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Advances and current problems in process control - a review

  • Lee, Won-Kyoo
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1992.10b
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    • pp.29-29
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    • 1992
  • Interest in process control has rebounded from an all-time low in the mid-1970s, with a new focus on bridging the gap between academic theory and industrial practice. Since then, much progress has been made in the new generation of process control theory to bridge this gap. This review summarizes the recent advances and cur-rent problems in process control on a qualitative level.

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Economic Performance of an EWMA Chart for Monitoring MMSE-Controlled Processes

  • Lee, Jae-Heon;Yang, Wan-Youn
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.285-295
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    • 2004
  • Statistical process control(SPC) and engineering process control(EPC) are two complementary strategies for quality improvement. An integrated process control(IPC) can use EPC to reduce the effect of predictable quality variations and SPC to monitor the process for detection of special causes. In this paper we assume an IMA(1,1) model as a disturbance process and an occurrence of a level shift in the process, and we consider the economic performance for applying an EWMA chart to monitor MMSE-controlled processes. The numerical results suggest that the IPC scheme in an IMA(1,1) disturbance model does not give additional advantages in the economic aspect.

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A Comparative Study of SPC and EPC with a Focus on Their Integration (통계적 공정 관리(SPC)와 엔지니어링 공정 관리(EPC)의 비교 조사 : 통합 방안을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Myeong-Soo;Kim, Kwang-Jae
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.22-31
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    • 2005
  • With the common objective to improve process productivity and product quality, statistical process control (SPC) and engineering process control (EPC) have been widely used in the discrete-parts industry and the process industry, respectively. The major focus of SPC is on process monitoring, while that of EPC is on process adjustment. The emergence of the hybrid industry necessitates a synergistic combination of the two methods for an effective process control. This paper investigates the existing studies on SPC, EPC, and the integration of the two methods. This paper also presents future research issues in this field.

Comparison and Evaluation of Performance for Standard Control Limits and Bootstrap Percentile Control Limits in $\bar{x}$ Control Chart ($\bar{x}$ 관리도의 표준관리한계와 부트스트랩 백분률 관리한계의 수행도 비교평가)

  • 송서일;이만웅
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.22 no.52
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    • pp.347-354
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    • 1999
  • Statistical Process Control(SPC) which uses control charts is widely used to inspect and improve manufacturing process as a effective method. A parametric method is the most common in statistical process control. Shewhart chart was made under the assumption that measurements are independent and normal distribution. In practice, this assumption is often excluded, for example, in case of (equation omitted) chart, when the subgroup sample is small or correlation, it happens that measured data have bias or rejection of the normality test. A bootstrap method can be used in such a situation, which is calculated by resampling procedure without pre-distribution assumption. In this study, applying bootstrap percentile method to (equation omitted) chart, it is compared and evaluated standard process control limit with bootstrap percentile control limit. Also, under the normal and non-normal distributions, where parameter is 0.5, using computer simulation, it is compared standard parametric with bootstrap method which is used to decide process control limits in process quality.

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Effect of Measurement Error on the Economic Design of Control Charts for Controlling Process Means (측정오차가 공정평균 관리도의 경제적 설계에 미치는 영향)

  • 염창선
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.22 no.50
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 1999
  • Past studies on economic control charts for controlling process means assumed that the measures of a quality characteristic do not have measurement error. In practice, however, this assumption is frequently violated. In this paper, the economic design models of three control charts(Xbar control chart, Xbar control chart with warning limits, and CUSUM control chart) for controlling process means are developed on the assumption that the measures can have measurement error. The effects of measurement error on the process control cost and design parameters of three economic control charts are examined. According to the experiments done in this study, when measurement error exists, the economic CUSUM control chart has lower process control cost in comparison with two other control charts. When measurement error becomes larger, both the sample size and the sampling interval increase while the control limits decrease.

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Virtual-reality-based Operation Training System for Steel Making Process (가상 현실 기반 철강 공정 조업 교육 시스템)

  • Choi, Ja-Young;Lee, Jin-Hwi;Kim, Yong-Soo;Kim, Seok
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.21 no.8
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    • pp.709-712
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    • 2015
  • This paper will introduce the development case study about virtual-reality-based operation training system for steel making process. Steel making process consist iron making process to create liquid steel, pig iron, by reduction process, steel making process to make molten steel by refining, continuous casting process to make slab, and rolling process to make final product like coil, plate. This steel making process deals with liquid and solid products, so facilities of steel making process are very various and complicated. In addition, according to various customer requirements, the recycle of facilities and recipes changing have been fast. So the training for skilled operators is very important point. In this paper, we develop steel making training system based virtual reality for training skilled operator. This system consists of virtual machine, virtual HMI, and virtual control panel. And for fitting the characteristics of each process and increasing the education effectiveness, we develop dynamic methods like the method of dynamic education system configuration, initial facilities setup operation education system, and etc.

Design and control of extractive distillation for the separation of methyl acetate-methanol-water

  • Wang, Honghai;Ji, Pengyu;Cao, Huibin;Su, Weiyi;Li, Chunli
    • Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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    • v.35 no.12
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    • pp.2336-2347
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    • 2018
  • The azeotrope of methyl acetate methanol and water was isolated using extractive distillation with water as entrainer. The pressure-swing extractive distillation (PSED) process and vapor side-stream distillation column (VSDC) with the rectifier process were designed to separate the methyl acetate, methanol and water mixture. It was revealed that the VSDC with the rectifier process had a reduction in energy consumption than the PSED process. Four control schemes of the two process were investigated: Double temperature control scheme (CS1), $Q_R/F$ feedforward control of reboiler duty scheme for PESD (CS2), $Q_R/F$ feedback control scheme for VSDC (CS3), the feedback control scheme of sensitive plate temperature of side-drawing distillation column to dominate the compressor shaft speed (CS4). Feed flow and composition disturbance were used to evaluate the dynamic performance. As a result, CS4 is a preferable choice for separation of methyl acetate-methanol-water mixture. A control scheme combining the operating parameters of dynamic equipment with the control indicators of static equipment was proposed in this paper. It means using the sensitive plate temperature of side-drawing column to control the compressor shaft speed. This is a new control scheme for extractive distillation.

Development of Integrated Variable Sampling Interval EngineeringProcess Control & Statistical Process Control System (가변 샘플링간격 EPC/SPC 결합시스템의 개발)

  • Lee, Sung-Jae;Seo, Sun-Keun
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.210-218
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    • 2006
  • Traditional statistical process control (SPC) applied to discrete part industry in the form of control charts can look for and eliminate assignable causes by process monitoring. On the other hand, engineering process control (EPC) applied to the process industry in the form of feedback control can maintain the process output on the target by continual adjustment of input variable. This study presents controlling and monitoring rules adopted by variable sampling interval (VSI) to change sampling intervals in a predetermined fashion on the predicted process levels under integrated EPC and SPC systems. Twelve rules classified by EPC schemes(MMSE, constrained PI, bounded or deadband adjustment policy) and type of sampling interval combined with EWMA chart of SPC are proposed under IMA (1,1) disturbance model and zero-order (responsive) dynamic system. Properties of twelve control rules under three patterns of process change (sudden shift, drift and random shift) are evaluated and discussed through simulation and control rules for integrated VSI EPC and SPC systems are recommended.

A process analysis system using Fuzzy reasoning networks for quality control of cutting (퍼지 추론 네트워크를 이용한 절삭 가공 공정의 춤질관리를 위한 공정 분석 시스템)

  • Hong, Jun-Hee;Sigeo, Ozono
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.64-71
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    • 1995
  • The objective of this paper is to realize an analysis system that is capable of controlling the quality of an entire cutting process by including a 3 coordinate measuring machine in the process line. Fuzzy reasoning networks based on fuzzy associative memories has been intro- duced in the measuring process, the control limits for the control process have been obtained, and the efficiency and reliability of the system have been determined by examining the simu- lated reasoning control values.

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Effective Control Mechanisms in a BPO(Business Process Outsourcing) Arrangement

  • Kim, Hyang-Bin;Kim, Gyeung-Min
    • 한국IT서비스학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.167-174
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    • 2003
  • BPO(Business Process Outsourcing) is defined as outsourcing the management and operation of the IT intensive business process to another company that has specialty in managing the process. In the outsourcing arrangement, the design of the effective control mechanisms is essential to the success of the outsourcing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effective control mechanisms between two organizations in a BPO arrangement. The specific research questions put forth are as follows: (1)What are the control issues in relation to BPO? (2)How the control mechanisms in the successful BPO arrangement are designed? and (3)What kind of effect or change do the designed control mechanisms have on the buyer's job process in terms of BPO? The results of this study found that the following mechanisms are effected in BPO setting: (1)Automation (2)Standardization & Modularity (3)Embedding (4)Balanced control (5)control segmentation (6)hierarchy (7)output/behavior control 8)back-end control 9)informal control.

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