Disaster prevention
These are activities designed to provide permanent protection from disasters. Not all disasters, particularly natural disasters, can be prevented, but the risk of loss of life and injury can be…
Types of disasters
There is no country that is immune from disaster, though vulnerability to disaster varies. There are four main types of disaster. ● Natural disasters: including floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcano eruptions…
What is disaster management?
Disaster management aims to reduce, or avoid, the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt and appropriate assistance to victims of disaster, and achieve rapid and effective recovery. The Disaster management…
Computerized Manufacturing Planning System
Traditional Process Planning: There are variations in the level of detail found in route sheets among different companies & industries. In the one extreme, process planning is accomplished by releasing…
Automated Guided Vehicle Systems
An automated or automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS) is a materials handling system that uses independently operated, self-propelled vehicles that are guided along defined pathways in the floor. The vehicles…
Types Of Automated Assembly Systems
Based on the type of work transfer system that is used in the assembly system: · Continuous transfer system · Synchronous transfer system · Asynchronous transfer system · Stationary base part system The first…
Automated Assembly Systems
Assembly involves the joining together of two or more separate parts to form new entity which may be assembly or subassembly. Automated assembly refers to the use of mechanized and…
Geneva mechanism
The two previous mechanisms convert a linear motion into a rotational motion. The Geneva mechanism uses a continuously rotating driver to index the table, as pictured in Figure 17. If…
Automated Flow Lines
An automated flow line consists of several machines or workstations which are linked together by work handling devices that transfer parts between the stations. The transfer of work parts occurs…
Functions In Manufacturing
For any of the three types of production, there are certain basic functions that must be carried out to convert raw materials into finished product. For a firm engaged in…
