• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.278-288
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• 2016

Automation ensures accurate and well-organized container transportation in container terminals. This paper addresses operational issues such as equipment scheduling and the coordination between various pieces of equipment in a rail-based automated container terminal. Containers are relayed using multiple types of equipment from road trucks to a vessel and vice versa. Therefore, handshaking is required during a container transfer between different pieces of equipment. Synchronization between the schedules of all the equipment is important to reduce equipment waiting times and the time required for transporting containers, which results in a short turnaround time for a vessel. This paper proposes an integrated control system with the objective of synchronizing the operations of different types of equipment, provides a list of decisions to be made by the control module of each type of equipment, and shows all the required information transfers between control modules. A scheme for the integrated scheduling of multiple types of equipment is proposed. The decisions made by each control module in a real-time fashion are listed with detailed explanations, and the information transfer between managers in a real-time situation at the proposed terminal is described.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07e
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• pp.96-99
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• 2003

As for the Elect-CAD, it was developed a design of the electricity equipment which did manually, a quotation, all kinds of bill writing in the program that Package anger became. Elect-CAD can easily write an estimate back by all kinds of bill writing and estimatic with a design at the same time, and maximization gets an efficiency of work done and can efficiently manage project, and it is a revolutionary program in a management plane.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.259-264
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• 2003

In this paper, web based monitoring systems are implemented using embedded Linux. The external equipment is controlled via HTTP protocol and web browser program. HTTP protocol is ported into Linux. A micro web server program and external equipment control program are installed on-board memory using CGI to be accessed by web browser. Experimental result of the proposed web based monitoring systems can be used in automation systems and remote distributed control via internet using web browser.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.19-26
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• 2008

The purpose of this paper is to build a system applicable to floriculture, hydroponics and vinyl house agriculture by a development of remote control equipments using programmable logic controllers (PLC). Remote factory automation and home automation systems have been developed and used due to the rapid progress in the fields of information and automation; however, the systems are so expensive that their applications have not been feasible in agriculture. So we have developed simple modules for PLC to replace the expensive conventional systems. The developed systems have potentials to be applied to automation systems in agricultural industry. Technologies for motor control, microprocessor, PLC programming and wireless interface are developed and implemented in the form of application modules of our systems, and our system is applicable to the remote form automation of floriculture and hydroponics.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.4D
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• pp.493-504
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• 2008

Considerable effort has been made to improve construction processes through mechanization and robotization of current work. In this paper, the trend of research and development related to the construction machinery automation to improve the construction productivity has been reviewed. A classification system is proposed for automation of architectural and civil works. Then, the priority among the classified construction tasks for automation has been identified through the questionnaire study. Based on the priority for automation a comprehensive technology road map was also developed. The technology road map suggests the time frame to complete R&D work for the selected construction tasks and the core technology required for automation of the selected tasks. Such automation R&D road map for construction machinery can be utilized as a milestone in setting up the R&D strategy in the construction industry.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.700-705
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• 2003

In this paper, an extended process model is proposed for the application of flexible belt grinding equipment as utilized in robotic grinding. The analytical and experimental results corresponding to grinding force, material removal rate (MRR) and contact area in the robotic grinding shows the difference between the conventional grinding and the flexible robotic grinding. The process model representing the relationship between the material removal and the normal force acting at the contact area has been applied to robotic programming and control. The application of the developed model in blade grinding demonstrates the effectiveness of proposed process model.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07d
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• pp.1901-1902
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• 2006

In recent years, it has been a worldwide trend that many power utilities gave their attention to develop and operate their power plants, substation and distribution systems. Following this trend, KEPCO(Korea Electric Power Corporation) has developed many electric automation systems with various communication networks. It has been natural that the automation systems are just focused on to remote devices when they come to be designed. But, we have to shift the focus to the automation system itself. We have developed the Multi-service Optical Transmission System (M-OTS) for electrical power systems. It can be adopt to not only distribution power field but also the transmission power field. The result strongly shows that the system is potentially beneficial in reliability, speed, and expandability. This paper presents some of initial design efforts and results toward a KEPCO's communication system in distribution areas.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.243-248
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• 1992

Computer Integrated Manufacturing(CIM) is a growing technology as a solution for the total automation of a manufacturing system. However, the implementation in the shop floor is extremely difficult due to many reasons. Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) is usually considered as a solution for the shop floor automation. One of the difficulties in FMS is the communications problem. Since various machinaries with different communications protocols are included, applying a unified scheme is almost impossible. Therefore, a systematic approach is a key point to solve the communication problem. A cell is defined as an automation unit where closely related for a job reside together. A cell is a messenger between upper level computers and lower level machine equipment. In this research, the functions of the cell are defined to have more capabilities than conventional cell since a cell can be often a total manufacturing system in a small to medium sized factory. The cell conducts communications with different machines through the communications schemes established here. A set of software system has been developed according to the defined communications. The software has been tested for a simulation and real experiments for proof.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.23 no.11
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• pp.76-83
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• 2009

In today's competitive power market, electric power utilities have strived to provide energy at an acceptable level of quality due to increased expectations from customers. For this reason, electric power utilities have invested in electric equipment and new techniques. That is the Distribution Automation System (DAS). A merit of DAS is the ability to reduce outage time because of fast service restoration. However, DAS is usually installed in outdoor environments. Therefore, their efficiency is affected by the external conditions. Lightning creates varying degrees of physical stress on DAS. This paper focuses on the reliability of DAS for lightning. Four application studies were performed to compare the reliability indices.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.64-70
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• 2006

The optical element was usually used in optical devices and optical transfer devices, but it has been recently used in communication, computer and medical equipment. With the development of very high speed optical-communication, the development of the kernel parts of optical communication has also increased. Presently, the alignment of the optical element is time consuming, and an effective alignment algorithm has not yet to be developed. In this paper, the alignment automation of the optical element is studied. The ultra precision stage is applied to an optical element alignment to improve the accuracy of the alignment. The automation program of the optical element alignment is developed by LabVIEW programming to save the alignment time. The alignment algorithms of the optical element consist of field search and peak search algorithms.