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An Efficient Algorithm for Improving Detour in OLED FAB (효율적인 OLED FAB 경유 반송 개선 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Dong So;Choi, Jin Young
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.120-128
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    • 2018
  • OLED Display fabrication system is one of the most complicated discrete processing systems in the world. As the glass size grows from $550{\times}650mm$ to $1,500{\times}1,850mm$ in recent years, the efficiency of Automated Material Handling System (AMHS) has become very important and OLED glass manufacturers are trying to improve the overall efficiency of AMHS. Aiming to meet the demand for high efficiency of transportation, various kind of approaches have been applied for improving dispatching rules and facility layout, while simultaneously considering the system parameters such as glass cassettes due date, waiting time, and stocker buffer status. However, these works did not suggest the operational policy and conditions of distribution systems, especially for handling unnecessary material flows such as detour. Based on this motivation, in this paper, we proposed an efficient algorithm for improving detour transportation in OLED FAB. Specifically, we considered an OLED FAB simplifying OLED production environment in a Korean company, where four stockers are constructed for the delivery of Lot in a bay and linked to processing equipments. We developed a simulation model using Automod and performed a numerical experiment using real operational data to test the performance of three operation policies under considerations. We showed that a competitive policy for assigning alternative stocker in case of detour was superior to the current dedicated policy using a specified stocker and other considered policies.

Autonomous Navigation Control of Mobile Robot using fuzzy (퍼지를 이용한 이동로봇의 자율주행제어)

  • 김은석;주기세
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.340-347
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    • 1999
  • Recently, the progress of industrialization has been taken concern of material handling automation. So far, the conveyor belt has been popular for material handling. However, this system has many disadvantages such as the space, cost, In this paper, a new navigation algorithm using fuzzy is introduced. The mobile robot follows a line installed on the roads. These informations are inputted with three approximate sensors. These obtained informations are analyzed with fuzzy technique for autonomous steering. Therefore, unlike existing systems, high reliability is guaranteed under bad environment conditions. The installation and maintenance of a line is easily made at lower cost. The use of the mobile robot can be extended to materials handing purposes in manufacturing, hospital, inter-of fire documents deliveries.

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Fixed neutron absorbers for improved nuclear safety and better economics in nuclear fuel storage, transport and disposal

  • M. Lovecky;J. Zavorka;J. Jirickova;Z. Ondracek;R. Skoda
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.6
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    • pp.2288-2297
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    • 2023
  • Current designs of both large reactor units and small modular reactors utilize a nuclear fuel with increasing enrichment. This increasing demand for better nuclear fuel utilization is a challenge for nuclear fuel handling facilities. The operation with higher enriched fuels leads to reduced reserves to legislative and safety criticality limits of spent fuel transport, storage and final disposal facilities. Design changes in these facilities are restricted due to a boron content in steel and aluminum alloys that are limited by rolling, extrusion, welding and other manufacturing processes. One possible solution for spent fuel pools and casks is the burnup credit method that allows decreasing very high safety margins associated with the fresh fuel assumption in spent fuel facilities. This solution can be supplemented or replaced by an alternative solution based on placing the neutron absorber material directly into the fuel assembly, where its efficiency is higher than between fuel assemblies. A neutron absorber permanently fixed in guide tubes decreases system reactivity more efficiently than absorber sheets between the fuel assemblies. The paper summarizes possibilities of fixed neutron absorbers for various nuclear fuel and fuel handling facilities. Moreover, an absorber material was optimized to propose alternative options to boron. Multiple effective absorbers that do not require steel or aluminum alloy compatibility are discussed because fixed absorbers are placed inside zirconium or steel cladding.

The Study of Event Graph Modeling for Material Handling System in Semiconductor Fab (반도체 fab 라인의 물류 설비 모델링 방법론에 대한 연구)

  • Lee Jin-Hwi;Choi Byoung-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.1765-1770
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    • 2006
  • 본 논문에서는 반도체 fab 라인의 물류 설비를 event graph로 모델링 하는 방법론을 제안하고 있다. 최근 반도체 fab 라인 같은 대표적인 자본 집약적 제조라인에서는 운영단계에서 투입 계획, PM schedule 및 operation rule 등을 변화시켜 가며 평가 및 검증해 볼 수 있는 what-if simulation을 위한 line simulator의 필요성이 점점 높아지고 있다. 그러나 상용 simulator는 각 제조라인의 특성에 맞게 customization하는데 많은 시간과 비용이 소요될 뿐만 아니라 특성을 반영하는데 한계가 있다. 따라서 이러한 line simulator를 개발할 때 근간이 되는 설비의 simulation model이 필요하다. 이 때 설비들은 생산(processing) 및 물류(handling) 설비로 나눌 수 있는데, 본 논문에서는 반도체 fab 라인의 물류 설비 모델링 방법을 제시하고 실제 물류 설비를 모델링 해 봄으로써 그 효용성을 알아본다.

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An Experimental Study on the Deodorization Performance Enhancement of the Air Handling Unit Using a Nano-Silver Material (은나노 소재를 이용한 공조기의 탈취 성능 향상에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Nam, Sang-Yeob;Kang, Byung-Ha;Song, Ji-Hyeon;Han, Sung
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.739-744
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    • 2009
  • The filter has long been used in purification processes for indoor air quality. To determine the deodorization effect of several filter materials in a full-scale air-handling system, the present study has been carried out using a wind tunnel equipped with a heat exchanger and various filter materials, such as commercial fabric, activated carbon(AC) and silver nano-particles attached to activated carbon(Ag-AC). The experiment was conducted using an odor substance with ammonia, acetaldehyde, acetic acid. The results obtained indicate that odor substance is substantially decreased on the moisture condensation on the surface of the heat exchanger. The fabric filter has no effect for removal of odor substances. The deodorization efficiency is found to be approximately 7% in the AC filter, while the deodorization efficiency is increased up to 10% using the Ag-AC filter.

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A Study on Improvement of Handling Dirty Bulk Cargo in Busan Port (부산항의 기피화물 취급 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Gye-Eui
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.114-129
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    • 2010
  • Busan port's main function is handling container cargo compared to world major ports and the percentage of handling general cargo such as dirty bulk cargo is very low. In other words, although total cargo weight of Busan port that recorded the handling result of 13.29million TEU in 2008 reached 113.05million ton, total cargo weight of general cargo was 15.31million ton, so container cargo accounted for 88.1% of whole cargo weight. However, it is the time to create high added value by the increase of handling and marketing dirty bulk cargo. Originally, the dirty bulk cargo was not the avoided object from the first. Somehow, it is a very high added value cargo, and is surely essential strategic material to basic industries of nation. However, it becomes dirty bulk cargo as the companies are reluctant to handle it because of environmental problem, distinct characteristic in handling, uncertain break even point due to imbalance between supply and demand compared to container cargo. However, items that are classified as dirty bulk cargo now are certainly necessary strategic materials to national basic industries or national life. Besides it seems to be a high added value cargo here and now. Therefore, it is time that increasing of handling dirty bulk cargo by marketing it and the system for efficient handling such as constructing the exclusive use wharf in Busan port, modernizing of facilities and equipments, stable secure of place for holding and handling through development of distribution complex by item, efficient data processing and closer cooperation by setting up a SCM of related authorities are needful.

A Study on Structural Safety of the Boom Hoisting Cylinder of a Coal Handling Machine (석탄하역기 붐 호이스팅 실린더의 구조 안전성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Yong Hoon;Kwak, Hyo Seo;Kim, Chul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.39 no.12
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    • pp.1265-1273
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    • 2015
  • A coal handling machine is a type of equipment used for loading coal, the main material in a steam power plant, along a conveyer belt from a ship, and is placed after the driving chain bucket. However, studies on the boom hoisting cylinder, which is a hydraulic system used to control the angle of the boom based on loading location, indicate that domestic models are insufficient, and are thereby often substituted with a foreign product. In this study, a technique for analyzing the contact pressure in a thick-walled cylinder was established by comparing the contact pressure, which is calculated theoretically based on the results obtained from FEM simulation, and by checking whether the working oil is leaking from the boom hoisting cylinder using a v-seal. In addition, the driving motion was simulated according to the strokes of the cylinder, and the structural stability was verified under the maximum output conditions.

The Fabrication of SOB SOI Structures with Buried Cavity for Bulk Micro Machining Applications

  • Kim, Jae-Min;Lee, Jong-Chun;Chung, Gwiy-Sang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.07b
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    • pp.739-742
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    • 2002
  • This paper described on the fabrication of microstructures by DRIE(deep reactive ion etching). SOI(Si-on-insulator) electric devices with buried cavities are fabricated by SDB technology and electrochemical etch-stop. The cavity was fabricated the upper handling wafer by Si anisotropic etch technique. SDB process was performed to seal the fabricated cavity under vacuum condition at -760 mmHg. In the SDB process, captured air and moisture inside of the cavities were removed by making channels towards outside. After annealing($1000^{\circ}C$, 60 min.), The SDB SOI structure was thinned by electrochemical etch-stop. Finally, it was fabricated microstructures by DRIE as well as an accurate thickness control and a good flatness.

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Warehouse Design with Discrete Characteristic of Rack (Rack의 이산적 특성을 고려한 창고설계)

  • 김성태
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.18 no.36
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    • pp.183-191
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    • 1995
  • When designing a warehouse, one has to recognize that the number of racks in a warehouse takes on only integer value in reality. The existing solution procedures based on noninteger values may result in poor outcomes for the design of a warehouse. This paper deals with the determination of the optimal integer for the number of racks that minimize the total material handling cost associated with the warehouse. An optimum search procedure is proposed here and a number of numerical examples are used to evaluate the efficiency of the proposed procedure.

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Technology trend & its future for the space application of hydrazine (우주분야에서의 Hydrazine 적용현황 및 발전방향)

  • Kim In-Tae;Lee Jae-Won;Jang Ki-Won;Yu Myoung-Jong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.17-22
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    • 2006
  • Anhydrous hydrazine and its methyl derivatives MMH and UDMH have been safety used as monopropellant and bipropellant fuels in thousands of satellites and expendable launch vehicles. Since KOMPSAT program, We have been developing skills on the hydrazine propulsion system for several years. This paper presents an overview of the hydrazine for the space application - propellant overview, material compatibility, handling cautions and the future of hydrazine systems.

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