instructions directly or indirectly to a bank financial enterprise via mobile devices or proximity sensing devices, thereby enabling currency payments and funds transfers. It realizes the integration of terminal equipment, Internet, application providers and financial institutions, and completes financial business such as currency payment. However, the adoption rates of this payment method are relatively low in Malaysia. This research aims to identify and explore key factors that affect the decision of whether to use mobile payments. Qualitative and quantitative research are the main methodology in this research. The well-established theories, Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) is applied to investigate user acceptance of mobile payments. An empirical model for acceptance of mobile payment in Malaysia is established in this paper. Survey data from mobile payments users are used to test the proposed hypothesis and the model. The result of data analysis shows that Malaysian consumers’ perceptions of cost has no statistically significant relationship with attitude to adopt mobile payment. On the other hand, the factors of Effort Expectancy, Performance Expectancy, Social Influence and Consumer Trust play significant roles. The results of this study also have some practical implications for the spread and management of mobile payment industry in Malaysia and some suggestions are offered to mobile payment platform. At the end of this paper, the limitations and future research directions are listed.
 
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THE FACTORS INFLUENCING COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE OF MOBILE PAYMENT IN MALAYSIA

Mobile payment refers to a payment method by which a consumer pays a bill for goods or services through a mobile terminal. mobile payment users can send payment instructions directly or indirectly to a bank financial enterprise via mobile devices or proximity sensing devices, thereby enabling currency payments and funds transfers. It realizes the integration of terminal equipment, Internet, application providers and financial institutions, and completes financial business such as currency payment. However, the adoption rates of this payment method are relatively low in Malaysia. This paper analyzes the factors that affect the willingness of Malaysian college students to use mobile payment. Three well-established theories, Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), theory of Perceived Risk (PR), and Diffusion of Innovations Theory (DIT) are applied to investigate user acceptance of mobile payments. An empirical model for acceptance of mobile payment in Malaysia is established in this paper. Survey data from mobile payments users will be used to test the proposed hypothesis and the model. The result of data analysis shows that Malaysian consumers’ perceptions of cost has no statistically significant relationship with acceptance of mobile payment. On the other hand, the factor of perceived risk, personal innovativeness, performance expectancy, subjective norm and effort expectancy play important roles.
 
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Design and research of port automatic magnetic mooring device based on electromagnetic technology

With the rapid development of modern science and technology, ship design and construction are becoming more and more large-scale, professional and intelligent, and the degree of integration, intelligence and modularization of port and terminal equipment is also getting higher and higher. Smart ships and wisdom The construction of ports has become an important trend in the development of the shipping industry. Although the rope materials of modern ships have been greatly improved, the main mooring method of ships still relies on the traditional operation method of manual mooring [1], which has low operation efficiency, high degree of danger and high risk factor. This article mainly studies the use of electromagnetic technology to realize the automatic berthing and unberthing of ships. The electromagnetic mooring device is controlled by the remote control system to realize the automatic berthing and unberthing operations of the ship, and the height and angle are automatically adjusted according to the tide and loading conditions to realize berthing monitoring.

MXene hybrid polyvinyl alcohol flexible composite films for electromagnetic interference shielding

The light weight and high integration of modern electronic equipment put forward higher and higher requirements for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding films. Herein, a structure of ternary MXene/graphene@Fe3O4/PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) films with high flexibility and good EMI shielding performance were prepared by simple casting method, the resulting fillers showed good compatibility with the PVA matrix. Surprisingly, the EMI SE of the resulting film with a thickness of only 1 mm reached 36 dB in X band, especially since it exhibited a shielding dominated by the absorption of electromagnetic waves (SEA was 32 dB). The obtained PVA composite films displayed classic ductile fracture characteristics, and the elongation at break was greater than 160%. Conductive MXene and graphene promoted the dielectric loss of electromagnetic waves, while magnetic Fe3O4 particles were beneficial to the magnetic loss of electromagnetic waves. Furthermore, the layered ternary MXene/graphene@Fe3O4 structure enhanced the multiple reflection and attenuation of electromagnetic waves inside the composites, which reinforced PVA films very promising as thinner and lighter EMI shielding materials in the field of flexible electronics.

Mass Media, Social Media and Technological Evolution Today: A Theoretical Approach

This study aims to make a synthetic theoretical presentation of the main challenges currently noticeable in the evolution of the mass media and social media in the context of the accelerated development of new technologies. It is a slow, but decided, visible change, one that profoundly affects human society. In this context we put forward the use of the post-media concept, which defines the transition from classical to new (digital) media, assimilating both the facilities of rapid communication and linking, as well as the tensions arising as a result of the dangers generated and the pressures exerted by various changes. The analysis covers the main types of convergence in communication, the integration of new technologies and equipment, the generalization of interconnection, the extension and diversification of handling arrangements, and the need to rewrite ethical and professional codes for the use of those working on digital platforms.

Estimating Bounds of Aerodynamic, Mass, and Auxiliary Load Impacts on Autonomous Vehicles: A Powertrain Simulation Approach

Vehicle automation requires new onboard sensors, communication equipment, and/or data processing units, and may encourage modifications to existing onboard components (such as the steering wheel). These changes impact the vehicle’s mass, auxiliary load, coefficient of drag, and frontal area, which then change vehicle performance. This paper uses the powertrain simulation model FASTSim to quantify the impact of autonomy-related design changes on a vehicle’s fuel consumption. Levels 0, 2, and 5 autonomous vehicles are modeled for two battery-electric vehicles (2017 Chevrolet Bolt and 2017 Nissan Leaf) and a gasoline powered vehicle (2017 Toyota Corolla). Additionally, a level 5 vehicle is divided into pessimistic and optimistic scenarios which assume different electronic equipment integration format. The results show that 4–8% reductions in energy economy can be achieved in a L5 optimistic scenario and an 10–15% increase in energy economy will be the result in a L5 pessimistic scenario. When looking at impacts on different power demand sources, inertial power is the major power demand in urban driving conditions and aerodynamic power demand is the major demand in highway driving conditions.

Evaluation of Modular Power Converter Integrated with 5G Network

This paper focuses on two key technical concepts, which may have a tremendous impact on future generations of power electronic converters: the Power Electronic Building Block (PEBB) concept, and the 5G/6G wireless data transfer. It is expected that these two trends may induce development of new cognitive of power electronic converters: Power Electronics 4.0. To investigate this concept, a Proof of Concept (PoC) of PEBB-based power converter integrated with a 5G network, was designed and tested. Study confirmed that power converter assembled from PEBB modules can compete with state-of-the-art devices. Moreover, test results indicates that several challenges related to PEBB and integration of power electronic equipment with 5G network has to be resolved, to enable growth of augmented power electronic converters, especially if wireless data transfer is meant for communication between PEBB modules.

Research on Thermal Design of Server Structure Based on LRM Mode

Aiming at the module heat dissipation problem of a military domestic LRM mode server, a thermal design which can improve the module cooling efficiency and equipment integration is proposed. The design can realize the easy heat dissipation and high integration of on-board equipment. Through the design of fan device, module cooling and heat pipe, the heat dissipation efficiency of the server was improved, and the heat dissipation capacity of the module was improved. Thus the integration degree of on-board equipment was improved. The designed server was thermally analyzed and tested at + 65 °C. By comparing the experimental results with the thermal analysis results, the conclusion proved the correctness and feasibility of the research content in this paper.

Study on enhancing hydrogen production potential from renewable energy in multi-terminal DC system

Renewable energy complementary hydrogen production can enhance the full consumption of renewable energy and reduce the abandonment of wind and solar power. The integration of renewable energy and hydrogen production equipment through existing multi-terminal DC systems can reduce new power lines construction and save investment in distribution equipment. For integrated renewable energy/hydrogen energy in an existing multi-terminal DC system, this paper investigates its potential of hydrogen production based on renewable energy, while ensuring the normal performance of the existing system being not affected. The typical structure and control strategy of the integrated renewable energy/hydrogen energy in multi-terminal DC system are firstly described. Then the state space model of the system is constructed, and the key parameters affecting the hydrogen production capacity are studied by using the eigenvalues analysis method. Finally, the corresponding system simulation model and test platform are built, and the theoretical analysis results are verified, and the potential of using multi-terminal DC system to enhance hydrogen production is quantitatively analyzed. The proposed scheme can enhance the hydrogen production potential from renewable energy, meanwhile the normal performance of the existing system is not affected.