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Purdue University--West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

#1 in Industrial Engineering Programs

#3 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Purdue University--West Lafayette, a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Eighty-six... READ MORE

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$1,430

ENROLLMENT

1,260

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Pennsylvania State University--World Campus

Malvern, PA

#2 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#3 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Pennsylvania State University--World Campus, a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience.... READ MORE

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$996

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1,123

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Public

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

#2 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#20 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Virginia Tech, a public institution, offers online labs, and the majority of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. READ MORE

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$1,690

ENROLLMENT

74

SCHOOL TYPE

Public

Arizona State University (Fulton)

Tempe, AZ

#4 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#12 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Arizona State University (Fulton), a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Eighty-six... READ MORE

PER CREDIT (OUT-OF-STATE)

$945

ENROLLMENT

771

SCHOOL TYPE

Public

Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)

Baltimore, MD

#4 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#12 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Johns Hopkins University (Whiting), a private institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Ninety-three... READ MORE

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$1,585

ENROLLMENT

4,676

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Private

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#6 in Industrial Engineering Programs

#7 in Engineering Programs (tie)

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Forty-three... READ MORE

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$1,671

ENROLLMENT

381

SCHOOL TYPE

Public

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

#7 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#7 in Engineering Programs (tie)

North Carolina State University, a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Eighty-nine... READ MORE

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$1,505

ENROLLMENT

603

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Public

Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)

Hoboken, NJ

#7 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#25 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer), a private institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. READ MORE

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$1,716

ENROLLMENT

442

SCHOOL TYPE

Private

Texas A&M University--College Station 

College Station, TX

#7 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#9 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Texas A&M University--College Station (Look), a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience.... READ MORE

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$1,536

ENROLLMENT

358

SCHOOL TYPE

Public

University of Wisconsin--Madison

Madison, WI

#7 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#9 in Engineering Programs (tie)

University of Wisconsin--Madison, a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Ninety-eight... READ MORE

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$1,300

ENROLLMENT

296

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Public

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

#11 in Industrial Engineering Programs

#42 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Drexel University, a private institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. READ MORE

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$1,342

ENROLLMENT

243

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Private

University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli)

Los Angeles, CA

#12 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#2 in Engineering Programs

University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli), a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience.... READ MORE

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$1,050

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569

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University of Southern California (Viterbi)

Los Angeles, CA

#12 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#5 in Engineering Programs

University of Southern California (Viterbi), a private institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience.... READ MORE

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$2,199

ENROLLMENT

837

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Private

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

#14 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#17 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Auburn University, a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. One hundred percent of... READ MORE

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$949

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315

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Clemson University

Clemson, SC

#14 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#54 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Clemson University, a public institution, does not offer online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. READ MORE

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$955

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93

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Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

#14 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#20 in Engineering Programs (tie)

Ohio State University, a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Ninety-eight percent... READ MORE

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$723

ENROLLMENT

153

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Public

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign The Grainger College of Engineering

Urbana, IL

#14 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#6 in Engineering Programs

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign The Grainger College of Engineering, a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture... READ MORE

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$670

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1,837

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University of Maryland--College Park (Clark)

College Park, MD

#14 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#12 in Engineering Programs (tie)

University of Maryland--College Park (Clark), a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience.... READ MORE

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$1,297

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250

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Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

New York, NY

#19 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#1 in Engineering Programs

Columbia University (Fu Foundation), a private institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Ninety-one... READ MORE

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$2,272

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356

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Private

George Mason University (Volgenau)

Fairfax, VA

#19 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#47 in Engineering Programs (tie)

George Mason University (Volgenau), a public institution, offers online labs, and the majority of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience.... READ MORE

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$1,581

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28

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George Washington University

Washington, DC

#19 in Industrial Engineering Programs (tie)

#16 in Engineering Programs

George Washington University, a private institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Ninety-nine... READ MORE

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$1,095

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910

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Design - Manufacturing Interface Productivity Engineering Using 3D Modeling and Virtual Simulation - Case Study

Industrial Engineering Case Studies Collection

Module of Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course Notes.

CLAAS Tractor’s modern facility -  Innovative design and manufacturing Using  3D  modeling and virtual simulation. 

At the  CLAAS Tractor’s modern facility, new technology platform enables the company to adopt innovative design and manufacturing methods, including 3D modeling and virtual simulation. It is a long-time user of Dassault Systèmes’ design application CATIA, the company made the decision to adopt Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE® platform and ENOVIA to establish digital continuity among its departments. It selected DELMIA to virtually model its assembly line to improve product quality, boost output, and handle its increasingly complex and diversified product range.

By developing the new model virtually in 3D, designers and engineers could assess the feasibility of the new design and set up the assembly line before production.

Using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform  the factory was modeled and  everything related to production, such as lifting and clamping tools, could be validated virtually because of that. We have been able to adapt our design to the new equipment installed in the factory. For example, the rear caterpillar tracks of the AXION 900 TERRA TRAC completely change the architecture of the tractor. As the caterpillar tracks are longer than tires, the tanks had to be moved above the tracks, next to the cabin. We have to lift them to fix them to the tractor. Having the new factory digitalized enabled us to make sure it was possible to make it.” 

MASTERING COMPLEXITY

CLAAS Tractor produces machines for customers worldwide. At any one time, there  can be  20 different models on the same assembly line, and in these models more than 300 options exist. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform was the only way to anticipate the integration of specific options and to plan the process upfront.”

Backed by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, CLAAS Tractor is now able to consider customizations early in the product development process and account for how they will need to be managed on the assembly line. 

“Thanks to the platform, you can view the customized tractor in its final configuration as well as its specific assembly process. It’s very easy.”

Using the simulation capabilities in DELMIA, engineers can determine how each product will be manufactured and flag any issues before they occur.

“The platform allows us to simulate, verify and optimize the different assemblies in relation to various options,”  said a methods engineer. “We can then check that each combination won’t be an issue during the assembly process. It also allows us to control that the product is compatible with the process at each workstation.”

The platform allows process engineers to co-design the product with product engineers, anticipate assemblies and improve the process and product quality.” 

Close collaboration between process and design is especially important as the product design office is located in VélizyVillacoublay, 200 kilometers away from the Le Mans production plant. 

“The platform makes it possible to share data on a single environment and bring together employees from the design office, methods and factory teams that are not located on the same site,” “It has enhanced communication and helped us collaborate on the product-process design.”

The design engineers created the AXION 900 TERRA TRAC and exchanged the 3D model with the process engineering team in Le Mans. The process team was then able to virtually test the assembly of the new tractor on the virtual assembly line and report any issues to the design office. Establishing a continuous digital thread across the entire product lifecycle empowers everyone to carry out their role to the best of their ability and build each machine first-time right.

“Digital continuity is an asset. “It links the product designer and the assembly operator who will use the operating instructions. The platform makes it possible to verify that the design concept can be used by the operator, in compliance with industrial, ergonomic and quality requirements throughout the development cycle of our tractors.”

VIRTUAL TWIN VALIDATION

3D models are now used across all departments at CLAAS Tractor. “The 3DEXPERIENCE platform makes it possible to use 3D at all levels within the company,”  “Virtually immersed in their future working environment, operators understand the assembly of the future product and how to use their future equipment. The plant manager can make the right decisions regarding the material and its maintenance. And the customer can view the product they ordered, including all the options, before it’s even produced.”

Having a virtual twin of both its products and the factory is having a particularly positive impact on CLAAS Tractor’s design to manufacturing process, helping to ensure that each component can be produced within the Le Mans factory using existing equipment and will work within the finished tractor.

“We model the different parts of the tractor in 3D like sheet metal, hydraulic pipes and electrical harnesses,” and “We share this 3D model with the factory to make 100% sure the parts can be assembled. In the design office, we use CATIA to create the tractor parts. In product architecture, we especially use the Mechanical System Design feature, which allows us to represent the kinematics of the tractor. It enables us to create mobile parts in 3D and make sure they do not interfere with other parts when the tractor is in action.”

This approach also helps the design team handle changes effectively and rectify errors quickly.

“As an architect, we use the Volume Filters feature a great deal,” Dufourg said. “For example, when an assembly issue or damage is reported, a part must be modified. The Volume Filter highlights the area around the part that is affected. Then the platform provides the bill of materials to make sure we do not forget any options or create interference with nearby parts.”

IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING AND TRAINING

 With the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, we can anticipate assembly operations with overviews, and carry out assembly tests even before we receive the parts and without any physical prototype. Operators really appreciate it.”

It’s now far easier for CLAAS Tractor to train its operators and prepare them to work on new models. 

“Today, with DELMIA, we are one step ahead,” Dassé said. “I can run through the tractor manufacturing process in detail, and operators can be trained and understand the assembly processes before the tractor physically exists.”

Being able to share virtual models of the new factory and future tractor designs also helped CLAAS Tractor get its workforce onboard with its company-wide digital transformation.

“The AXION 900 TERRA TRAC has been designed to be assembled on the future assembly line, but operators couldn’t imagine the future process,” Dassé said. “As they were able to see the tractor and factory model in 3D, they quickly realized that the new approach would be much clearer and more fluid.”

EXPANDING CAPABILITIES

Based on the success of the implementation, plans are now in place to bring CLAAS Tractor’s new capabilities to other organizations and factories within the wider CLAAS Group. “This is the pilot project for CLAAS Group that will be deployed in other factories involving a product design office,”  “For me, this experience made it possible to innovate at CLAAS Tractor, to connect departments around the same data and to anticipate production rather than endure it.”

“To sum up this transformation, I would say that it has been about passion, exciting new tools, openness to new innovative solutions, but above all delivering on our objective to serve the customer with the best products,” Bourasseau concluded.

(To rewrite it again)

Source:  https://www.3ds.com/sites/default/files/2020-09/claas-tradtor-case-study-en-web-2020.pdf

Integrating Productivity and Quality Management - Johnson Edosomwan - Book Information

 

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Integrating Productivity and Quality Management

Johnson Edosomwan

CRC Press, 16-Jun-1995 - Business & Economics - 416 pages

This second edition details all productivity and quality methodologies, principles and techniques, and demonstrates how they interact in the three phases of the productivity and quality management triangle (PQMT): measurement, control and evaluation; planning and analysis; and improvement and monitoring. This edition features material on practical

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Industrial Robots and Robotics - 100+ Books - Bibliography

Elements of Robotics

Mordechai Ben-Ari, Francesco Mondada

Springer, 25-Oct-2017 - Computers - 308 pages

This open access book bridges the gap between playing with robots in school and studying robotics at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare for careers in industry and research. Robotic algorithms are presented formally, but using only mathematics known by high-school and first-year college students, such as calculus, matrices and probability. Concepts and algorithms are explained through detailed diagrams and calculations.

Elements of Robotics presents an overview of different types of robots and the components used to build robots, but focuses on robotic algorithms: simple algorithms like odometry and feedback control, as well as algorithms for advanced topics like localization, mapping, image processing, machine learning and swarm robotics. These algorithms are demonstrated in simplified contexts that enable detailed computations to be performed and feasible activities to be posed. Students who study these simplified demonstrations will be well prepared for advanced study of robotics.

The algorithms are presented at a relatively abstract level, not tied to any specific robot. Instead a generic robot is defined that uses elements common to most educational robots: differential drive with two motors, proximity sensors and some method of displaying output to the user.

The theory is supplemented with over 100 activities, most of which can be successfully implemented using inexpensive educational robots. Activities that require more computation can be programmed on a computer. Archives are available with suggested implementations for the Thymio robot and standalone programs in Python.

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness - Efficiency (OEE) - Concept and Measurement - Tutorial

 

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) - Bibliography

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Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) Software

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Ergonomics - Bibliography

Advances in Ergonomics In Design, Usability & Special Populations: Part III

Marcelo Soares, Francisco Rebelo

AHFE International (USA), 19-Jul-2022 - Technology & Engineering - 613 pages

 Successful interaction with products, tools and technologies depends on usable designs and accommodating the needs of potential users without requiring costly training. In this context, this book is concerned with emerging ergonomics in design concepts, theories and applications of human factors knowledge focusing on the discovery, design and understanding of human interaction and usability issues with products and systems for their improvement.  This book will be of special value to a large variety of professionals, researchers and students in the broad field of human modeling and performance who are interested in feedback of devices’ interfaces (visual and haptic), user-centered design, and design for special populations, particularly the elderly.  We hope this book is informative, but even more - that it is thought provoking. We hope it inspires, leading the reader to contemplate other questions, applications, and potential solutions in creating good designs for all.

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Virtual Ergonomics: Taking Human Factors into Account for Improved Product and Processes

Dassault Systems, 2009

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Human ^TM

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Ergonomic Requirements for Human Safety and Productivity

Project cofunded by European Commission 2006

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The Ergonomics Of Workspaces And Machines: A Design Manual
E. N. Corlett, T. S. Clark
CRC Press, 02-Sep-2003 - Technology & Engineering - 144 pages

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Ergonomics Guidelines and Problem Solving (Google eBook)
A. Mital, Å. Kilbom, S. Kumar
Elsevier, 31-Jan-2000 - Technology & Engineering - 492 pages
There is an urgent need to disseminate ergonomics "know-how" to the work place. This book meets that need by providing clear guidelines and problem solving recommendations to assist the practitioner in decisions that directly protect the health, safety and well-being of the worker.
The guidelines have evolved from a series of symposia on Ergonomic Guidelines and Problem Solving. Initially experts in each area selected were asked to write draft guidelines. These guidelines were circulated to participants at the symposia and to other experts for review before being comprehensively revised. In some instances these guidelines cannot be considered complete but it is important now to put some recommendations forward as guidelines. It is hoped that as new research emerges each guideline will be updated.
Each guideline has been divided into two parts. Part I contains the guidelines for the practitioner and Part II provides the scientific basis or the knowledge for the guide. Such separation of the applied and theoretical content was designed to facilitate rapid incorporation of the guide into practice.
The target audience for this book is the practitioner. The practitioner may be a manager, production system designer, shop supervisor, occupational health and safety professional, union representative, labor inspector or production engineer. For each of the guidelines, relevant practitioners are described.
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Topics covered include work space design, tool design, work-rest schedules, illumination and maintenance.

Human Engineering Guide for Equipment Designers
Wesley E. Woodson, Donald W. Conover
University of California Press, 01-Jan-1964 - Engineering design - 474 pages
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Articles and Papers

What to look for when selecting or modifying handtools to provide better fit with the user
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Material Handling Options for Methods Efficiency Engineers

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2018

Get 30% More Productivity by Shifting Your Focus from Runtime to Uptime
The drive for higher levels of productivity has caused some AGV manufacturers to select larger batteries that can last longer between recharge periods.
April 23, 2018
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General Motors increases manufacturing productivity with automated vehicles
Self-driving vehicles reduce time and waste in large facility’s complex manufacturing operations.
 February 8, 2018
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2014
Material Handling Developments
The One Level Shuttle AS-RS (OLS) is a highly efficient Automated Storage and Retrieval System designed for expedited handling of cartons, totes, and trays in high transaction environments.
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For more information on recent development in material handling visit
Material Handling Solutions and Equipment - Information Board

2012

Comprehensive Lecture Notes on Material Handling Equipment - 2012 - Michael G. Kay, North Carolina State University

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2010
Material Handling System Design and Redesigm
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Apple Handling Methods and Equipment in Pacific Northwest Packing and Storage Houses.

Handling of Apples

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Production and Marketing Administration, Marketing and Facilities Research Branch, 1953 - Apples - 302 pages

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Material Handling - Explanation by Maynard

In Operation Analysis Book  (1939)


The handling of material costs money, and therefore it should be eliminated or reduced as much as possible.

The material must be transported to the work station, it must be handled by the operator before and after processing, and finally it must be taken away again. On a punch-press operation, for example, the processing time is the time required for the press to make a single stroke, is extremely small..  All the rest of the labor expended on the part is material handling.

 Material handling adds nothing to the value of the part, although it does increase its cost. Therefore, a determined attempt should be made to reduce material handling to an absolute minimum.

The material-handling problem resolves itself into two natural subdivisions, the handling of material to and from the work station and handling at the work station.

Material Handling to and from Work Station. There are a number of different ways of transporting material to and from work stations, and the one which is the most effective and efficient will depend upon such individual conditions as the size of the material to be moved, the amount, the frequency of movement, and the distance transported.

The oldest, and probably even yet the most commonly employed method is movement through human agency. A move man or an operator carries or trucks material from place to place.


In certain instances, this is a proper and efficient method. For example, if a given material is so light and so small that a supply sufficient for 2 hours work can be carried in a container the size of an ordinary bread pan, a mechanical means of transportation would be uneconomical. The handling time during the process of manufacture between operations may be as little as 1 per cent of the total processing time, because of the large number of pieces that may be carried at one time. This could undoubtedly be reduced somewhat by relaying out the work space and arranging the operators so close together that they can pass material from one to the other without getting up. Even this Is not particularly desirable, however, for little if any real saving would be made. The operations performed on such parts are usually rapid and comparatively monotonous. Getting up and going for a fresh supply of material every 2 hours or so breaks the monotony and actually acts as a rest period by providing a change of occupation. If the, handling operation did not provide this interruption and rest, fatigue would cause the operators to seek it anyway by extra trips to the washroom or drinking fountain. Material handling on small parts that provides an occasional break during a monotonous operation is desirable, and no attempt should be made to eliminate it.

Hand Trucks. The larger the parts are, the more effort is required to handle them by hand. Added weight involves added muscular effort, and .added volume means more trips to transport
a given number of pieces. As weight and volume increase, trucks of some sort become increasingly desirable. . Human labor is required to push them from place to place, but they add to the effectiveness of that labor by making it possible to move a large number of parts easily and at one time.

Hand trucks are superior to no trucks at all, but they offer a number of disadvantages. They are bulky, and since they must be pushed through the aisles that are used by anyone who desires to go from one part of the plant to another, with or without material, they cause interference to easy movement and often serious congestion. Where only one aisle is available, empty trucks commonly flow back against the stream of loaded trucks. In addition, the trucks occupy considerable valuable floor space at the various work stations. The replacing of hand trucks by conveyers will often result in worth-while economies.


Electric Trucks. Electric trucks are used for much the same purpose as hand trucks. They require the services of an operator, but usually more material may be handled per trip, and handled faster. Electric trucks are made in a number of different styles, and special trucks are made for special applications.

Tractor-trailer Systems. When miscellaneous material must be transported to a number of different places located over a large area, electric trucks may be replaced to advantage by a
tractor-trailer train. For example, a  train replaced eight electric trucks. Before its instal-lation, the electric trucks were used to transport material, some of them being assigned to- specific departments and some operated from a central point. Wherever material had to be moved, the electric trucks were used. The departmental trucks took finished material to other departments and usually returned empty. The other trucks were sent empty to whatever part of the plant they were needed. They did the required moving and then returned to the dispatch station empty. An earnest attempt was made by the dispatcher to route the trucks so that they were loaded as much as possible, but it was a difficult task. In addition, often when a rush call for service was received, all trucks were , and delays were frequent.

The installation of the tractor-trailer system reduced labor and greatly improved service throughout the plant. A route was laid out that took the train past every important material station in the plant. A regular schedule was set up, calling for several complete trips per day. The train moved along its route, drop-ping off trailers at the proper destinations and picking up others bound for different departments. Delays were reduced to a minimum, and each department knew, within a minute or two, the time it would receive incoming material or could ship outgoing  material. A few of the old electric trucks were retained at first for emergency service, but the tractor-trailer system functioned so well and gave such rapid service that there was little call for
them.

Conveyers.

Conveyers are widely used throughout industry and, where they are properly installed to meet a definite need, will give worth-while economies. Considerable care must be taken to determine if a conveyer will really be an advantage before it is put in, for not all handling problems can be solved by this means. A shop superintendent was once heard to refer contemptuously to an elaborate overhead conveyer system as a "traveling storeroom/ 7 As a matter of fact, this is just what it amounted to. Because there was no real need for a conveyer in this department, it was used principally to keep unwanted material off the floor. Material would sometimes slowly circle the department for a week at a time before it was removed from the conveyer. This was wasteful, of course, and was the direct result of an improper installation.

There is a wide variety of kinds and types of conveyers offered by conveyer manufacturers for industrial use. Since conditions in every plant differ, all installations are in a sense special, but most conveyers designed to handle standard materials such as cartons, boxes, or tote pans are made up of standard sections or units. Gravity conveyers are in general cheaper than power-driven conveyers but, of course, require that the opposite ends of the conveyer be at different levels.

A conveyer does not have to be expensive or even purchased to be effective. Often a homemade arrangement of wooden boards will be as efficient as any conveyer that can be installed. On punch-press work, for example, where a product is made in several operations of approximately equal length, if the punch presses are set side by side, wooden chutes  make excellent conveyers. At a given work station, the operator lays aside his finished part in the raised end of a chute. The part rolls or slides to the next operator and arrives in a position convenient for grasping.

Roller conveyers take advantage of the force of gravity to bring about material movement. The rollers run freely on ball bearings ; hence, a comparatively slight drop per foot of travel is necessary. If long distances must be covered, an occasional belt conveyer may be used to boost the material from the low end of one roller conveyer to the high end of the next. .

Other commonly used conveyers are the belt conveyer, , the spiral conveyer which may be either a roller conveyer or - a sheet-metal spiral with a steeper pitch, and the overbad chain conveyer. Many other types are alsQ^Ti|ilable, and special conveyers for almost any sort of specific material-handling problem can be obtained. Information and advice can be obtained from the leading conveyer manufacturers whenever an installation is contemplated. The main point to be decided upon first is the necessity for the conveyer. If a conveyer is desirable, a suitable type can be found.

Conveyers for Miscellaneous Work.

 It is commonly felt that conveyers are applicable only where a standard product is manufactured in quantities. Under certain conditions, however, they may be used successfully to handle a miscellaneous variety of work. Figure 61 shows a conveyer running through a storeroom for finished material. A number of miscellaneous products are kept in this storeroom. When an order is received, material is taken from the shelves of the storeroom and is placed on the conveyer which takes it to a checker. When the order has been checked, other conveyers take it to various packing stations for packing and shipping. In spite of the variety of product handled and the number of ways in which orders are packed and shipped, a large saving was made by convey erizing the stores and shipping department.

Another and perhaps even more striking example of the use of conveyers on miscellaneous work occurred in a machine shop doing milling and drilling operations on small quantities of metal parts. Horizontal milling machines, vertical milling machines, and sensitive, radial, and multiple spindle drill presses were used, and there was a total of 51 machines in the department. Because of the small lot sizes, each machine worked on several different jobs each day. The order in which operations were performed was by no means fixed, for some jobs required drilling before milling, others milling before drilling, and others were milled, drilled, and milled again.

The former layout is shown in the upper half of Fig. 62. Material was moved about by laborers. They brought unfinished material to the various work stations and removed finished material. Material was piled about the machines and, besides occupying floor space, was decidedly unsightly. In addition to the material-handling problems, the matter of proper production control presented difficulties. In every shop, there are always certain jobs that are undesirable from the worker's viewpoint. When a number of jobs are available, the operators will choose the most desirable and will put off doing the least desirable as long as possible. Therefore, the production department has to be continually on the alert to prevent jobs being neglected until they become overdue.

A conveyer installation eliminated the move men and overcame production-control difficulties.  All material is sent out from the central dispatch station, The dispatcher has a set of records which show when each job is wanted and what the operations are that must be performed. At the proper time,, he places material on the outgoing conveyer and by means of a control apparatus shunts it off on the proper lateral conveyer which takes it to the machines.  When the operation has been completed, the material is put on a return conveyer located directly below the outgoing conveyer. The job returns to the dispatcher who sends it out to the next operation. In this way, a definite control of the order in which jobs are to be done is obtained. A definite check on the production of each man is available, and certain phases of the clerical routine are simplified.

Material Handling at the Work Station. When material has been brought to the general neighborhood of the work station, the from that point until the operation Is complete is  usually done by the operator. When material is brought by truck, or tractor-trailer train, he usually has to walk a varying distance to the material and transport it to working position himself. Conveyers or overhead cranes usually bring the material close to the operator.

When the material is at the work station, it must be picked up and moved to the working position. The work is done, after which the material is set aside. When the job is finished, the complete lot of material may be removed from the immediate vicinity of the work station by the operator.

The exact procedure followed "will vary considerably with varying conditions and products; but unless the material is brought directly to the operator by conveyer and the work is done on the part while it is still on the conveyer, there will be a certain amount of material handling at the work station. This should be reduced as much as conditions permit. The initial and final moves can sometimes be shortened by rearranging the layout of the department. Material handling at the workplace can be reduced by detailed motion study.

Questions. The discussion of the material-handling problem given here is of necessity rather brief. No particular mention of such transportation devices as overhead cranes or elevators has been made, for these are usually provided when necessary and are usually installed and working at the time the operation analysis is begun.

As a matter of fact, the analysis of a single operation seldom leads to the installation of a conveyer system or other expensive handling means unless the operation is highly repetitive. Usually it results in the installation of simple handling devices such as the gravity chutes  or the development of special tote pans or racks, which facilitate the handling of the particular job.

At the same time, the desirability of the more elaborate handling devices should be considered. If several analyses indicate that a conveyer system, for example, offers possibilities, then a more general study of material handling may be undertaken. These greater possibilities should be kept in mind during all analyses.

Source: Operations Analysis by Maynard

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Ralph M. Barnes - Industrial Engineer - Motion and Time Study - Important Ideas Promoted by Him

Ralph Barnes was born in Clifton Mills, West Virginia on October 17, 1900.

He went to West Virginia University for his BS (1923) and his ME(1928).  He received his MS (1924) and PhD. (1933) from Cornell University.

Ralph was the first recipient of a PhD  (1933) in Industrial Engineering from Cornell, and also the first in the United States.

He worked in US window Glass (1923), Bausch and Lomb Optical Co, (1924-25), and  Gleason Works (1925-26). He also worked in Eastman Kodak during 1926-30.

He taught at the University of Illinois (1926-28), the University of Iowa (1928-1949), and UCLA from 1949-1968, and was a professor emeritus until the 80s.  He died in Los Angeles November 4, 1984.

Research papers by R.M Barnes - University of Iowa

He wrote the popular text book "Motion and Time Study" which is published  by John Wiley and Sons.

He was awarded the Gilbreth medal.

During World War II,  he did consulting on the layout for the Hanford Nuclear Plant and worked for Armstrong Cork Company which made wings for the Corsair airplane.


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Important Ideas Promoted by Barnes

Motion and Time Study is a only part of Industrial Engineering.

Motion and Time Study is not the entire field of industrial engineering. In recent years, there has been a tendency in this direction.  P.6, Third Edition, 1949.

Above statement is very important. Industrial engineering neglected the engineering aspect of IE and focused more on human effort industrial engineering. When workers opposed this exclusive focus on them to increase productivity (they felt uncomfortable and unnecessarily painted as villains) IE has to no ground to defend. Psychologists and sociologists took the side of workers and criticized IE practices. IEs had no answer and beat a retreat. The point indicated by Barnes was not corrected even now in IE discipline. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Hv0JH9OkQ 

For the content in slides

Engineering in Industrial Engineering - Engineering ++ = Industrial Engineering

Presentation in International Conference on Industrial Engineering - 2019, SVNIT Surat

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Computers in Industrial Engineering Methods

Ralph Barnes, in his seventh edition of Motion and Time Study devoted two chapters to explain the role of computers in industrial engineering. Chapter 25 is titled “computer aided time study.” Chapter 26 is titled “computerized machine and equipment downtime monitoring and reporting” [Barnes]. Time study is an important method in IE and it is important to notice that in 1980 itself, the role of computers was discussed in time study. In the area of layout planning also, computer methods existed during the 70s. 

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2021/09/computer-aided-industrial-engineering.html

Industrial Engineering - Role of Engineering, Mechanization and Automation

In process improvement study or projects, to do a task in the most productive manner, the most efficient manual method (best manual method), best mechanized method and best automation method are to be compared and the most productive method has to be employed. This comparison has to be done at element or suboperation level.

Source: Book: Motion and Time Study: Design and Measurement of Work, Ralph M. Barnes, 7th Edition, Chapter 18. Motion Study, Mechanization, and Automation.

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/10/automation-in-manufacturing-role.html

Experiments on Principles of Motion Economy

Barnes conducted number of research studies to gather evidence regarding principles of motion economy given by Frank Gilbreth. He devoted three chapters in his book to explain the principles in detail and made motion films also to show examples.

Principles of Motion Economy - Details - R.M. Barnes

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/principles-of-motion-economy-some-more.html

Updated  25 Jan 2022,  1 October 2020,  13 June 2015
First published  4 Oct 2013

Parameter Estimation of a Solar Cell - Optimization

 

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/3/312

Abstract

Parameter extraction of the photovoltaic cell is a highly nonlinear complex optimization problem. This article proposes a new hybrid version of whale optimization and particle swarm optimization algorithm to optimize the photovoltaic cell parameters. The exploitation ability of particle swarm optimization with adaptive weight function is implemented in the pipeline mode with a whale optimization algorithm to improve its exploitation capability and convergence speed. 

The statistical analysis validates that the average accuracy and robustness of the proposed algorithm are better than other algorithms. The best values of root mean square error generated by the proposed algorithm are 7.1700×10−4 and 9.8412×10−4 for single-diode and double-diode models. It is observed that the estimated parameters based on the optimization process are highly consistent with the experimental data.

MMIC Technology - Cost Estimation and Reduction - Industrial Engineering - Articles and Cases

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iRnDxCSUNI
Oct 2016


MMICs - Monolithic microwave integrated circuits


Cost models attribute 50 to 75% of cost AESA (active electronically scanned array ) to antenna. Within antenna 50% of the cost is attributed to T/R modules./

AESAs have a price of $175 million for array face. Hence the price of T/R modules in an AESA can be $44 million to $65 million. Ground based arrays can have 25,000 T/R modues. Hence each T/R module may have a price of $1760 to $2600. MMICs account for 50% of the TR module cost.

Overall yields of 60 to 70% are considered normal from wafer to MMICs.

GaAS PHEMT or GaN HEMT

Within $1760, the MMIC may cost $700, HPA $350 and rest purchased items and assembly cost.
Touch labor has to be contained below $262 per module.

Breakup of T/R module cost:

MMIC: 40%
Purchased part: 20%
Assembly : 15%
Test: 10%
Qualification: 15%

So MMIC: 40% of 1750 = $700. 50% of it is high power amplifier (HPA) = $350.

Raytheon supported low cos flat panel X-band array using COTS type PCBs and demonstrated four TR channels on a common SiGe BiCMOS substrate at a reported T/R channel cost of $4.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=jESPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA205#v=onepage&q&f=false

Cost Factors of Fabricating a MMIC wafer

Labor -  11% of the Manufacturing Cost
Machine related consumables and energy - 43%  of   the Manufacturing Cost
Depreciation - 10%
Taxes - 10%
SG&A - 15%
Profit - 11%

Machine related consumables and energy - 43%  of   the Manufacturing Cost  include cost of consumables, spare parts, materials (including cleanroom garments, wipes, face masks and tweezers) production control and facilities (power, deionized water and gas scrubbers).

Design Notes

1 Watt X-band HPA MMIC

This example shows a 1W X-band HPA MMIC design utilizing the example AWR MESFET PDK with APLAC HB, simulation switch lists, and linear power estimation using the Cripps method implemented with Output equations.

https://kb.awr.com/display/examples/MMIC_HPA

NEWS RELEASE:

 Plextek RFI unveils phased array GaN MMIC reference design

CAMBRIDGE, UK: 13 July 2016 —Plextek RFI, a UK design house specialising in microwave and millimetre-wave IC design, has announced a new reference design for a GaN power amplifier (PA) MMIC for use in X-band active phased array radar applications.

“Active phased arrays require numerous PAs, which need to have high efficiency, and to have a small size and relatively low cost,” said Liam Devlin, CEO of Plextek RFI. “Our new design has a die size of only 1.5mm x 2mm, which means around 2,300 PAs can be fabricated on a single 4-inch (100mm) diameter wafer. This makes the cost very competitive compared with other commercially-available MMICs offering this level of RF output power.”

The X-band GaN PA MMIC covers 9.0 – 11.5GHz and delivers 7W (+38.5dBm) of RF output power from a +29dBm input, with a Power Added Efficiency (PAE) of 42%. This means that it can be driven by readily available GaAs parts when used as the output PA stage.

Plextek RFI designed the MMIC using Keysight ADS 2015, and it was manufactured by UMS on its 0.25µm gate length GaN-on-SiC process (GH25).

“As the IC is designed and manufactured in Europe, it will have the added advantage of not being subject to US export control,” added Liam Devlin.
https://www.plextekrfi.com/about-us/press/

How to save money by using custom design GaAs MMICs
August 23, 2010 | Liam Devlin, Plextek Ltd
https://www.plextekrfi.com/wp-content/uploads/custom_gaas_mmics.pdf

Same as above in a different link
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/can-custom-designed-mmics-reduce-microwave-systems-costs-2013-10/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_microwave_integrated_circuit

Practical MMIC Design
Steve Marsh
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 376
https://us.artechhouse.com/Practical-MMIC-Design-P1009.aspx

MMIC Design Techniques for Low-Cost High-Volume Commercial Modules
Abstract:
This paper presents several MMIC design techniques that focus on module cost reduction and general MMIC component requirements relative to point-to-point and point-to-multipoint terrestrial, as well as two-way satellite, low-cost high-volume communication module needs. Currently, MMIC vendors concentrate on improving performance and reducing MMIC cost. Low-cost high-volume modules impose additional requirements relating to MMIC compatibility with module volume production processes. The MMIC design techniques discussed include: circuit compaction, use of external support components, maximizing symmetry, reduction of external connections, compatibility with automatic bonding machines, compatibility with automatic pick-and-place machines, and standardizing RF probe types. General MMIC requirements relative to module needs for both terrestrial and satellite communication links are also discussed.
Published in: 2003 33rd European Microwave Conference
Date of Conference: 2-10 Oct. 2003
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4143160

Design GaAs MMICs for best price and performance values
Atkinson, Bobby
Though the manufacturing advantages of monolithic integration and the emergence of GaAs foundaries have resulted in low-cost GaAs MMIC technology, further cost reduction can be achieved by using a foundary's standard line of circuit cells. By using a PC-based workstation with CAD software, it is possible, however, to fabricate a custom MMIC design for $10,000 or less. As an example, this low-cost approach was applied to the design and fabrication of a Ku-band oscillator. Criteria useful for selecting a good foundary are outlined, and attention is focused on MMIC computer-aided-engineering tools. A design process on an Apollo-based MMIC workstation is described and compared with that on a PC-based workstation, and protocols for exchanging data between PCs and mainframes are outlined.


Publication:
Microwaves & RF (ISSN 0745-2993), vol. 30, Feb. 1991, p. 93, 94, 96, 98, 99.
 Pub Date: February 1991
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991MicWa..30...93A/abstract



Suppliers

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Our MMIC products offer substantial advantages such as ESD 4,000 volt, MSL 1, high quality and uniformity, enhanced band width 10MHz to 65GHz, 100% lead-free green products (RoHS compliant), higher performance, temperature compensated bias circuit, friendly packaging, MTBF over 100 years and more.
https://www.hypertech.co.il/product/mmic-devices/


https://www.custommmic.com/news/rounding-up-our-best-gan-rf-power-amplifier-mmics/


https://www.northropgrumman.com/BusinessVentures/Microelectronics/Products/Pages/GaNPowerAmplifiers.aspx

https://www.qorvo.com/innovation/technology/gan

http://rfhic.com/img/Guide.pdf


Research

The ilities of a system are often called life cycle properties.
settings
Packageability as an ‘Ility’ for Systems Engineering
by Rick L. Sturdivant 1,* andEdwin K. P. Chong
Systems 2017, 5(4), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/systems5040048
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/5/4/48/htm

Yi-Qun Hu, Hao Luo, Yong-Heng Shang and Fa-Xin Yu, 2014. Design of a Highly Integrated Front-End K-Band TR Module Based on LTCC Technology for Phased-Array System. Information Technology Journal, 13: 165-170.
https://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=itj.2014.165.170

Automatized synthesis of microwave monolitic integrated circuits with spatial and astronomy applications
Start date 1 January 2007  End date  31 December 2008

Objective
In designing MMICs, the hardest problem is to select MMIC's schematic and topology to satisfy performance specifications. This task needs very qualified designers that know electronics, microwaves and technology. The MMIC design is now based on the multiple simulation and optimization of different circuit variants, such the process is very labor- and time-consuming and may lead to non-optimal solutions. This project focuses on investigating and developing methods and software for the direct synthesis of passive and active MMICs from circuit requirements. The project will be based on the new high-frequency network synthesis approaches. The methods and software developed will allow the automatic or interactive determination of MMIC's schematic and topology directly from requirements using exact models of MMIC elements. For implementing the proposed approach to MMIC design, fast MMIC element models will be constructed for specific MMIC production processes. It is planned to build fast polynomial and neuro-network models firstly for GaAs OMMIC ED02AH process and then for another GaAs, InP, SiGe or CMOS European processes that will be selected by partner teams. Within this project, it is supposed to implemented several tools for interactive and automatic synthesis of MMIC passive and active microwave circuits: LOCUS, a tool for the "visual" design of passive matching/compensated networks, GENESYN, a GA-based tool for the synthesis of matching networks, and GENEAMP, a tool for the automatic synthesis of transistor amplifiers using GAs. Also, it is planned to develop two additional software tools: SHIFTER for designing phase shifters, and IMCON for designing negative impedance converters with application to microwave active filters. It is planned to integrate MMIC synthesis tools in such the popular simulators as Microwave Office and ADS. This task supposes the careful estimation and validation of techniques, software tools, and MMIC element models developed. For this, the design and implementation of several extreme-quality MMICs with using these techniques and tools (such as low-noise and power amplifiers, phase shifters, impedance converters, and active filters) are planned. In particular, MMIC designs for spatial, astronomy and low-noise applications will include several designs with OMMIC (GaAs), NGC Indium Phosphide (InP) and WIN (GaAs). Also, as these III/V processes have difficulty meeting the cost targets and high integration density, Silicon processes will therefore be investigated with AMS and IHP (www.ihp-microelectronics.com) in a SiGe process with frequency > 200 GHz but also with UMC in a CMOS process. The designs will be based on the SOC concept integrating amplifying and filtering functions (active filters) on a single ship. In designing negative impedance converters and active filters, the specific original design techniques of XLIM group based on the "impedance profile" will be used.

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/86204/factsheet/en

The benefits and challenges of using GaN technology in AESA radar systems

MARIO LAMARCHE, MERCURY SYSTEMS

http://mil-embedded.com/articles/the-benefits-and-challenges-of-using-gan-technology-in-aesa-radar-systems/

Google Books

Pseudomorphic HEMT Technology and Applications

R.L. Ross, Stefan P. Svensson, Paolo Lugli

Springer Science & Business Media, 06-Dec-2012 - Science - 350 pages

PHEMT devices and their incorporation into advanced monolithic integrated circuits is the enabling technology for modern microwave/millimeter wave system applications. Although still in its infancy, PHEMT MIMIC technology is already finding applications in both military and commercial systems, including radar, communication and automotive technologies. The successful team in a globally competitive market is one in which the solid-state scientist, circuit designer, system engineer and technical manager are cognizant of those considerations and requirements that influence each other's function.

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive review of PHEMT technology, including materials, fabrication and processing, device physics, CAD tools and modelling, monolithic integrated circuit technology and applications. Readers with a broad range of specialities in one or more of the areas of materials, processing, device physics, circuit design, system design and marketing will be introduced quickly to important basic concepts and techniques. The specialist who has specific PHEMT experience will benefit from the broad range of topics covered and the open discussion of practical issues. Finally, the publication offers an additional benefit, in that it presents a broad scope to both the researcher and manager, both of whom must be aware and educated to remain relevant in an ever-expanding technology base.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=En71CAAAQBAJ

Micro Process Engineering: Fundamentals, Devices, Fabrication, and Applications

Norbert Kockmann

John Wiley & Sons, 26-Sep-2008 - Technology & Engineering - 529 pages

This edition of 'Micro Process Engineering' was originally published in the successful series 'Advanced Micro & Nanosystems'.

Authors from leading industrial players and research institutions present a concise and didactical introduction to Micro Process Engineering, the combination of microtechnology and process engineering into a most promising and powerful tool for revolutionizing chemical processes and industrial mass production of bulk materials, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and many other products.

The book takes the readers from the fundamentals of engineering methods, transport processes, and fluid dynamics to device conception, simulation and modelling, control interfaces and issues of modularity and compatibility. Fabrication strategies and techniques are examined next, focused on the fabrication of suitable microcomponents from various materials such as metals, polymers, silicon, ceramics and glass.

The book concludes with actual applications and operational aspects of micro process systems, giving broad coverage to industrial efforts in America, Europe and Asia as well as laboratory equipment and education.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=50Om_uP-YJAC

Wafer Cost - Estimation and Historical Record


Lecture 5: Cost, Price, and Price for Performance - BNRG
http://bnrg.eecs.berkeley.edu/~randy/Courses/CS252.S96/Lecture05.pdf

Cost per Wafer
http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf

BEL Invited Applications for 6 Posts MMIC Design and MMIC Testing Professionals

Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) invited applications for the post of MMIC and MMIC Testing & Characterisation. Interested candidates can apply for the posts latest by 15 April 2017.

BEL Invited Applications for 6 Posts MMIC Design and MMIC Testing Professionals

Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) invited applications for the post of MMIC and MMIC Testing & Characterisation. Interested candidates can apply for the posts latest by 15 April 2017.

Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) invited applications for the post of MMIC and MMIC Testing & Characterisation. Interested candidates can apply for the posts latest by 15 April 2017.

Under Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) Recruitment 2017, there are 6 Posts for MMIC Design and MMIC Testing & Characterisation. In which 4 Posts for Deputy Manager (MMIC Design), Senior Engineer (MMIC Design) and 2 Posts for Senior Engineer (MMIC Test & Characterization). The eligibility criteria for the above posts are listed below

For applying Deputy Manager (MMIC DESIGN) and Senior Engineer (MMIC DESIGN), candidate should have done Full time B.E/B.Tech in Electronics / Electronics & Telecommunication / Electronics & Communication / Communication / Telecommunication from reputed AICTE approved institution / University, NITs, IITS with First Class for GEN / OBC candidates & Pass Class for SC/ST/PWD Candidates. M.E/M.Tech in RF/Microwave Engineering/related specialization from reputed AICTE approved institution / University, NITs, IITs with First Class for GEN / OBC candidates & Pass Class for SC/ST/PWD Candidates. 6 Years MS from reputed AICTE approved Institutions/University in the relevant specialisation Ph.D in relevant area of RF/Microwave from reputed AICTE approved Institution / University. PH.D is not required for Senior Engineer (MMIC Design), Senior Engineer (MMIC Test & Characterization).

https://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/bel-invited-applications-for-6-posts-mmic-design-and-mmic-testing-professionals-1490264543-1

Ud 24.1.2022, 7.11.2021

Pub 20.11.2019