Machines, Volume 9, Issue 2

In this study, we examined a tank container for foodstuff that is generally used for the transport of foodstuffs. With the aid of the “ANSYS R17.0” program code, a numerical model of the tank container for foodstuffs was realized. Further, to validat...

This article shows the design of a device to automatize an Ambu Spur II manual respirator. The aim of this compassionate medicine device is to provide an emergency alternative to conventional electric respirators—which are in much shortage—during the...

The addition of omnidirectional capability and modularization to conveyor systems is an exciting and trending topic in current conveyor research. The implementation of omnidirectional modular conveyors is foreseen as mandatory in the future of convey...

This study aimed to develop an extrusion and pultrusion system for producing carbon fiber-filled thermoplastic pellets. The extruder delivers a plastic melt to an impregnation die in sufficient volume and is pulled out along with the fibers. The fibe...

Assessing passenger cars’ dynamic performance is a critical aspect for car industries, due to its impact on the overall vehicle safety evaluation and the subjective nature of the involved handling and comfort metrics. Accordingly, ISO standards, such...

The rapid development of machine vision has prompted the continuous emergence of new detection systems and algorithms in surface defect detection. However, most of the existing methods establish their systems with few comparisons and verifications, a...

Drill ships and offshore rigs use azimuth thrusters for propulsion, maneuvering and steering, attitude control and dynamic positioning activities. The versatile operating modes and the challenging marine environment create demand for flexible and pra...

Articulated tracked vehicles have been traditionally studied and appreciated for the extreme maneuverability and mobility flexibility in terms of grade and side slope capabilities. The articulation joint represents an attractive and advantageous solu...

This paper provides an overview of Human Machine Interface (HMI) design and command systems in commercial or experimental operation across transport modes. It presents and comments on different HMIs from the perspective of vehicle automation equipmen...

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In order to meet the defect-detection requirements of chips in high-precision surface mount technology (SMT) equipment widely used in the electronic industry, a chip appearance defect-detection method based on multi-order fractional discrete wavelet...

The article considers the problems of the magnetic field distribution, generated by a power electric cable at the micro-tunnel-boring shield arrangement site by numerical modeling with a further full-scale device model experiment. The impact of forei...

The variable combined brake system (VCBS) is a mechanism for motorcycles to simultaneously activate the front and rear brake systems by using one brake lever or pedal. The purpose is to reduce the risk of rollover accidents due to misuse of the front...

This article considers the development and research of a new design of crosshead-free piston hybrid power machine. After verification of a system of simplifying assumptions based on the fundamental laws of energy, mass, and motion conservation, as we...

This paper systematically summarized the technical state of art and research results on the motion error of a linear guideway, corrected some misconceptions, and further clarified the relationship between the straightness error of the guide rail itse...

In this work, a comprehensive control strategy for obstacle avoidance in redundant manipulation is presented, consisting of a combination of off-line path planning algorithms with on-line motion control. Path planning allows the avoidance of fixed ob...

Manipulation of heavy objects in industries is very necessary, but manual manipulation is tedious, adversely affects a worker’s health and safety, and reduces efficiency. On the contrary, autonomous robots are not flexible to manipulate heavy objects...

Experiments with a cam-type clamp tool were carried out to overcome the difficulty of transporting and installing large-diameter mono-piles for offshore wind turbines. Using the experiments method to design a small wedge-type clamping mechanism and u...

The dimensioning of general-purpose machines such as manipulators involves the solution of a number of preliminary issues. The determination of reference external loads and the identification of machine configurations that give the maximum internal l...

Recently, the studies of soft actuators have been getting increased attention among various fields. Soft actuators are very safe for fragile objects and have an affinity to humans because they are composed of flexible materials. A miniature flexible...

In recent decades, great efforts have been made to significantly improve the performance characteristics of high-speed steel using various surface hardening techniques. Electron beam modification is engaging because it has an exceptionally high therm...

The actual grip force provided by a hand prosthesis is an important parameter to evaluate its efficiency. To this end, a split cylindrical handlebar embedding a single-axis load cell was designed, 3D printed and assembled. Various measurements were m...

Bending stiffness variation (BSV) is a common problem causing vibration in large rotating machinery. BSV describes lateral bending stiffness and its variation as a function of the rotational angle. It has been observed that BSV causes excitation exac...

A polar crane is a large-scale special lifting equipment operated in a nuclear power plant. To address the precise locating control problem of a polar crane with the center of gravity shifting, with cross-coupling, and with external disturbance, an e...