Special Issue on Intelligent Measurement for Advanced Production Engineering

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 681-681
Author(s):  
Satoru Takahashi ◽  
Yuki Shimizu ◽  
Yasuhiro Mizutani
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Sensor Technology ◽  
Measurement Technology ◽  
Surface Metrology ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Production Engineering ◽  
Intelligent Measurement ◽  
Measurement Surface

Measurement technology in the field of production engineering has long played an essential role in improving the yield and reliability of manufactured products, and it will continue to increase in importance to the manufacture of advanced products. The development of intelligent and innovative measurement technologies will not only be essential but also indispensable to the creation of high value-added products as next-generation advanced products, manufactured based on leading-edge production technologies and science. The importance of measurement technologies indispensable to the digitization of things has been increasing particularly dramatically in the industrial revolution of production based on the innovative advancement of big data management and the cloud computing environment. This special issue addresses the latest research advances into measurement for production engineering. This covers a wide area, including dimensional measurement, surface metrology, uncertainty, traceability, calibration, in-process and on-line metrology, machine tool metrology, optical metrology, micro and nano metrology, and applied sensor technology. We hope that learning more about these advances will enable the readers to share in the authors’ experiences and knowledge of technologies and development. All papers were refereed through careful peer reviews. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the authors for their submissions and to the reviewers for their invaluable efforts, ensuring the success of this special issue.

Special Issue on Measurement Technology for Process and Product Quality Control

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Takaya ◽  
Tomohiko Maeda
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Process Quality ◽  
Measurement Technology ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Production Engineering ◽  
Machining Processes ◽  
Product Quality Control

A broad sense of values, globalization, and ecology is needed in production activities because production processes are becoming rapidly more complex due to demands for downsizing, functionality, quality. This is in addition to cost reduction, shorter lead times, and energy saving in fabrication. Many types of measurement system and large amounts of production information are therefore needed in production engineering. In-process and on-machine measurements are used to evaluate a variety of machining factors and conditions and work done on machine tools. With increasingly complex machining processes and greater needs for accuracy and precision, the demand for advances in process optimization has also grown. This special issue covers manufacturing metrology and quality management as its two main fields of interest, together with their important implications for science, industry, and engineering. This special issue also covers novel in-process and on-machine measurement and sensing and quality management techniques now being widely applied to production engineering, focusing on the important role of measurement in manufacturing technology as it progresses from inspection tools to strategic production tools in managing process quality and product quality control. The advanced papers in this special issue present the latest advancements in these fields, ranging from fundamental research to industrial applications. These reports will thus enable readers to share their experience and knowledge in technology, new development, and potential applications of promising techniques in measurement and in product and process quality control. We thank the authors for their invaluable contributions and the reviewers for their always useful advice, which have helped make this special issue both fascinating and far-reaching.

Special Issue on Progress of Manufacturing Technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 679-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiji Yamada ◽  
Kazuhito Ohashi ◽  
Tohru Ishida ◽  
Tadanori Sugino
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Metal Sheets ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies ◽  
Automation Technology

First, we would like to express our sincere condolences to the victims of the landslides and floods caused by the torrential rain in Japan in July 2018. We were terribly grieved to hear about these disasters during the editing of this special issue of the International Journal of Automation Technology (IJAT), and we sincerely hope for the revival of the disaster-stricken areas. This special issue focuses on the progress in manufacturing technologies for maximizing product quality and reducing costs, especially in the mechanical industry. Manufacturing technologies have been developing in order to meet the changes in social and economic environments such as progress in informatization, diverse needs, and increasing demands for a sustainable society. At present, engineers and researchers in the field of manufacturing are facing an unprecedented rapid change caused by the fourth industrial revolution. Therefore, research in this field is also expected to develop more than ever before. This special issue of IJAT contains seven research papers on topics including shearing of metal sheets, machine tools and machining technology, precision dimensional measurement, and nanoimprinting process. Some of the papers, revised and extended at the editors’ request, were presented originally at the 9th International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st Century (LEM21), held in Hiroshima, Japan in 2017. The editors thank the authors and reviewers for their comprehensive efforts in making this special issue possible, and hope that these articles will encourage further research on manufacturing technologies.

scholarly journals Construction of Distance Education Classroom in Architecture Specialty Based on Internet of Things Technology

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (05) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqiao YANG ◽  
Kanhua YU
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Teaching Experiment ◽  
Sensor Technology ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Database Technology ◽  
Internet Of Things Technology

Internet of Things technology and industrial development will trigger a new round of information technology revolution and industrial revolution, and they are the commanding point of future competition in information industry and core driving force of industrial upgrade. This paper introduces current situation of distance teaching of Internet of Things and architecture specialties, designs and implements distance teaching experiment system platform for architecture specialty based on Internet of Things. This system is based on ZigBee /GPRS wireless network technology, sensor technology, embedded technology, Web distributed software technology and database technology. Besides, it adopts three interlinked networks and achieves efficient connection of multiple experiment terminals, servers and clients. As well, the information exchange is fast. Hence, it is convenient for practical application of distance teaching. The results of teaching experiment show that Internet of Things technology can improve students’ academic performance and teachers’ teaching effect. Therefore, it is a hot spot in modern teaching technology, so we should pay attention to it.

scholarly journals Editorial – Contentious Mobilities/Canadian Mobilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Sodero ◽  
Nicholas Scott
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Canadian Journal ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Life And Death

This special issue of Canadian Journal of Sociology on ‘Contentious Mobilities’ showcases Canadian scholarship that investigates mobilities in the context of unequal power relations. Mobilities become contentious when they confront the systematic exclusion of others, advance unconventional mobile practices and defy or destabilize existing power relations. Increasingly, mobilities are contentious in relation to rapidly changing economies, societies and environments. This special issue stages an overdue encounter between the mobilities paradigm and research on sociopolitical contention. Simultaneously, this special issue addresses an empirical gap, featuring Canada as a prolific and influential site for leading-edge research. Five key themes emerge amongst the diverse papers in this issue: life and death, employment-related mobility, intersectionality/in(visibility), governance, and automobility. Further, we identify five potential topics for Canadian mobilities, including climate change, disaster, technology and travel, the good city and methods.

Omission of Data in Wrigley’s “Reconsidering the Industrial Revolution”

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-299
Author(s):  
Manish Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Agricultural Change ◽  
England And Wales

In “Reconsidering the Industrial Revolution: England and Wales,” Wrigley omits vital information from the section “Urban Growth and Agricultural Change.” Arguing that by 1800, English agriculture was able to provide not only food for the rising population but also raw material for the industries, he cites wool and leather as the two largest industries in terms of value added in 1801 and leaves out building and cotton entirely. Therein lies the problem.

Intellectual Property Rights on Traditional Knowledge and their Significance in Sustainable Societal Development

2017 ◽  
pp. 157-185
Author(s):  
P. Pushpangadan ◽  
T. P. Ijinu
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Access And Benefit Sharing ◽  
Special Value ◽  
The Developed Countries

Rich biodiversity and equally rich cultural heritages are the two invaluable assets of most of the Third World Counties (TWC). Biogenetic resources are the primary source of valuable genes, chemicals, drugs, pharmaceuticals, natural dyes, gums, resins, enzymes or proteins of great health, nutritional and economic importance. Biodiversity regulates and maintains overall health of the life support systems on earth and is the source from which human race derives food, fodder, fuel, fibre, shelter, medicine and raw material for meeting his other multifarious needs and industrial goods required for the ever changing and ever increasing needs and aspirations. TWC members are still at the receiving end as far as the development of special value added products and herbal technologies are concerned. The developed countries, on the other hand, are emerging as super powers with their biotechnological strength. IPRs emerged strongly during the industrial revolution and it has been an important driving force behind rapid industrial growth and prosperity of the Western countries during the last 3 centuries. Nowadays Access and Benefit Sharing issues have become a central theme for subsequent detailed discussions and decision making under CBD, TRIPS and the WIPO. It is therefore increasingly urgent for the CBD to make ABS work as was intended. The entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol represents a step in this direction. In India, we can be proud of having the distinction of the first country in experimenting a benefit-sharing model that implemented in Letter and Spirit Article 8(j) of CBD.

scholarly journals Designing the Future: Strategy, Design, and the 4th Industrial Revolution—An Introduction to the Special Issue

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
Tyrone S. Pitsis ◽  
Sara L. Beckman ◽  
Martin Steinert ◽  
Luciano Oviedo ◽  
Bettina Maisch
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
California Management Review ◽  
Future Strategy ◽  
Applied Design ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
Strategy Design ◽  
The Impact

This is an introduction to the special issue of California Management Review on Design Thinking (DT). This special issue joins the growing body of work exploring the idea of DT and whether DT makes a difference in terms enhancing or augmenting the impact of technology—and, as a result, innovation—in a positive way. We have chosen an interesting, relevant, and useful array of papers that provide different approaches, views, and interpretations of applied design thinking. These articles provide both management and scholarly readers with insights in how DT is used, as well as its impact and usefulness in a variety of contexts.

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