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TRIZ-based Improvement of Glass Thermal Deformation in OLED Deposition Process (트리즈 기반 OLED 증착 공정의 글래스 열 변형 개선)

  • Lee, Woo-Sung;Choi, Jin Young
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.114-123
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    • 2017
  • The global small and mid-sized display market is changing from thin film transistor-liquid crystal display to organic light emitting diode (OLED). Reflecting these market conditions, the domestic and overseas display panel industry is making great effort to innovate OLED technology and incease productivity. However, current OLED production technology has not been able to satisfy the quality requirement levels by customers, as the market demand for OLED is becoming more and more diversified. In addition, as OLED panel production technology levels to satisfy customers' requirement become higher, product quality problems are persistently generated in OLED deposition process. These problems not only decrease the production yield but also cause a second problem of deteriorating productivity. Based on these observations, in this study, we suggest TRIZ-based improvement of defects caused by glass pixel position deformation, which is one of quality deterioration problems in small and medium OLED deposition process. Specifically, we derive various factors affecting the glass pixel position shift by using cause and effect diagram and identify radical reasons by using XY-matrix. As a result, it is confirmed that glass heat distortion due to the high temperature of the OLED deposition process is the most influential factor in the glass pixel position shift. In order to solve the identified factors, we analyzed the cause and mechanism of glass thermal deformation. We suggest an efficient method to minimize glass thermal deformation by applying the improvement plan of facilities using contradiction matrix in TRIZ. We show that the suggested method can decrease the glass temperature change by about 23% through an experiment.

Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement with surface Damage Removal Etching and Anti-reflection Coating Process (표면결함식각 및 반사방지막 열처리에 따른 태양전지의 효율 개선)

  • Cho, Chan Seob;Oh, Jeong Hwa;Lee, Byeungleul;Kim, Bong Hwan
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2014
  • In this study general solar cell production process was complemented, with research on improvement of solar cell efficiency through surface structure and thermal annealing process. Firstly, to form the pyramid structure, the saw damage removal (SDR) processed surface was undergone texturing process with reactive ion etching (RIE). Then, for the formation of smooth pyramid structure to facilitate uniform doping and electrode formation, the surface was etched with HND(HF : HNO3 : D.I. water=5 : 100 : 100) solution. Notably, due to uniform doping the leakage current decreased greatly. Also, for the enhancement and maintenance of minority carrier lifetime, antireflection coating thermal annealing was done. To maintain this increased lifetime, front electrode was formed through Au plating process without high temperature firing process. Through these changes in two processes, the leakage current effect could be decreased and furthermore, the conversion efficiency could be increased. Therefore, compared to the general solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 15.89%, production of high efficiency solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 17.24% was made possible.

An Empirical Study on JIT Production System's Implementation in a Synthetic Resins Manufacturing Process (합성수지 생산공정의 JIT 생산 시스템 도입에 대한 실증적 연구)

  • 임치환
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.69-78
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    • 2002
  • The basic purpose of the JIT(Just In Time) production system is to increase profits by reducing costs-that is, by completely eliminating waste such as excessive stocks or workforce. To achieve cost reduction, Production must promptly and flexibly adapt to changes in market demand without having wasteful slacks. :iuch an ideal is accomplished by the concept of JIT, producing the necessary items in the necessary quantities at the necessary time. The JIT production system is supported by the following: reduction of setup time, smoothing of production, standardization of jobs, improvement activities, design of machine layout, Kanban system, autonomation etc. This study examined the present state of the domestic JIT production system and introduced the empirical case of JIT application a small and medium manufacturing company. A synthetic resins manufacturing company applied JIT principles to its processes and achieved the great performance.

A Study on the Process Quality Level of K5 Gas Mask (K5 방독면 공정품질 수준에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Suk Ki;Byun, Kisik;Lee, Sang Yeob;Park, Jae Woo;In, Chi Yeon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.74-80
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    • 2021
  • This study investigated the process quality level of a K5 gas mask, which recently acquired its operational capability, through statistical process analysis for the mass production stages and their lots. The tensile adhesion strength was the only operating requirement in the manufacturing process of the K5 gas mask. For this purpose, the results of tensile adhesion strength between the lens and facial rubber during the initial and second mass production stages were analyzed using conventional statistical and statistical process analysis methods. The conventional statistical results indicated that the second mass production stage was better than the initial mass production stage. In cases of a control chart and process capability of tensile adhesion strength, the process quality level was also improved by following the mass production stages. The improvement was caused by process stabilization and work skill elevation. These results and methods are expected to be conducted and utilized in the third mass production stage. Moreover, quality improvement of K5 gas mask mass production can be achieved using the Lean 6 sigma procedure, MDAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control).

A Study on the Evolutionary Process of Aircraft Production Quality Management System - Comparison of Characteristics of Domestic and Foreign Companies (항공기생산 품질경영시스템 발전 과정 연구 - 국내외 업체간 특징 비교)

  • Lee Sung Ju;Byun Jai-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.166-181
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    • 2004
  • The aircraft production quality management system in Korea has been implemented to support the developmental phase of Korean aircraft industries, from overhaul of the aircraft and engines to development of military trainer aircraft. After the deletion of the Mil-Q-9858A standard in 1996, Korean aerospace companies established ISO 9001 and AS 9100 as their basic aerospace quality management system specifications. These quality standards were adopted in the same period of time by other leading international aircraft manufacturing companies. This paper presents a future direction on the improvement of quality management systems for Korean aircraft production company by considering (1) Korean governments strategy for the development of Korean aircraft Production industries, (2) short and long term business plan of Korean aerospace industries, and (3) benchmarking leading international company's quality management systems.

Particle Contamination Control in the Cleanroom Production Line using Partition Check Method (클린룸 제조공정에서 공정분할평가법을 이용한 입자오염제어)

  • Lee, Hyeon-Cheol;Park, Jung-Il;Lee, Seong-Hun;Noh, Kwang-Chul;Oh, Myung-Do
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05b
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    • pp.2338-2343
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    • 2007
  • The practical studies on the method of particle contamination control for yield enhancement in the cleanroom were carried out. The method of the contamination control was proposed, which are composed of data collection, data analysis, improvement action, verification, and implement control. The partition check method for data collection and data analysis was used in the cellular phone module production lines. And this method was evaluated by the variation of yield loss between before and after improvement action. In case that the partition check method was applied, the critical process step was selected and yield loss reduction through improvement actions was observed. From these results, it is concluded that the partition check method is effective solution for particle contamination control in the cleanroom production lines.

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Determining Optimal WIP Level and Buffer Size Using Simulated Annealing in Semiconductor Production Line (반도체 생산라인에서 SA를 이용한 최적 WIP수준과 버퍼사이즈 결정)

  • Jeong, Jaehwan;Jang, Sein;Lee, Jonghwan
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.57-64
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    • 2021
  • The domestic semiconductor industry can produce various products that will satisfy customer needs by diversifying assembly parts and increasing compatibility between them. It is necessary to improve the production line as a method to reduce the work-in-process inventory (WIP) in the assembly line, the idle time of the worker, and the idle time of the process. The improvement of the production line is to balance the capabilities of each process as a whole, and to determine the timing of product input or the order of the work process so that the time required between each process is balanced. The purpose of this study is to find the optimal WIP and buffer size through SA (Simulated Annealing) that minimizes lead time while matching the number of two parts in a parallel assembly line with bottleneck process. The WIP level and buffer size obtained by the SA algorithm were applied to the CONWIP and DBR systems, which are the existing production systems, and the simulation was performed by applying them to the new hybrid production system. Here, the Hybrid method is a combination of CONWIP and DBR methods, and it is a production system created by setting new rules. As a result of the Simulation, the result values were derived based on three criteria: lead time, production volume, and work-in-process inventory. Finally, the effect of the hybrid production method was verified through comparative analysis of the result values.

An Improvement On The Advanced Planning and Scheduling U sing The Analytical Hierarchy Process (계층적분석기법을 이용한 APS 개선방안 도출)

  • Ha, Chung-Hun;Lee, Young-Kwan;Ok, Chang-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.123-133
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    • 2011
  • The advanced planning and scheduling(APS) is an well known enterprise information system that provides optimal production schedules and supports to complete production on time by solving the complex scheduling problems including capacity and due dates. In this paper, we focused on the improvement of the APS that is already established on a real company. The existing APS had several drawbacks, thus utilization and satisfaction were very low. We performed the focused group interviews and the process analysis and could find that the end users and developers have various objectives and the frequently used functions are different. We applied the analytical hierarchy process(AHP) to converge opinions of them on quantitative data. The results show that it is necessary to enhance visibility, to improve user interfaces and response speed, and to reconcile the real business process and the APS's process.

Understanding the functionality of the rumen microbiota: searching for better opportunities for rumen microbial manipulation

  • Wenlingli Qi;Ming-Yuan Xue;Ming-Hui Jia;Shuxian Zhang;Qiongxian Yan;Hui-Zeng Sun
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • v.37 no.2_spc
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    • pp.370-384
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    • 2024
  • Rumen microbiota play a central role in the digestive process of ruminants. Their remarkable ability to break down complex plant fibers and proteins, converting them into essential organic compounds that provide animals with energy and nutrition. Research on rumen microbiota not only contributes to improving animal production performance and enhancing feed utilization efficiency but also holds the potential to reduce methane emissions and environmental impact. Nevertheless, studies on rumen microbiota face numerous challenges, including complexity, difficulties in cultivation, and obstacles in functional analysis. This review provides an overview of microbial species involved in the degradation of macromolecules, the fermentation processes, and methane production in the rumen, all based on cultivation methods. Additionally, the review introduces the applications, advantages, and limitations of emerging omics technologies such as metagenomics, meta-transcriptomics, metaproteomics, and metabolomics, in investigating the functionality of rumen microbiota. Finally, the article offers a forward-looking perspective on the new horizons and technologies in the field of rumen microbiota functional research. These emerging technologies, with continuous refinement and mutual complementation, have deepened our understanding of rumen microbiota functionality, thereby enabling effective manipulation of the rumen microbial community.