The design of industrial plant layouts is a complex problem. In order to solve this problem, many authors have used Genetics Algorithms (GAs) with the goal of reaching an efficient plant layout design. The GAs require to ...

This paper presents an integral solution for the automatic design of corridors of any type of floorplan. One key point on the generation of layouts is the interconnection of all different spaces (rooms). This article shows ...

Abstract. The previous regulations about acoustics in buildings ruled only isolation, forgetting other important subjects. The new code in Spain, specifically the DB-HR document, also include the regulations of excessive ...

This work deals with the design and development of an experimental apparatus that allows the tribological characterization of the dental mastication human activity, namely in what concerns the friction and wear phenomena. ...

This paper describes the point at which the steel and iron industry has progressed with the development of technologies coming from other enterprises, in this particular case, those enterprises that manufacture hidraulic ...

This presentation concerns to the development of a centrifugal casting equipment to produce engine pistons with gradient of properties. Pistons require different properties in different areas of their body, such as high ...

The process of laminated sheet or skin-pass has been used in the industry of the steel and studied for many years. Several mathematical models and later, models of finite elements has been proposed throughout all these ...

Job rotation is a method of work organization more and more applied by the organizations to improve the labor conditions of its workers. This paper presents a methodology that permit to generate and evaluate job rotation ...

The companies are in changing surroundings in all the scopes, as much at technological level, as of management systems. It entails to that they must deliver attacks important to adapt quickly to new situations to continue ...

Obtaining useful information for decision-making based on the time series captured from different processes, as industrial, agricultural and environmental, will allow a better knowledge and management, as well as a bigger ...