VeCHArt: Visually Enhanced Comparison of Historic Art Using an Automated Line-Based Synchronization Technique

In order to add value to recycled textile material and to guarantee that the input material for recycling processes is of adequate quality, it is essential to be able to accurately recognise and sort items according to their material content. Therefore, there is a need for an economically viable and effective way to recognise and sort textile materials. Automated recognition and sorting lines provide a method for ensuring better quality of the fractions being recycled and thus enhance the availability of such fractions for recycling. The aim of this study was to deepen the understanding of NIR spectroscopy technology in the recognition of textile materials by studying the effects of structural fabric properties on the recognition. The identified properties of fabrics that led non-matching recognition were coating and finishing that lead different recognition of the material depending on the side facing the NIR analyser. In addition, very thin fabrics allowed NIRS to penetrate through the fabric and resulted in the non-matching recognition. Additionally, ageing was found to cause such chemical changes, especially in the spectra of cotton, that hampered the recognition.

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Environmentally friendly automated line for recovering aluminium and lithium iron phosphate components of spent lithium-iron phosphate batteries

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x20982060 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0734242X2098206

Author(s):

Haijun Bi ◽

Huabing Zhu ◽

Jialin Zhan ◽

Lei Zu ◽

Yuxuan Bai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Production Line ◽

Lithium Iron Phosphate ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Economic Cost ◽

Iron Phosphate ◽

Dust Collector ◽

Gas Treatment ◽

Pneumatic Separation ◽

Automated Line ◽

The Impact

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries contain metals, toxic electrolytes, organic chemicals and plastics that can lead to serious safety and environmental problems when they are improperly disposed of. The published literature on recovering spent LFP batteries mainly focuses on policy-making and conceptual design. The production line of recovering spent LFP batteries and its detailed operation are rarely reported. A set of automatic line without negative impact to the environment for recycling spent LFP batteries at industrial scale was investigated in this study. It includes crushing, pneumatic separation, sieving, and poison gas treatment processes. The optimum retaining time of materials in the crusher is 3 minutes. The release rate is the highest when the load of the impact crusher is 800 g. An air current separator (ACS) was designed to separate LFP from aluminium (Al) foil and LFP powder mixture. Movement behaviour of LFP powder and Al foil in the ACS were analysed, and the optimized operation parameter (35.46 m/s) of air current speed was obtained through theoretical analysis and experiments. The weight contents of an Al foil powder collector from vibrating screen-3 and LFP powder collector from bag-type dust collector are approximately 38.7% and 52.4%, respectively. The economic cost of full manual dismantling is higher than the recovery production line. This recycling system provides a feasible method for recycling spent LFP batteries.

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Automated line scan analysis to quantify biosensor activity at the cell edge

Methods ◽

10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.08.025 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 162-167 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

R.J. Allen ◽

D. Tsygankov ◽

J.S. Zawistowski ◽

T.C. Elston ◽

K.M. Hahn

Keyword(s):

Cell Edge ◽

Line Scan ◽

Automated Line

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Joining Parameters and Handling System for Automated Subpreform Assembly

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.840.66 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 840 ◽

pp. 66-73

Author(s):

Jürgen Fleischer ◽

Fabian Ballier ◽

Matthias Dietrich

Keyword(s):

Resin Transfer Molding ◽

Large Series ◽

Assembly Process ◽

Fiber Reinforced ◽

Processing Efficiency ◽

Handling System ◽

Transfer Molding ◽

Reinforced Plastics ◽

Fiber Reinforced Plastics ◽

Automated Line

The production and processing of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) is constantly increasing in industry. A commonly used method is resin transfer molding (RTM). FRP components are produced for large series by now. Therefore, the aspect of processing efficiency is becoming more and more important. The semi-finished product can be better exploited, for example, if large preforms were composed of single subpreforms. These subpreforms are easier to drape and can be produced within an automated line. Consequently, the necessary assembly of the subpreforms needs to be automated as well. This way, the process can be made time and resource efficient. The article that follows now will focus more closely on a concept that deals with the handling and subsequent assembling of subpreforms. Furthermore, the variables that can be adjusted for the assembly process are examined and their influence on the resulting connection quality is shown.

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Automated Line for Post-Harvest Processing of Root Crops and Potatoes

Agricultural machinery and technologies ◽

10.22314/2073-7599-2020-14-1-22-26 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 22-26

Author(s):

A. S. Dorokhov ◽

M. A. Mosyakov ◽

N. V. Sazonov

Keyword(s):

Block Diagram ◽

Basic Block ◽

Potato Tubers ◽

Labor Costs ◽

System Operation ◽

Line System ◽

Post Harvest ◽

Root Crops ◽

Automated Line

In the process of post-harvest processing of root crops and potatoes in Russia, mechanical sortings of various types are used, which allows to separate the material according to the size criterion and removing impurities. The main requirement for this equipment is to ensure the quality and reliability of technological processes for the impurities separation and the root crops separation into fractions with minimal damage. (Research purpose) To improve the quality of potato tubers sorting using an automated line for post-harvest processing of root crops and potatoes, which allows to reduce their damage and ensure high accuracy of separation into fractions by size. (Materials and methods) The authors studied the automated process of root crops post-harvest processing. They developed approaches and basic technical, technological and constructive solutions aimed at improving the efficiency of root crops and potatoes post-harvest processing. To automate the root crops and potatoes processing, the authors installed the universal web camera Logitech HD Pro C920. They created a basic block diagram of the electronic line system operation. (Results and discussion) The authors clarified the size and mass characteristics of potato tubers with a total weight of 38 356 grams of Nevsky variety of the 2019 harvest and their shape coefficient. They developed design documentation. An experimental line was prepared for potato tubers post-harvest sorting with an original circuit diagram of the electronic system operation. The authors substantiated its design and operational-technological parameters. Practical studies of the automated line work were carried out in the Ryazan region on the basis of the Institute of Seed Production and Agrotechnologies – a branch of the Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM. (Conclusions) The authors determined that the developed automated line for root crops and potatoes post-harvest sorting thanks to digital technologies reduced labor costs by eliminating manual sorting, as well as improving the quality of potato tubers and the accuracy of sorting by size to 95-98 percent. It was revealed that damage to potato tubers did not exceed one percent.

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Fully-automated line-width measurement system and its applications

Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures ◽

10.1109/icmts.1990.161727 ◽

2002 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Yoshizawa ◽

K. Wada

Keyword(s):

Line Width ◽

Measurement System ◽

Width Measurement ◽

Automated Line

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An Embedded Prototype for a Distributed and Automated Line Heating System

Journal of Ship Production ◽

10.5957/jsp.2009.25.4.182 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 25 (04) ◽

pp. 182-190 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jackyou Noh ◽

Jong Gye Shin ◽

Kwang Hee Ko ◽

Jae An Chun

Keyword(s):

Robot Control ◽

Heating System ◽

Heating Process ◽

Current Line ◽

Line Heating ◽

Design Data ◽

Heating Systems ◽

Network Information ◽

Automated Process ◽

Automated Line

Automated line heating systems have been developed based on stand-alone operation with no consideration of the extensibility and maintainability. In the line heating shop, many of the line heating works are performed simultaneously; therefore, a collaborative and simultaneous automated line heating system is needed. In order to develop such a new line heating system, the current line heating process was analyzed, and then a distributed and automated process was determined, and the parts to be distributed and automated were identified to propose a distributed and automated line heating system based on modularization and network. Information and data flow from production design to robot control have been analyzed and integrated in the system. The system has two main processes: the calculation of the line heating information and execution of a working unit without calculation. A prototype of the system has been developed to study the feasibility of the system. Tests were carried out by using real production design data of a middle-sized Korean shipyard.

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A Comprehensive Line-Heating Algorithm for Automatic Formation of Curved Shell Plates

Journal of Ship Production ◽

10.5957/jsp.2004.20.2.69 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 20 (02) ◽

pp. 69-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jong Gye Shin ◽

Cheol Ho Ryu ◽

Jong-Ho Nam

Keyword(s):

Heating Process ◽

Heat Sources ◽

Line Heating ◽

Heating Facility ◽

Measuring Methods ◽

Process Line ◽

Automated Line ◽

Automatic Formation ◽

Surface Comparison

Line heating is a method used in the production of highly curved plates in the shipbuilding process. Line-heating process is generally regarded as one of the outdated technologies in the modernized and automated shipbuilding process. No piece of information in the line-heating process is either quantified or computerized. These drawbacks have restricted the automation of line-heating process and, as a result, the entire shipbuilding process. Therefore, a new automated line-heating process based on quantitative and computerized heating information has been sought. This paper describes a comprehensive algorithm for an automated line-heating process. By focusing on the overview of the complete algorithm, this paper integrates the components of the algorithm that have been separately published by the authors. The overall procedure of the automated line-heating process, including shell piece modeling, shell development, cylindrical approximation for curved plates, computation of heating information, and measurement and surface comparison, is discussed. The comprehensive algorithm is adjustable for different heat sources and measuring methods, without incurring fundamental changes in algorithm. The proposed line-heating algorithm has been implemented and transferred to some shipyards for customized applications. Simulation of automated line-heating facility

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