Establish the CNC machining strategy in relation with geometric complexity of the parts made from aluminum alloy extruded profile
In this paper we present a technological problem encountered in the machining accuracy of the parts for aerospace made of aluminum alloy extruded profile with length up to 10 meters. Those parts have very tight tolerances and on milling process appear several factors that influence the repeatability of machining processes. Several factors must be c...
By Ș A Moldovan, M Cosma, V Năsui
LabVIEW application for motion tracking using USB camera
The technical state of the contact line and also the additional equipment in electric rail transport is very important for realizing the repairing and maintenance of the contact line. During its functioning, the pantograph motion must stay in standard limits. Present paper proposes a LabVIEW application which is able to track in real time the motio...
By R Rob, G O Tirian, M Panoiu
Composites materials for friction and braking application
The brake pads are an important component in the braking system of automotive. Materials used for brake pads should have stable and reliable frictional and wear properties under varying conditions of load, velocity, temperature and high durability. These factors must be satisfied simultaneously which makes it difficult to select effective brake pad...
By A L Crăciun, C Pinca-Bretotean, C Birtok-Băneasă, A Josan
Innovative methods of popularizing technical education
There have been analyzed reasons of the loss of technical education's popularity. Also, the analysis of known educational and production methods, oriented at the innovative model of development of society, was performed. It is stated that the acquisition of 21st century's skills as a result of competition of technical education are natural for the ...
By L Y Shkitsa, V G Panchuk, V A Kornuta
Safety of the shaft-wheel assembly of electric locomotives
Shafts of electric locomotives are exposed to complex normal and tangential stresses during its exploitation. These stresses could have extremely high level producing the breakage of the shaft. It is well known that shafts have much longer service life than wheels. However, since the stresses in shaft’s material are high, it is possible to mi...
By M Todic, V Golubovic-Bugarski
Allelopathy relationship between plants and their use in organic farming
Allelopathy is a process still little studied in the plant world, if we refer to the diversity of biochemical compounds, through which plants can interact with each other, with fungi or bacteria. Biochemical "dialogue" between organisms may have stimulatory or inhibitory effects, contributing to numerical setting of the populations, the assertion o...
By M Marian, Z Voşgan, O Mare Roşca, L Mihalescu
The possibility of developing hybrid PV/T solar system
An alternative and cost-effective solution to developing integrated PV system is to use hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar system. The temperature of PV modules increases due to the absorbed solar radiation that is not converted into electricity, causing a decrease in their efficiency. In hybrid PV/T solar systems the reduction of PV module t...
By M Dobrnjac, P Zivkovic, V Babic
Optical Gripper
With increasing automation, many work processes become more and more complex. Most technical products can no longer be developed and manufactured by a single department. They are often the product of different divisions and require cooperation from different specialist areas. For example, in the Western world, a simple coffee maker is no longer so ...
By C K Jalba, A Muminovic, S Epple, C Barz, V Nasui
Automated assembling of single fuel cell units for use in a fuel cell stack
The manufacturing of PEMFC stacks (POLYMER ELEKTROLYT MEMBRAN Fuel Cell) is nowadays still done by hand. Over hundreds of identical single components have to be placed accurate together for the construction of a fuel cell stack. Beside logistic problems, higher total costs and disadvantages in weight the high number of components produce a higher s...
By C K Jalba, A Muminovic, C Barz, V Nasui
Influence of typical faults over the dynamic behavior of pantograph- catenary contact force in electric rail transport
The quality of electric energy capture and also the equipment operational safety depend essentially of the technical state of the contact line (CL). The present method for determining the technical state of CL based on advance programming is no longer efficient, due to the faults which can occur into the not programmed areas. Therefore, they cannot...
By S Rusu-Anghel, A Ene