702 results about "Lean manufacturing" patented technology

An energy management system uses an expert engine and a numerical solver to determine an optimal manner of using and controlling the various energy consumption, producing and storage equipment in a plant/communities in order to for example reduce energy costs within the plant, and is especially applicable to plants that require or that are capable of using and/or producing different types of energy at different times. The energy management system operates the various energy manufacturing and energy usage components of the plant to minimize the cost of energy over time, or at various different times, while still meeting certain constraints or requirements within the operational system, such as producing a certain amount of heat or cooling, a certain power level, a certain level of production, etc. In some cases, the energy management system may cause the operational equipment of the plant to produce unneeded energy that can be stored until a later time and then used, or that can be sold back to a public utility, for example, so as to reduce the overall cost of energy within the plant.

The invention disclosed herein integrates several technological concepts: novel three-dimensional accretive manufacturing mechanisms and processes; combinations of fibre materials with plastics, typically thermoplastics, in accretive manufacturing (three-dimensional printing, for example); position-awareness for manufacturing control systems; and computer-aided design optimization processes with novel feedbacks.

The invention belongs to the technical field of sensor manufacturing and especially relates to a flexible strain sensor with a crack structure and a preparation method thereof. The invention provides a flexible strain sensor comprising a flexible substrate, a conducting coating which is coated on the flexible substrate and provided with a prefabricated crack structure, a pair of electrodes which are positioned at two ends of the conducting coating surface, and a protection layer which covers the conducting coating surface and is made from flexible polymer. By means of the flexible strain sensor provided by the invention, small strain changes can be accurately monitored; the preparation method is simple and low in cost; the flexible strain sensor has high sensitivity, good stability and long service life, and can be bended and twisted.

A multiple chip module (MCM) for use with baseband, RF, or IF applications includes a number of active circuit chips having a plurality of different functions. The active circuit chips are mounted on a substrate that is configured to provide an integrated subsystem in a single MCM package. The MCM includes a number of features that enable it to meet electrical performance, high-volume manufacturing, and low-cost requirements. The MCM may incorporate split ground planes to achieve electronic shielding and isolation, vias configured as both thermal sinks and grounding connections, and specifically configured die attach pads and exposed ground conductor pads.

A plurality of printing jobs associated with a printing environment can be initially evaluated. Such a printing environment can be implemented as a print shop or another lean document production environment. A set of minimal resource capacities can then be calculated as a multi-objective optimization using a linear programming (LP) analysis. Alternatively, in a generalized geometrical algorithm, at least one peak-demand production rate associated with the most critical resource can first be estimated, in response to evaluating the plurality of printing jobs. Thereafter, minimal resource capacities of the plurality of resources of the printing environment can be hierarchically calculated based on estimating the previously determined peak-demand production rate of higher priority.

APS/MES lean manufacturing management system, including system hardware and system software, the software in the hardware is integrated in the main system software, and is seamlessly connected with the main system; the system hardware includes: industrial touch all-in-one machine connected to the host server and LED electronic kanban and The RFID card reader used to read the RFID card, the wireless receiving and transmitting device is connected with the host server, the handheld terminal and the terminal touch screen through the sensor, and the host server is also connected with the host of the logistics distribution center and the host of the delivery center; the system software includes: Supply chain management, sales management, procurement management, warehouse management, subcontract processing, production order, process route, workshop scheduling plan, handheld terminal module, terminal touch screen, material distribution, LED electronic kanban control system software module; system software The management module is divided into: basic data module, supply chain management module, equipment management module, production management module, and handheld terminal module; each module is composed of its corresponding sub-modules.

It is an object to provide solid-state imaging device, which can easily be manufactured and has a high reliability, and a method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device. In the present invention, a manufacturing method comprises the steps of forming a plurality of IT-CCDs on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, bonding a translucent member to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to have a gap opposite to each light receiving region of the IT-CCD, and isolating a bonded member obtained at the bonding step for each of the IT-CCDs.

The invention discloses a lean production management kanban system and an application method. The system mainly comprises machine table kanban, comprehensive kanban, a data collector, an industrial personal computer, a server, kanban system software, a call broadcast system, and a special local network. The system has the effects of real-time transmission of production information, transparent management and guarantee of production field work order, and is an effective tool for realizing lean production accurate management.

The invention relates to an environment-friendly non-fraying printed label tape and a manufacturing method thereof, belonging to the technical field of label tape manufacturing. The environment-friendly non-fraying printed label tape comprises a substrate layer and a colloid layer, the thickness of the substrate layer is within 150-170 microns, and the thickness of the colloid layer is within 20-30 microns; and the colloid layer is a synthetic resin scraping layer. The manufacturing method of the environment-friendly non-fraying printed label tape sequentially comprises the steps of cloth arranging, gelatinizing and scraping, calendering and cutting, wherein the gelatinizing and scraping step is as follows: gelatinizing a piece of grey cloth, in which the gelatinizing quantity is controlled within 20-40g/m<2>, and scraping the grey cloth by a scraping machine after gelatinizing, wherein the gelatinizing formula is as follows: 80-89wt% of synthetic resin, 10-15wt% of water and 1-5wt% of thickening agent. In the invention, the manufacturing method needs low production cost; and the product has the technical effect of non-fraying and meets the 0eko-tex standard100.

A consolidated plan splitting methodology sends distribution orders to a distribution execution system and planned production to a manufacturing execution system. Instructions from the planning system involving only movements of inventory within the distribution s system (e.g., warehouse to warehouse transfers) are passed directly to the distribution execution system. Instructions from the planning system involving movements of inventory where either the source or destination is in the manufacturing system causes a splitter located between the planning system and the distribution and manufacturing execution systems to carry out a decisional process wherein the movement of inventory is broken down into a selected number of distinct intermediate legs. Control of inventory balances is passed between the distribution and manufacturing execution systems as appropriate as the inventory moves from one execution system to another.

The invention provides a lean production advanced planning and scheduling system and method. The lean production advanced planning and scheduling system comprises an intelligent acquisition module, anintelligent simulated scheduling module, an intelligent dispatching module, an intelligent adaption module and an analog simulation module. The beneficial effects are that fine control for the production and processing cost is achieved through optimized applications on the aspects such as product combination, brand switching and balanced production; high efficiency of a scheduling result is achieved; the timeliness and the accuracy of a production plan are improved, timely supply of production materials and the safety of material delivery are effectively coordinated; the equipment load is effectively allocated, and the workload of the planners is substantially reduced.

The invention relates to a pneumatic multi-nozzle complex tissue and organ manufacturing system with multiple degrees of freedom, belonging to the field of organ manufacturing. The system comprises an X-direction movement mechanism, a Y-direction movement mechanism, a Q-direction rotation mechanism, a lifting platform, a rotary forming table, a shell, a high-pressure air source, a multi-nozzle forming unit, a spray solution pressure tank, a temperature control device, a sterilization device and a control unit. Under the control of the control unit, the multi-nozzle unit moves according to the set path and can spray according to the set sequence, so that the forming size is wide in cover range; the relative angle formed between a center shaft of a spray valve and the surface of the rotary forming table can be changed, so that a complex curved surface can be conveniently manufactured. The system enables multiple cells and support materials to be arranged at the corresponding positions for once according to the computer instruction, and various subsequent processing processes can be completed at the same time; the formed three-dimensional structure is directly connected with the corresponding circulating system in vivo, and various physiological functions of the complex tissues and organs can be rapidly realized.

Secure streaming method in a numerically controlled manufacturing system, where the 3D file of the 3D object such as a CAD file or STL file is not sent to the manufacturing machine, but is kept in asecured system. Instead, only the instructions for controlling the manufacturing machine (e.g., so called G-codes) are streamed to the manufacturing machine. Such instructions are secured so that only a specific manufacturing machine can make use of them. To this end, the set of instructions may be encoded, e.g., hashed on a secure server, using a server hash table while the manufacturing machine is provided with a local lookup hash table that is synchronized, e.g., loosely synchronized with the serve's hash table for converting the hashed instructions back to instructions suitable for operating the manufacturing machine.

A manufactured component, method and apparatus for advanced manufacturing that includes a nozzle for extruding a working material, wherein the polymeric working material includes a carbon fiber reinforced polymer. The build of the component takes place on a work surface at atmospheric temperatures.

An integrated reconfigurable multi-stage manufacturing system and associated methods. The system may include a plurality of manufacturing cells, each cell associated with at least one stage of a manufacturing process. The plurality of cells may include a first cell comprising at least one flexible manufacturing station, a second cell comprising at least one reconfigurable manufacturing station, and a third cell comprising at least one reconfigurable inspection machine. The system may also include a plurality of loop conveyors and a plurality of cell gantries. Each loop conveyor may connect at least two neighboring cells and each cell gantry may transport parts from the cell associated with the cell gantry to at least one loop conveyor. In one embodiment, each cell may be hexagonal, and the manufacturing system may have a honeycomb structure.

The invention relates to a functional improvement method of woods, in particular to a manufacturing method of a carbonization heat treatment-modified solid wood flooring, belonging to the technical field of functional modification of the woods and wood product processing. The technical solution for the manufacturing method comprises the following steps: (1) a solid wood flooring blank manufacturing step; (2) a drying step; (3) a carbonization heat-treatment improving step; and (4) a solid wood flooring manufacturing step. Due to the technical solution for the manufacturing method of a carbonization heat treatment-modified solid wood flooring, a production method of a solid wood flooring designed special for fast-growing woods while the existing technical problems are solved. Compared with the prior art, the manufacturing method has the advantages of simple production process, short production cycle, low energy consumption, low production cost and the like, and technical indexes of obtained solid wood flooring made of fast-growing woods achieve the national standard quality requirement.

The present invention is directed to Lean and Agile methods and their applications to manufacturing operations on production floors. A web assessable, modular, user modifiable, and graphically-enriched system and software is disclosed in this document. It provides real time Lean and Agile solutions to reduce production wastes and to enhance productivity and efficiency for manufacturing organizations.

The invention discloses a folding-type microchannel porous flat pipe and a molding method thereof. The flat pipe is formed by subjecting a single thin slab to integral molding, and the single thin slab is sequentially advanced by a mechanical bending mechanism in a multi-point molding control manner, wherein two ends of the single thin slab are respectively bent circuitously, then the circuitously bent parts are vertically bent twice and then horizontally turned and folded once and are butt-jointed at a mesal position of the single thin slab for integral molding, and thus, a porous flat pipe with mutually spaced fine pores is further formed. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: 1, the structural form of the flat pipe disclosed by the invention is suitable to being used in a light-weight heat exchanger with light weight and high heat conductivity; 2, the advantages of compact entire structure, high heat exchange efficiency, light weight, firmness, durability, and operation safety and reliability are achieved; 3, by adopting the integral folding and molding structure, the energy consumption of a product production process is low, and the pressure resistance of products is good; and 4, the effect of producing and yield can be achieved through mechanical control, the inventory level is greatly reduced, the product turnover efficiency is increased, and the requirement on lean production can be met.

The system comprises: a panorama image of resource information play unit making module used for making encode for the panorama image play unit; a panorama information storage module for storing the panorama information; a display module for providing input operation for user and displaying its corresponding content; a panorama information dynamically extracting module; a transaction module used for providing the interaction information for the user and resource information owner; a resource information management module used for modifying the content of resource information.

A system is disclosed providing visualization of a production control framework. The system includes a database storing production control data associated with one or more entities and a production control system coupled with the database and configured to model a production control framework of the one or more entities. The production control system includes one or more work centers authorizing one or more tasks for one or more parts and one or more manufacturing processes that produce one or more finished parts using the one or more parts.