Questions tagged [industrial-engineering]
Questions for this tag may be for improving processes or finding an efficient way to complete a task.
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Overhead Conveyor System Design for ABS Tubes
I'm working on an overhead conveyor system suspended from the ceiling to carry ABS tubes, and I'd appreciate some feedback and advice to help refine the design. Here's a breakdown of the system specs ...
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Warehouse aisles and ramp requirements for pallet hand trucks
Are there any regulations for warehouses that define maximum slope and minimum aisle lengths for moving pallets with hydraulic, manual pallet jacks?
Given a ramp that was designed for wheelchairs, I'm ...
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Distance sensors with accuracy of 0.1 mm?
I am looking for a sensor with 0.1 mm accuracy and a sensing distance of 1-10 cm for an industrial machine. The machine is used to ensure product quality following the assembly process. It will be ...
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Examples of uses of different voltages as seen on motor nameplate
The electric motor nameplate (pictured) has a variety of different voltage configurations which are listed. I understand that the motor can be configured to run on different voltages by changing the ...
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Is there a good resource to find out if an industrial controls component is branded by more than one company, and who actually manufactures it?
I have seen multiple components such as relays, circuit protection, plcs, terminals blocks, and even enclosures that were sold by completely different companies. Other than the writing on the device, ...
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Best method to mount electric motor for chain drive for industrial machinery
I want to use this electric motor to run an industrial machine via ANSI roller chain. In the images most of the machine is not visible, only the sprocket on the input shaft and a bit of the relevant ...
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Are the production lines for military vehicles (incl. tanks) automated (with industrial robotics) similarly to the mass-produced cars?
My country is participant in one military vehicle production product and the price tag is almost 5-10 times higher than for mass-produced non-military vehicles. We have no industrial robots for such ...
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How much CO2 is produced by wood biomass under complete combustion?
If I have a one tonne (equivalent to 1.167 m3) of residual wood product used in a suspension burner at 3% moisture. The wood consists of a mixture of softwood by-products. How much CO2 would be ...
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what is the problem with j1000 drive?
I have problem in the drive-J1000, not running , shows F 9.50 on display , just twinkling here is a video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JasqdFWffqOWf1wKko-XR6xYs1OKAzdu/view?usp=sharing
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Do dual fuel (or heat source) industrial furnaces exist?
Apologies for the naive question.
Reading this article I was reminded that there are a lot of industrial furnaces that work 24x7 around the world burning fossil fuels. Then I remembered that often in ...
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Calculate Vibration Velocity and Acceleration from Triple Axis Accelerometer
Looking for very specific support developing a simple Python script to take the time series X,y,z tuple readings from a triple axis accelerometer and output a meaningful measure of vibration for ...
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How come there is no home clean incinerator/burner yet?
I realized recently that burning waste oil, plastic, coal, even plain wood, release (potentially) harmful SOx, NOx, and particulate matter (wiki)
That's why it's mandatory for incinerators / boiler-...
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How can the function of a separation funnel be accomplished industrially?
In some industries, as in biodiesel production, upon reaction, there will be several products with different properties (density) generated inside one chamber, and it's crucial to separate each of ...
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How to integrate a heater in polyeurethane foam?
We are trying to integrate a heater in polyeurethane mattresses. However, the heating units we found are in fabric shape and hence the moment we pressurize the PE foam in the mold they deform and do ...
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Planned cycle time for manual manufacturing processes with high variability
I am in a factory with many manual (non-machine) operations. Process time variability for most operations is high, leading to highly variable cycle times at the part level. There are efforts to ...
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PID or AI or other approaches to this thermal control problem?
I have this boiler controlled manually at the moment, and I am wondering what would be the most proper approach to automate this process.
The boiler in this question basically burns fuel (saw dust, ...
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Options on 'semi'-automating the loading of non-palletized products into trucks [closed]
I want to semi-automate the process of loading products (in the form of cardboard box) to trucks.
Current process utilizes manual pallet jack to bring the pallet full of cases inside the trucks, then ...
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How do I EXACTLY calculate the k-factor for metal bending?
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I've recently started to work with metals and the process of bending them. There is a lot more math involved than I initially thought. All the break press operators just have a ...
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Manufacturing with glass panels [closed]
I would like to design a 3.2-inch LCD display onto a product. The best aesthetic I have seen is using a flush glass screen front face.
My product does not use touch screen. How would I go about ...
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FE Exam practice: "How many years until you're a millionaire?" [closed]
One of the early questions in the NCEES FE Industrial/Systems Exam studyguide has a solution that I can't decipher.
The question is as follows:
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What are the charge/power connector of restaurant order pagers / buzzers called?
They look like snap buttons and used for stacking pagers for charging.
Closest things I can find are socket screws and cap nuts.
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Optimizing flue gas temp for maple syrup evaporator
I have a simple maple syrup evaporator. Fuel is burned in a firebox located under 1mm stainless steel pans containing maple sap--which becomes syrup once enough water is evaporated. After passing ...
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Ceramic pressure measurement - piezoelectrical or capacitive?
Context: I'm writing about an old industrial training facility used for a petrochemical process.
In this training facility, there is a 3-phase separator. On that separator is a pressure measurement. ...
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Replace Hydrogen in an air cylinder
Can we use a gas cylinder made of A6061, meant to carry air up to 300 bar, with Hydrogen up to the same pressure? If not, what is the maximum pressure that one can safely use hydrogen with?
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What can be the mechanism used in devising a machine that can arrange the dishes properly to make the cleaning faster in the messes/hotels [closed]
In hotels/messes the used plates are often placed haphazardly, and the workers need to pick
the plates carefully to clean them. This leads to longer washing times and longer waiting times for ...
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In the 1980s, did radio reporters actually carry around a clunky antenna contraption on their backs to communicate with their radio station's HQs?
I've been wondering about this ever since I saw this comedy TV show as a kid called Macken ("The car repair shop" in Swedish). Originally aired 1986 in Sweden, it features absurd situations ...
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Arrow on Activity (AOA) Network Diagram
I have question-related to industrial management, actually, it is a problem on arrow on activity network diagram. I tried to solve the question my self, below are the images. If I did any mistake ...
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From advanced prototype to low-volume production
So to the point. In our project (Robotics project) we mostly use sheet metal and PLA printed parts to build. But we want to level up and be ready for an advanced run and even low-volume production of ...
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Why large industrial units combine induction and synchronous motors?
We usually use induction motors to turn electrical energy to mechanical, however synchronous motors are the machines on the other side of the grid (generation).
A week ago we had a student visit to ...
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Break loose torque calculation of lock nut against rotating/acceleating bolts?
I have a Scenario where my lock nut is tightend using a prevailing torque of 14 Nm (as mentioned by the manufacturer) on to the rotor placed between bearings (But the tightening direction and the ...
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Talking in terms of 6 sigma, why 4 ppm would be very costlier than 1 ppm (part per milion)?
In industrial manufacturing lines, there is a a limit on the number of discarded parts per million.I need to have a sense about this, e.g. How different is 4 ppm from 1 ppm and how much does it ...
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Press brake tooling for 360 tube?
I’m trying to find out if it’s possibly to form a cylinder or tube with a diameter of 1 inch using some kind of curling die for a press brake. I’ve seen dies that make small 360 degree bends like that ...
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How to calculate required torque
Currently I'm doing a personal project, but I've some doubts about the calculation process. Well, I've a platform (2.30m length x 0.32m width). This platform is supported by 4 wheels with a diameter ...
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Squirrel-cage air blower efficiency
What would be the typical efficiency of a large industrial single-stage squirrel-cage air blower?
For example how many kilograms of ambient air (STP) would be moved per second by such blower which ...
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What kind of professional(s) build/design factories? [closed]
I have a small self-built food processing unit (500sqft) but it is very labor-intensive. I want to make a larger unit (45,000sqft) with 100x more output using factory machinery (automation, conveyor ...
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Modelling reactor jacket with or without insulation, how to proceed?
I am currently trying to derive a model to help estimate as precisely as possible how much time can be saved by insulating the jacket of a reactor used for eating and cooling.
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Which design to maximize friction for a device standing on concrete?
I have a device 4cm X 5cm X 15cm that stands on asphalt/concrete/road. So, the device is taller than its base which makes contact with the asphalt.
I want to maximize the friction so that the device ...
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Analizing Vibrations Influence on Dynamic Weighing
I have a very sensitive scale used for dynamic weighing (by dynamic I mean that the scale and load cells are actually beneath a belt conveyor that actively weight product when it´s being transported ...
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Coating brass components cheaply
I have seen a number of products made of brass with a silver-looking coating covering the brass on the outside. These products are all quite cheap (for example a small watering can or clothes hooks). ...
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Manufacturing screw thread onto lid
I am wondering how the screw top of a container made of either aluminium or brass is manufactured at scale. A picture of the sort of thing I am talking about is below. Currently the only method I can ...
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Waste Foundry Sand as an aggregate for concrete mixes. I have a question regarding grain diameter and it's possible applications
I'm working on a project with a company that uses sand casts during moulding processes and they provided us with samples of the sand they use before it's involved in the procedure and afterwards (...
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Does a closed loop biomass-fired cogeneration/CHP make sense?
I'm working on a project concerning electricity production using biomass, and we have seen that making use of cogeneration is very attractive in order to increase the efficiency of the installation. ...
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AirFlow Measurement
I'm a software developer, who wants to create a monitoring system for an industrial airflow system. The airflow of the system is huge - between 15 and 20 cubic liters per minute. Here is my problem, ...
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Recommended compressed air source and location for separate air compression system
I am investigating what would be the most appropriate compressed air source (fan/blower/compressor) for designing a separate air compressor system.
The information is as follows:
the compressed air ...
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What constitutes AGILITY where Behavior-Driven and Unit Testing are concerned [closed]
This morning I had a presentation on PHPSPec which the official website describes as follows:
A php toolset to drive emergent design by specification.
As defined within an adjective context the ...
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How to bend copper heat pipes?
I have purchased these copper heat-pipes; however, I am wondering how to bend them without kinking them or cutting them open due to pressure on weak points/bends.
These are flat copper heat pipes, so ...
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Metering pump that is either computer compatible or microcontroller compatible?
I'd like to write something in Python to automate and maintain a specific dosing formula for a couple of our processes. We need a dosing pump that either has a USB port that can interact with a ...
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What are SCADA Boxes?
I've seen the terms "SCADA boxes", "SCADA out-of-the-box", "SCADA turnkey systems" used in various articles but without a definition. I'd like to know whether the terms are synonymous and if not what ...
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3D construction [closed]
Can someone please tell you what to start with to construct a Kids Bike Trailer as 3D.
It should select material and geometry. I think I should start sketching with forces (children's weight) and ...
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How does an industrial engineer develop a process? [closed]
I would like to know what industrial engineers use for planning and developing a process:
What is the most widely business analysis modeling language used (Think ...
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