• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1990.10a
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• pp.608-612
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• 1990

The robot system which can handle a stream of randomly positioned parts on a conveyor belt system, is developed. It is composed of a PUMA 560 robot, a conveyor belt system and a vision system. The performance of the overall system is mainly dependent upon the robot and vision system interface technique. A vision algorithm is developed to determine the position, orientation and type of the part. Calibration procedure and the vision-to-robot transformation are also proposed. Experimental results are then presented and discussed.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1987.10b
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• pp.613-618
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• 1987

Rod consolidation is a method of increasing spent nuclear fuel storage capacity by disassembling fuel assemblies thus storing the fuel rods in a tighter array. It involves some basic operations which closely resemble to the material handling of a manufacturing process. But all the operations must be controlled remotely in shielded environment from outside due to the highly radioactive nature of the workpiece. In this study the status of the rod consolidation technology in other countries has been surveyed and a feasibility study for the conceptual design of this process have been made.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.19-29
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• 1993

The problem of clustering stock-keeping-units to assign storage locations is treated. Firstly, a construction heuristic algorithm is developed to cluster items considering demand dependencies(correlated assignment) for the case that the maximum number or the maximum volume(weight) of items per tray is constrained by the capacity of tray. Secondly, inventory-related cost as well as material handling cost is considered to determine the space requirement and the storage location of each item simultaneously.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1990.04a
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• pp.1-10
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• 1990

FMS is the system which improves the productivity by making production lines flexible. FMS is composed of manufacturing system, material handling system, and software to control them. FMS is a complicate system; therefore, computer is required to control FMS efficiently. In this paper the concepts of FMS are shortly reviewed and the computer software and programming strategy to control FMS are presented.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.161-168
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• 2010

RFID has been used as an identification tool substituting bar-code and its application areas are increasing due to its suitability in ubiquitous environment. This paper reviews RFID applications in some areas in which a serious amount of applications were reported such as material handling, physical distribution, and supply chain management of perishable products. The authors try to suggest research issues along with the limitations of RFID.

• Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.52-63
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• 1994

산업현장에서 산업재해의 주요한 요인이 되는 중량물 수운반 활동시 작업자가 안전 하게 작업을 행하면서도 최적허용중량을 결정하기위한 연구는 주어진 작업조건하에 서 인양되는 최대중량을 결정하기 위한 기준으로서 척추에 가해지는 압력을 이용하는 생체역학적 접근법, 주어진 작업조건하에서 인양되는 최대중량을 결정하기 위한 기준 으로서 에너지 소모량을 이용하는 생리학적 접근법, 주어진 작업조건하에서사람이 인 양할 수 있는 최대중량을 결정하는 기준으로서 피실험자에의해서 인지되는 힘든 정도를 이용하는 정신물리학적 접근법 등으로수행하여 왔다.

• Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.64-71
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• 1994

최근 일상생활이나 산업현장에서 생산공정의 기계화 또는 자동화로 인하여 수 작업이 많이 감소하였으나 아직도 정형화 되지 못한 물건의 운반, 부품조립 등 위 험요소를 내포한 여러가지 형태로 상지 동작(arm exertion)이 요구되는 인력운반 (manual material handling) 작업이 실제 작업현장에서 행새지고 있는 실정이며, 이러한 작업으로 인해 작업자들의 근골격계 부상으로신체장애의 사례가 늘어나고 있다.

• 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.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.101-111
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• 1994

이 글에서는 무인운반차(AGV: Automated Guided Vehicle), 자동창고 (AS/RS: Automated Storage/Retrieval System), 콘베이어시스템, 바코드시스템 등의 자동물류취급시스템을 응용하여 극단적인 다품종 소량생산체제의 납기단축효과와 가동효율을 어떻게 향상시킬 수 있는지를 저 자들이 직접주도하여 설계 . 설치 . 가동중인 사례를 통하여 실증적으로 밝혀보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.279-291
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• 2015

Objective: The purpose of the study is to evaluate appropriate weight for aged farmers in manually handling livestock feed in bags using ergonomic methods. Background: In the livestock industry in South Korea, despite the trend of aging of labor manpower, heavy items are still manually handled in many farms. In particular, among stockbreeding works, the handling of feed in bags weighing 25~30kg is reported as a cause of frequent injuries and musculoskeletal system diseases. However, studies on the standard for recommended weight allowed considering the physical characteristics of aged farmers older than 60 years with greatly decreased physical strength and muscle strength are insufficient. Method: To evaluate appropriate weight for handling of heavy livestock feed in bags, physical techniques for measuring recognized levels of physical work loads, the NLE (NIOSH lifting equation) a method that is an observation type technique, and an ergonomic modeling technique to predict compressive force imposed on L5/S1 were used. Subjects who participated in the experiment were organized into two groups of males/females with mean age exceeding 60 years, and lifting tasks were evaluated for nine weight levels. Results: Based on the results of psychophysical measurement, females showed a tendency of more drastic increases compared to males when weight was over 19kg. The results of estimation of regression models for the weight, 18.0 kg ($r^2=0.97$) and 15.3kg ($r^2=0.97$) were evaluated as stable load for males and females, respectively. In addition, both the observation type evaluation and ergonomic model evaluation showed stable loads in a range of 15~18kg. Conclusion: Given the results of the study, the weight of the feed in bags currently distributed to farms can become a cause of not only overexertion but also farm work related disasters such as musculoskeletal disorders and safety accidents. Providing livestock feed in bags weighing not more than 19kg for aged farmers is judged desirable, and managerial improvement for this matter is considered necessary. Application: The results of the present study can be utilized as useful data for institutional improvement of the weight of livestock feed in bags.