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This book should be of interest to students in higher education/FE colleges taking courses in industrial motor control.

This book aims at presenting, describing, and summarizing the latest advances in polymer flooding regarding the chemical synthesis of the EOR agents and the numerical simulation of compositional models in porous media, including a description of the possible applications of nanotechnology acting as a booster of traditional chemical EOR processes. A large part of the world economy depends nowadays on non-renewable energy sources, most of them of fossil origin. Though the search for and the dev...

Robotics, Second Edition is an essential addition to the toolbox of any engineer or hobbyist involved in the design of any type of robot or automated mechanical system. It is the only book available that takes the reader through a step-by step design process in this rapidly advancing specialty area of machine design. This book provides the professional engineer and student with important and detailed methods and examples of how to design the mechanical parts of robots and automated systems. Mo...

This book presents the essential concepts of operations research and engineering management in a structured manner. Starting with the basic functions of management – planning, organizing, leading and controlling – it introduces the reader to the process of strategic decision-making, covering the essentials of technological invention management, innovation and entrepreneurship, with ample examples of decision-making under certainty, uncertainty and risk conditions. It also exposes the reader to t...

This book offers a comprehensive review of sustainability and product design, providing useful information on the relevant regulations and standards for industries to meet increasing market demands for eco-products, while reducing their impact on the environment. The examples and methods presented allow readers to gain insights into sustainable products. The authors also explain how to develop products with sustainability features by applying tools and methods for sustainable design and manufact...

Fur Unternehmen sind Produktionsplanung und -steuerung (PPS) angesichts sich wandelnder Markte von erheblicher Bedeutung. Dabei erfolgt die Auftragsabwicklung heute in Netzwerken, die weit uber die Unternehmensgrenzen hinausreichen. In dem Handbuch werden theoretisch fundierte Gestaltungsmethoden fur unternehmensinterne und -ubergreifende PPS vorgestellt. In Band 2 erlautern die Autoren neue Entwicklungen rund um das Produktionsmanagement und liefern so eine Orientierungshilfe fur die mittel- un...

This book focuses on human error as a cause of accidents and illustrates them by describing a number of accidents that have occurred, mainly in the oil and chemical industries. It is intended for practising engineers, especially chemical engineers and students.

This book presents the general objective of the REV2021 conference which is to contribute and discuss fundamentals, applications, and experiences in the field of Online and Remote Engineering, Virtual Instrumentation, and other related new technologies like Cross Reality, Data Science & Big Data, Internet of Things & Industrial Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Cyber Security, and M2M & Smart Objects. Nowadays, online technologies are the core of most fields of engineering and the whole society...

Die vorliegende Arbeit entstand wahrend meiner Tatigkeit als wissenschaftlicher Mit- arbeiter der Fraunhofer Technologie-Entwicklungsgruppe (TEG), Stuttgart. Ich danke Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. E. Westkamper fUr die wohlwollende Forderung und UnterstOtzung, die das DurchfOhren meiner Arbeit ermoglichte. Herrn Prof. Dr. rer. nat. R. Gadow danke ich fUr die Obernahme des Korreferats und die wertvollen Hinweise und Anregungen, welche sich aus der Durchsicht und der Dis- kussion des Manuskripts...

Die vorliegende Arbeit entstand wahrend meiner Tatigkeit als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Fraunhofer-lnstitut fur Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (I PA), Stuttgart. Mein besonderer Dank gilt Herrn Prof. Dr.-lng. h.c. mult. H.-J. Warnecke, Prasident der Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, fur seine grosszugige Unterstutzung und Foerderung, die zur erfolgreichen Durchfuhrung dieser Arbeit beigetragen hat. Herrn Prof. Dr.-lng. K. Langenbeck danke ich fur die UEbernahme des Mitberichts und die eing...

Die Kosten der Inbetriebnahme von Neuanlagen sind erheblich, die letzte Phase der Auftragsabwicklung enthdlt gravierende Einsparpotentiale. Dieses Buch systematisiert und erldutert die Aufgaben in Vorbereitung und Durchf]hrung der Inbetriebnahme schon wdhrend der Entwicklung, Planung und Montage. Mit Hilfe zahlreicher Checklisten und Praxisbeispiele werden Erfahrungen und entscheidende Hinweise weitergegeben, die in der praktischen Arbeit direkt umsetzbar sind. Der Autor hat das bewdhrte Werk gr...

New, significant scientific discoveries in laser and photonic technologies, systems perspectives, and integrated design approaches can improve even further the impact in critical areas of challenge. Yet this knowledge is dispersed across several disciplines and research arenas. Laser and Photonic Systems: Design and Integration brings together a mu

This book discusses utilizing Big Data and Machine Learning approaches in investigating five aspects of firm level innovation in manufacturing; (1) factors that determine the decision to innovate (2) the extent of innovation (3) characteristics of an innovating firm (4) types of innovation undertaken and (5) the factors that drive and enable different types of innovation. A conceptual model and a cost-benefit framework were developed to explain a firm's decision to innovate. To empirically de...

Innovations today are the products of tomorrow -- this has to be the maxim of top management in order to successfully introduce innovative products and services to the market. This book examines innovation management from a network perspective. Several renowned authors from practice and scientific world alike consider different aspects of innovation management in the context of global networks. This will include the illustration of its challenges and chances as well as the development of promisi...

This volume contains the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, RAAD 2017, held at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, from June 21-23, 2017. The conference brought together academic and industrial researchers in robotics from 30 countries, the majority of them affiliated to the Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, and their worldwide partners. RAAD 2017 covered all major areas of R&D and innovation in robotics, including the latest research trends...