Radio frequency identification technology (RFID) has emerged as a key technology for automatic identification and promises to revolutionize business processes. While RFID technology adoption is improving rapidly, reliable ...

The South African (SA) manufacturing industry requires developing similar levels of sophistication and expertise in automation as its international rivals to compete for global markets. To achieve this, manufacturing plants ...

Modern automation systems rely on fixed programming to carry out their production routines. These systems are effective for production outputs but do not allow any flexibility within the production routine. Effort is ...

Modern technology provided a requirement that more power systems are being replaced with automated systems. Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) are Electric Vehicles (EV) that make use of re-chargeable batteries as a power ...

The latest technological trend worldwide, is automation. Reducing human labour and introducing robots to do the work is a pure business decision. The reason for automating a plant can be some, or all, of the following: Improve ...

This dissertation gives an overview of the research done in developing a protocol to synchronise information in a secure wireless mesh network. Alternative methods to control wireless devices were investigated in the ...

Markets for manufactured products are characterized by a fragmentation of the market (with regards to size and time), and by shorter product cycles. This is due to the occurrence of mass customization and globalization. ...